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NASA Artemis I Launched

red_satu — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:41:48 +0800

After multiple attempts, seems like this is the best shot.
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Russian ASAT test forces ISS Astronauts to shelter

red_satu — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 08:13:04 +0800

The International Space Station crew had to shelter in their return vehicles and sealed hatches to some modules after Russia's anti satellite missile test destroyed one of their own low-earth orbit satellites.

[twt]https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1460229427451813891?t=R6oZXWQNzJcy713dvyiQHA&s=19[/twt]

[twt]https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1460355721699246087?t=0bsVEUaGQwBHnXD-xN3Btg&s=19[/twt]

[twt]https://twitter.com/LeoLabs_Space/status/1460316496542973956?t=78qDk0KQImCbiUzO1wazrg&s=19[/twt]

[twt]https://twitter.com/sling_shot_aero/status/1460378516613124097?t=a056laBAMr98BLQMsrJjbQ&s=19[/twt]

RIP Measat-3

red_satu — Sat, 17 Jul 2021 08:23:00 +0800

https://spacenews.com/malaysias-measat-3-sa...umbling-in-geo/

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TAMPA, Fla. — Malaysian operator Measat has likely lost control of an aging satellite that has been drifting westward in geostationary orbit for nearly a month, according to analysts at space tracking company ExoAnalytic Solutions.

The ExoAnalytic space tracking system detected an anomaly for Measat-3 on June 21, after which it started drifting out of its 91.5 East orbital slot.

Measat-3 appears to have made several in-orbit maneuvers after beginning to drift June 22, but “none since our analysts confirmed on July 1 that it was tumbling,” said ExoAnalytic Solutions executive vice president of engineering Bill Therien.

“It’s rare to see one come back from this stage,” Therien told SpaceNews.

However, he added it was possible that Measat is still able to communicate with and recover the Boeing-built satellite, which was nearing the end of its operational life after launching in 2006.

Measat was unable to comment before this article was published.

The operator announced June 26 that an anomaly it detected June 21 had been resolved, and its team had been in full control of Measat-3 for about two days.

But June 27 it said in a statement: “During the course of our monitoring of restored satellite services after a recent anomaly incident on MEASAT-3, we have observed that the levels of intermittent service degradation recorded indicate that additional time will be required to fully complete the complex satellite and signal stabilisation process.”

U.S.-based ExoAnalytic Solutions observed no debris around Measat-3 when it started drifting and said there is no near-term collision risk with another object in space.

“As satellites age, drifting from orbit is a natural phenomenon,” said Stewart Bain, CEO of Canadian company Northstar, which is planning a satellite constellation to track other satellites.

“MEASAT-3 is a more extreme case. As we increasingly commercialize space, examples like this highlight how vitally important it is for our economy to have precise information on resident space objects in real time so that other high value space assets may take necessary evasive maneuvers or simply stay where they are.”

Measat-3 covered Asia, Australia, Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East with C-band and Malaysia, Indonesia and South Asia with Ku-band services.

The operator said in May 2019 that Airbus Defence and Space will build a Measat-3 replacement called Measat-3d in time for a 2021 launch.

Measat-3d is also due to effectively replace another aging satellite called Measat-3a, which launched in 2009.

Including Measat-3, Measat operates five satellites that provide broadcast and telecoms services.

International Students in US

red_satu — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:57:55 +0800

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So what caused the spike and subsequent downturn for Malaysian students in the 80s? Article doesn't dive deep into details.

https://statisticsanddata.org/data/internat...ntry-of-origin/

Come join contest to go to the Moon

red_satu — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:41:39 +0800

Register to become a crew candidate for one of eight open spots for a flight around the Moon in 2023 on SpaceX's Starship. Or just get your face photoshop for free on a SpaceX spacesuit.

https://dearmoon.earth/

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Perseverance rover video/audio from Mars

red_satu — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 03:57:23 +0800

Entry Descent Landing video:
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360 view from surface:
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Audio recorded from surface, wind gust of Mars:
https://mars.nasa.gov/resources/25629/nasas...unds-from-mars/

Arecibo Observatory collapsed

red_satu — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 23:14:59 +0800

The Arecibo Observatory instrument platform collapsed today into the dish below. This follows a cable breaking a few weeks ago after the first cable broke in August. Earth has now lost the largest planetary radar capability it has.

The instrument platform as seen in the movie 'Contact'

The dish as seen from the Bond film 'Goldeneye'

Dish damage fom the first cable break

How it looks now compared to before.

Aerial view of what's left

20 years of continued human presence on the ISS

red_satu — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 23:00:03 +0800

241 people from around the world have lived and worked on the space station since Nov. 2, 2000.

https://www.nasa.gov/station20

Got one from Malaysia too...

SpaceX Starlink Internet pricing

red_satu — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:22:23 +0800

You guys willing to pay this much for internet in rural location?

$499 for antenna, $99 monthly, 50 -150 Mbps, 20 - 40 ms ping.

Real Size Moving Gundam Video

red_satu — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 19:05:30 +0800

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Visitors should be able to get to view the Gundam from the top too.

Twitter got hacked

red_satu — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 04:56:26 +0800

So looks like twitter got hacked. Elon Musk and Bill Gates are tweeting the same stuff for the past half-hour. There's a few other high profile ones I'm not following that has the same content too.
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Update: Twitter twits
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NASA and SpaceX DM-2 Mission

red_satu — Sat, 30 May 2020 23:34:07 +0800

The first crewed rocket launch from America in almost a decade. One of two spacecraft being tested to replace the Space Shuttle for transport to the International Space Station.

Second launch attempt for DM-2 after the scrub last time. Launch at 3:22 AM our time. Weather is still 50/50, so don't be disappointed if today's another scrub.

UPDATE
Launch successful! Mission is continuing until docking with ISS 19 hours after launch, around 10:29 PM today.
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Tour of Crew Dragon in orbit
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Try dock with the ISS using SpaceX's simulator

red_satu — Wed, 13 May 2020 09:15:26 +0800

See if you can dock with the International Space Station on SpaceX's Crew Dragon docking simulator.
https://iss-sim.spacex.com/

Will happen for real (with crew this time) on 27th May 2020. If you want to see how it went last time uncrewed, can watch this video. At 1h32 minutes is mostly interface, after 2h mark mostly of spacecraft
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Tom Cruise in Spaaaaacccceeee!

red_satu — Tue, 05 May 2020 12:53:15 +0800

https://deadline.com/2020/05/tom-cruise-mov...ood-1202925849/

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EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing that Tom Cruise and Elon Musk’s Space X are working on a project with NASA that would be the first narrative feature film – an action adventure – to be shot in outer space. It’s not a Mission: Impossible film and no studio is in the mix at this stage but look for more news as I get it. But this is real, albeit in the early stages of liftoff.

Since NASA is involved, probably not Starship Super Heavy. With Crew Dragon launching with crew this month, that seems more likely.

UPDATE: Official confirmation by NASA. No mention of SpaceX, so probably means that SpaceX or Boeing is just involved as trasportation.

https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1...5750289409?s=19

Ministry assures rice supply adequete

red_satu — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 05:05:43 +0800

As long as Thailand don't stop exporting that is. Vietnam already stopped for now.

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1. Kementerian ingin menafikan laporan media yang menyatakan bahawa jumlah stok beras negara hanya mampu bertahan selama 2.5 bulan.
2. Stok semasa beras tempatan yang berada di peringkat kilang, pemborong dan peruncit adalah sebanyak 523,000 tan metrik. Ini tidak mengambil kira stok pengeluaran beras tempatan dan beras import yang berada dalam negara.
3. Buat masa ini, import beras juga tidak terjejas dan berjalan seperti sedia kala. Selain negara Vietnam, beras turut diimport dari negara-negara pengeluar lain seperti Thailand, Pakistan, Myanmar, India, Cambodia dan lain-lain. Syarikat Padiberas Nasional Bhd (BERNAS) juga diarahkan oleh Kerajaan untuk memastikan dan mempertingkatkan bekalan beras import dalam negara. Walau bagaimanapun, kebergantungan kepada beras import hanya 30% daripada keseluruhan keperluan dalam negara.
4. Sehubungan dengan itu, jumlah stok semasa beras dengan mengambil kira pengeluaran tempatan dan import adalah stabil, terkawal dan konsisten bagi menampung keperluan dalam negara yang berterusan.
5. Kementerian juga akan terus memantau bagi memastikan bekalan beras sentiasa mencukupi untuk menampung keperluan bulanan negara sebanyak 200,000 tan metrik.
6. Kementerian menasihati orang ramai supaya tidak bimbang dengan keadaan stok beras dalam negara.

Factories rejoice, exemption for MCO

red_satu — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:27:43 +0800

Factories can open again by following certain guidelines.

41 new COVID-19 cases today, 238 total

red_satu — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 18:05:19 +0800

https://kpkesihatan.com/2020/03/14/kenyataa...19-di-malaysia/

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STATUS TERKINI KES COVID-19 DI MALAYSIA

Pada 14 Mac 2020 jam 12.00 tengah hari, sebanyak 41 kes baharu jangkitan COVID-19 telah dilaporkan. Kesemua kes baharu yang telah disahkan ini adalah dari kalangan patient under investigation (PUI) (37 kes) dan kontak rapat kes COVID-19 (4 kes). Dengan pertambahan 41 kes baharu ini, menjadikan jumlah kes positif COVID-19 di Malaysia adalah sebanyak 238 kes.

Sehingga kini, seramai 203 kes masih dirawat di wad dengan lima (5) daripadanya sedang dirawat di Unit Rawatan Rapi (ICU) dan memerlukan bantuan pernafasan. Kes-kes ini juga telah diberikan rawatan anti-viral.

Sehingga 14 Mac 2020, sebanyak 1,321 sampel dari pesakit influenza-like-illness (ILI) dan severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) telah diuji di IMR, semua makmal kesihatan awam dan hospital. Setakat ini tiga (3) sampel positif jangkitan COVID-19. Kesemua kes positif ini berkaitan dengan kluster perhimpunan tabligh.

Anybody want to go to the Moon?

red_satu — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 07:58:04 +0800

If you meet the requirements and I guess can cover the travel expenses to go date him in Japan. Gold diggers also need to do some investing first.

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Application Conditions
・Single women aged 20 or over
・Bright personality and always positive
・Interested in going into space and able to participate in the preparation for it
・Want to enjoy life to the fullest
・Be someone who wishes for world peace
Schedule
・Jan. 17: Applications end at 10am (JST)
・Jan. 25-26: Selection begins
・Mid Feb: Matchmaking dates with Yusaku Maezawa
・Mid Mar: Special dates getting to know Yusaku Maezawa
・End of Mar: Final decision on partner

Boeing failed again

red_satu — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 23:36:33 +0800

Software buat hal lagi

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/12/boe...ed-test-flight/

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A moment nearly ten years in the making. After receiving a formal development award on 18 April 2011 for their CST-100 crew capsule, Boeing sent its Starliner spacecraft on its inaugural flight, albeit one that will be cut short.

The uncrewed test, known as the Orbital Flight Test — or OFT — launched on a modified United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, at 06:36:43 EST (11:36:43 UTC) on Friday, 20 December 2019.

However, the mission to the ISS – set for docking 25 hours after launch – was placed into doubt after Starliner suffered an orbital insertion issue. It was later confirmed that an issue with the Mission Elapsed Clock timing for the orbital insertion burn has forced the decision to return Starliner to White Sands, as opposed to docking with the ISS, by Sunday.

Come watch SpaceX's water tower fly

red_satu — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 07:13:56 +0800

Elon Musk's next crazy rocket

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