“A Spectacle To Horrify The World” 🇺🇦

New Glenn flight profile for Thursday’s scheduled launch.

#newglenn #bezos #blueorigin #space

23 hours, 52 mins until NORAD starts tracking Santa!

#NORAD #santa #noradtrackssanta

NORAD has had the watch, tracking Santa every Xmas eve in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO). Fun for any budding space-enthused kid out there....

#NORAD #trackssanta #santa #christmas #LEO #VLEO #space

Cislunar space is the space region extending from Earth to the Moon, including the Moon's surface and nearby orbits. It's governed by the gravitational forces of both the Earth and the Moon, extending to an altitude of approximately 550,000 km.

#cislunar #cislunarspace

A view of Low Earth Orbit and Very Low Earth Orbit from below.

#LEO #VLEO 🔭

"Asteroid mining, tick. Factories in space, tick. Want to stay on a private space station?" - The Economist, Dec 3, 2024

#spaceeconomy

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Kubilius outlined new European space initiatives: improving European access to space, passing a new European space law, supporting competitiveness of the European space industry in the global marketplace.

#EU #LowEarthOrbit #spacepolicy

LEO #LowEarthOrbit is the name for the region of space that's closest to Earth, with an altitude of 2,000 kilometers or less. LEO is a popular orbit for satellites because it's relatively easy to reach and provides many advantages for communication, observation, and transportation

Video: 16+ Starlink LEO satellites in the night sky on November 29, 2024, at 6.37 pm (UTC -7). Only a small portion of the 12,000 satellites Starlink has permission from the FCC to put into orbit. #Starlink #LowEarthOrbit #Satellites 🔭 🧪

I count 16 Starlink satellites orbiting in a line in this photo from Nov 29, 2024. (-7UTC)

Just the night sky and an iPhone (facing west)
@parizmarx.bsky.social #astronomy #backyard

The Nebra Sky Disc. #BritishMuseum #astronomy

The “flag points home” photo. #NASA #luna