As the name suggests, the initiative resembles a kind of UberPool for satellites, allowing different operators to hitch a ride into space on the same rocket and split the cost, rather than having to invest upwards of $60 million to charter an individual rocket.
Under the SmallSat Rideshare Program, it costs only $1 million to send a 200-kilogram spacecraft into sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), which houses imaging, military and weather satellites.
SpaceX aims to serve this orbit via a regular service every four months, in a bid to provide increased access to space for small satellite operators seeking a reliable, affordable ride to orbit .
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IMAGE: Tooley Crater is approximately 7 km wide; it is located inside a permanently shadowed region of Shoemaker Crater close to the lunar south pole, making one of the colder areas. view more
Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University
Like Einstein, Galileo, and Copernicus, former NASA program manager Craig Tooley now has a place on the Moon named in his honor. Tooley crater is a 7 km crater in a permanently shadowed region of Shoemaker crater near the lunar south pole. The new crater designation is official and can be used in journal articles and other publications.
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Reimagining urban economy of Sialkot
Despite attempts to create robust local economy, city’s infrastructure is dilapidated
January 24, 2021
Improvement in economy is expected to come from a steady performance of agriculture and recovery in services sector. PHO-TO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Sialkot’s success in the export sector has always been newsworthy. The city specialises in producing a vast variety of export goods including leather products, surgical instruments and sports goods.
Sialkot also held the chance to be one of the leading exporters of Brazuca footballs used in the FIFA World Cup in 2014, an unequalled moment of pride for the city. Some 10% of annual industrial exports from Pakistan are contributed by Sialkot.
Virtual 360 Tour of NIU Engineering Labs now available
Northern Illinois University College of Engineering and Engineering Technology is offering virtual 360-degree interactive tours of its three buildings and the classrooms. Students also can get a close-up look at the labs. Courtesy of NIU Staff Photographer
Updated 1/22/2021 6:04 PM
Students who are curious about the fascinating research being conducted in the state-of-the-art laboratories at the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) can now explore the labs virtually from their mobile devices or laptops at go.niu.edu/CEETlabtour.
The college released a virtual 360-degree interactive tour through its three buildings where viewers can virtually stroll through the halls, in and out of the classrooms, and get a close up look at the labs.
Forget about NRO, minister tells opposition
Lahore
January 19, 2021
LAHORE:Provincial Minister for Industries and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal regretted that the opposition, which weakened the state institutions in the past, is attempting to siege the institutions now for some political gains. He advised the opposition to forget about the NRO as PM Imran Khan has waged an arduous campaign against corruption and the fight against corruption would be brought to its logical end.
Talking to a delegation of party workers at his camp office on Monday, the minister said the people had fully foiled every conspiracy of the opposition. The opposition leaders should shun their negative and undemocratic attitude forthwith, he advised. The people snatched away power from the looters in 2018 and the negative politics of the corrupt will be buried in the elections of 2023, he continued.