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@jfmusial @Porsche and now that you got that under your belt, next up, Porsche and a U-2 Dragon Lady ? youtube.com/watch?v=14nTR2…

@DutchSpace @Stratolaunch @Porsche What an awesome catch. Hahaha.

Deep dive into how we pulled off the @Stratolaunch x @Porsche chase. youtube.com/watch?v=LaHN0l…

@Space_Mog Space funding in general, cut, strategic groundstation (Goonhilly) sold to the US, now this, what is the UK doing ?

What a shame the UK gov will let this amazing & historical piece of the UK die

ESA statement: esa.int/About_Us/Corpo…

Made a quick timelapse of yesterday's wildfires surrounding ESA's DSA-2 Dish, Cebreros station. The dish survived, however I really hope all the people in the surrounding areas are safe.

@SpcPlcyOnline it doesnt look so good. x.com/InfuesAvila/st…

Report from Spain's La Razon newspaper about the fires near Madrid threatening NASA's Deep Space Network facility near Robledo de Chavlea, which has been evacuated. No damage to the DSN as of when that was written, however. larazon.es/actualidad/fue…

Thats all nice and dandy, but what I want to know, who was driving the camera car @jfmusial ? as it was hauling ass and leading the porsche...

Well this is going to be interesting, especially with @jfmusial behind the lens...

@COB_2009 Mooi, volgde dit al een tijdje x.com/DutchSpace/sta…

Defensie met Optics11 in zee voor onderwatercapaciteit noventas.mobi/2026/07/18/def…

@rtlsdrblog thanks !

@DutchSpace The update should be published next week, but basically manufacturing is done and we're doing a final QC before packing.

@SenMarkKelly Fully agreed, meanwhile S.4161 has been stuck on the House's desk since April... any movement coming ?

Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy flew farther from Earth than any humans in history. They deserve to be honored for their mission and for inspiring millions around the world. Apollo 11 waited over 40 years for the Congressional Gold Medal. I introduced legislation to give the Artemis II crew the recognition they deserve.

@rtlsdrblog Another month has passed, another update ?😇

@rtlsdrblog I saw, thanks for the update and good luck with the manufacturing

The pre-launch page for our Discovery Drive automatic antenna rotator is now up on Crowd Supply. Please sign up to be notified about the launch date! crowdsupply.com/krakenrf/disco…

@SES_Satellites @Airbus Excellent, more toys in my backyard to play with :)

NEWS: SES and @Airbus partner to establish an optical ground station for EAGLE-1 in the Netherlands. 🛰️ SES, Airbus Netherlands and the Municipality of Noordwijk have signed a ground lease agreement for a dedicated optical ground station at the NL Space Campus. The facility will serve as the primary ground connection for the EAGLE-1 system, enabling the secure transmission of quantum-safe keys via advanced laser communications technology. As part of Europe's first end-to-end quantum key distribution (#QKD) satellite demonstration system, the station will play an important role in delivering next-generation cybersecurity solutions. Through a partnership with @esa and @EU_Commission, EAGLE-1 marks an important step toward building highly secure communications infrastructure in the future. Special thank you to Pim van Strien, Rob Postma and Alan Kuresevic for breaking the ground during yesterday's ceremony. ➡️ Read the press release: bit.ly/4hfd2b3

@heospace And here it is during encapsulation

In 1986, this satellite provided the highest-resolution civilian view of the Chernobyl exclusion zone available at the time, captured within days of the disaster. SPOT 1, launched by CNES two months earlier, gave analysts imagery to begin understanding the scale of what had happened, at a moment when a 30 kilometre radius around the plant had been evacuated, 115,000 people displaced, and the ground itself too contaminated to survey on foot. SPOT 1 was one of the most capable Earth observation satellites of its time, delivering a sharp 10-meter ground resolution in panchromatic mode and 20 meters in multispectral mode. Its two-pass stereoscopic correlation technique produced usable elevation data for large portions of the planet's landmass, a capability that proved essential for reading terrain in a landscape where ground access was not an option. The story did not end with the disaster. In 1988, SPOT 1's near-infrared sensor captured some of the earliest evidence of recovery, photosynthetic activity returning to the exclusion zone. The SPOT series kept observing the area for years afterward, tracking decontamination work, new construction and reforestation as the region slowly changed. Nearly 40 years after launch, HEO imaged SPOT 1 in orbit, checking in on the state of the asset. The solar panels remain fully deployed and the satellite appears largely intact. Beyond physical condition, the imagery also offers a read on the object's behaviour, whether it is tumbling, stable, or holding a fixed orientation, information that is critical for space domain awareness on the growing population of aging, non-manoeuvrable objects in orbit.

@MarianneLubbers nieuws.nl/algemeen/artem…

@DutchSpace Als ze naar Noordwijk/Leiden komen. Geef even een gil in PM. Dan ben ik plots een dag ziek op het werk 😅

I wonder where they will visit next.... 😇🤐

@planet4589 better way found, more in your DM

@planet4589 you are doing plenty, let me whip something up and get that running and then i'll explain, I dont trust this method, so I better grab what I can :)

The situation with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) website is even worse than I thought. Not only are new registrations not being published, but most of the links to the *old* docs are broken. Except for the versions in Russian; for some reason you can get those.

@planet4589 copy. any priority numbers ? last I see is 1324

@DutchSpace Just English would be fine, but all languages even better!

@planet4589 im writing a script, you need just the english version or all the languages ?

@DutchSpace unoosa.org/oosa/en/osoind… and then click 'English'