{"id":14333,"date":"2024-01-31T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1403456"},"modified":"2024-01-31T11:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T11:00:17","slug":"esa-picks-germanys-exolaunch-for-arctic-weather-satellite-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=14333","title":{"rendered":"ESA picks Germany\u2019s Exolaunch for arctic weather satellite mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The European Space Agency<\/a> (ESA) has picked Germany\u2019s Exolaunch to provide critical launch services for its Artic Weather Satellite (AWS), as the agency looks to outsource more of its space missions to private companies.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Already built and currently undergoing testing in Germany, the AWS <\/span>is expected to dramatically improve weather forecasts in the Arctic \u2014 a region that currently lacks data<\/a> for accurate short-term forecasts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The microsatellite is due to launch in June this year aboard a SpaceX<\/a> Falcon 9 rocket. The launcher will propel the AWS some 600 kilometres into the air, after which it will separate and begin orbiting the Earth. <\/span><\/p>\n

Key to the mission will be the successful separation of the satellite from the rocket, a critical moment that, if something goes wrong, can result in a <\/span>launch failure<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s where Exolaunch comes in. The company\u2019s CarboNIX device is billed as <\/span>the lowest-shock and lowest-tumbling separation system ever used in space. Key to this instrument is <\/span>a patented<\/span> synchronous spring pusher system that smoothly deploys satellites<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>This small ring-shaped contraption might look insignificant, but it could mean the difference between launch success or failure. Credit: Exolaunch<\/figcaption>