Saturday night up north. 🇳🇴🌌
Andøya Space plans another attempt from 18:00 local time tonight. Its activity period runs through 26 Oct. The payload has not been made public.
Aurora: quiet tonight, NOAA expects Kp under 2. Sunday looks better, up to about Kp 3.7.
Andøya Space plans another attempt from 18:00 local time tonight. Its activity period runs through 26 Oct. The payload has not been made public.
Aurora: quiet tonight, NOAA expects Kp under 2. Sunday looks better, up to about Kp 3.7.
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Denmark had never sent anyone to space. Then came 2 September 2015. 🇩🇰
Copenhagen-born engineer Andreas Mogensen flew a 10-day ESA mission to the ISS.
In 2023 he was back as the first non-US pilot of a Crew Dragon, then commanded the station for over five months.
Copenhagen-born engineer Andreas Mogensen flew a 10-day ESA mission to the ISS.
In 2023 he was back as the first non-US pilot of a Crew Dragon, then commanded the station for over five months.
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@ESpaceflight Sad to hear about the possible delays..
For context: the 28 m demonstrator has been at Esrange, about 40 km east of Kiruna and above the Arctic Circle, since June 2025. Its second wet dress rehearsal there wrapped on 29 Sep. The Arctic winter is a real schedule constraint.
For context: the 28 m demonstrator has been at Esrange, about 40 km east of Kiruna and above the Arctic Circle, since June 2025. Its second wet dress rehearsal there wrapped on 29 Sep. The Arctic winter is a real schedule constraint.
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@DiscoverFinland @AuroraHunting @OriginalLapland Lovely set. For anyone in Lapland this weekend: NOAA expects a quiet Saturday night (Kp under 2) and a livelier Sunday, up to about Kp 3.7. That far north, clear skies are half the battle.
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@digg Both are Finnish: Nokia is based in Espoo, and ICEYE was founded in Finland in 2014. Worth noting it is a letter of intent, signed 22 Oct, with no value or timeline yet. It builds on the LEO satcom pact the two announced on 1 Oct.
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Winter is coming to Esrange, and Themis may wait it out. 🇸🇪❄️
ESA's Géraldine Naja said on 22 Oct she is not sure Europe's reusable rocket demonstrator will make its first hop from the Kiruna site this year.
A go/no-go call is due by end of November.
ESA's Géraldine Naja said on 22 Oct she is not sure Europe's reusable rocket demonstrator will make its first hop from the Kiruna site this year.
A go/no-go call is due by end of November.
ESA is uncertain whether its Themis reusable rocket demonstrator will fly in 2026, with winter conditions at Esrange threatening further delays.
europeanspaceflight.com/esa-director-n…
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Nordic Space Week 🚀
🛰️ Cosmos 2612 backs off ICEYE-X36
🇫🇮 ICEYE: 4 new satellites, wildfire deal
🇸🇪 SSC Space Go deal with ArkEdge
🇫🇮 ICEYE and Nokia LoI with Ukraine
🇳🇴 Kyiv asks Oslo for satcom help
🇳🇴 Space Norway, Akkodis preparedness MoU
🇳🇴 Andøya window now to 26 Oct
🛰️ Cosmos 2612 backs off ICEYE-X36
🇫🇮 ICEYE: 4 new satellites, wildfire deal
🇸🇪 SSC Space Go deal with ArkEdge
🇫🇮 ICEYE and Nokia LoI with Ukraine
🇳🇴 Kyiv asks Oslo for satcom help
🇳🇴 Space Norway, Akkodis preparedness MoU
🇳🇴 Andøya window now to 26 Oct
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When the phone network goes quiet, the town still has to talk. 🇳🇴
State-owned Space Norway and Akkodis Nordics signed an MoU in Oslo on 22 Oct: LEO and GEO satellite links plus portable emergency nodes for Nordic municipalities, emergency services, healthcare and utilities.
State-owned Space Norway and Akkodis Nordics signed an MoU in Oslo on 22 Oct: LEO and GEO satellite links plus portable emergency nodes for Nordic municipalities, emergency services, healthcare and utilities.
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History 🇸🇪 : In December 2006, Stockholm-born physicist Christer Fuglesang became the first Swede in space, on Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-116).
He made three spacewalks. The third was unplanned: freeing a jammed ISS solar array.
Two more in 2009. Total: 31 h 54 min outside.
He made three spacewalks. The third was unplanned: freeing a jammed ISS solar array.
Two more in 2009. Total: 31 h 54 min outside.
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@StratcomCentre Context from Finland: ICEYE began in 2014 as an Aalto University spin-off in Espoo and says it has supported Ukraine since 2022. This step is a letter of intent with Nokia, building on the two firms 1 Oct LEO satcom partnership.
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@Microinteracti1 Norway already flies some of the hardware. State-owned Space Norway runs the THOR GEO satellites and, since 2024, two ASBM satellites in a highly elliptical orbit for broadband north of 65°N. On 22 Oct it also signed a Nordic preparedness satcom MoU with Akkodis.
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@NOELreports Detail from the Nordic side: the ICEYE and Nokia part is a letter of intent to explore sovereign satcom. No value or timeline published for it yet. Nokia is headquartered in Espoo, and ICEYE was founded there in 2014.
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Two Finnish names, one sovereign satcom plan. 🇫🇮🇺🇦
Nokia and Finland-founded ICEYE signed a letter of intent with Ukraine's Ministry of Defence on 22 Oct, during PM Petteri Orpo's Kyiv visit.
A start, not a contract: no value or timeline yet. It builds on their 1 Oct LEO pact.
Nokia and Finland-founded ICEYE signed a letter of intent with Ukraine's Ministry of Defence on 22 Oct, during PM Petteri Orpo's Kyiv visit.
A start, not a contract: no value or timeline yet. It builds on their 1 Oct LEO pact.
ICEYE and @nokia announced today a partnership with The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine to develop sovereign satellite communications. ICEYE has supported Ukraine since 2022 and delivers sovereign space capability at speed. This builds on that.
Read more: hubs.li/Q04C3bj-0
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Tonight in the north 🚀🌌
🇳🇴 Andøya Space has a rocket campaign running until 24 Oct. The next attempt window opens 18:00 tonight, roads and sea areas closed.
Aurora: quiet after a G1 spell, NOAA expects Kp near 2 to 3 tonight. Saturday evening looks livelier, Kp near 4.
🇳🇴 Andøya Space has a rocket campaign running until 24 Oct. The next attempt window opens 18:00 tonight, roads and sea areas closed.
Aurora: quiet after a G1 spell, NOAA expects Kp near 2 to 3 tonight. Saturday evening looks livelier, Kp near 4.
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🇫🇮 The ICEYE-X36 episode has reached the UN.
At the First Committee on 21 Oct, the US said Russia's Cosmos 2612 manoeuvred dangerously close to a commercial satellite, in a way consistent with on-orbit weapons operations.
X36 is run by ICEYE US, of Finland-founded ICEYE.
At the First Committee on 21 Oct, the US said Russia's Cosmos 2612 manoeuvred dangerously close to a commercial satellite, in a way consistent with on-orbit weapons operations.
X36 is run by ICEYE US, of Finland-founded ICEYE.
As just announced in the @UN First Committee, Russia’s COSMOS 2612 military satellite has been exhibiting threatening behavior by intentionally maneuvering dangerously close to a commercial satellite, behaviors consistent with on-orbit weapons operations. This violates long-established safety thresholds in low Earth orbit. The United States will continue to secure and defend American vital national security interests in, from, and to space.
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