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Soviet-Era Spacecraft Expected to Re-Enter Earth’s Atmosphere Intact Mid-May
BOULDER, COLORADO. A roughly 1-meter diameter, 495 kg descent capsule from the Soviet Union’s Kosmos 482 mission (part of the Venera program intended for Venus’s exploration) is projected to make an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere around the 13th of May 2025 (± 3 days). Orbital decay analyses conducted utilizing a precise orbit propagator and…
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ARMAS FM11 collects extraterrestrial radiation data and lands on Moon
PACIFIC PALISADES, CALIFORNIA. Space Environment Technologies’ (SET) Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety (ARMAS) Flight Module 11 (FM11) radiation monitor landed on the Moon Thursday March 6, 2025 at approximately 17:35 UT. ARMAS FM11 was a payload inside the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission lunar lander, Athena, which landed 250 meters from its intended landing site…
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SET successfully launches ARMAS lunar mission
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA. Space Environment Technologies (SET) is proud to announce the successful launch of its ARMAS (Automated Radiation Measurement for Aerospace Safety) sensor aboard Intuitive Machines’ Mission 2 to near the lunar South Pole. The ARMAS Flight Module 11 (FM11) instrument is part of Lonestar Data Holding’s (Lonestar) Freedom Payload developed in conjunction with…