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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
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ARMAS FM11 radiation sensor scheduled for launch to the Moon
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. Space Environment Technologies (SET) is proud to announce that its ARMAS (Automated Radiation Measurement for Aerospace Safety) sensor will be flying aboard Lonestar Data Holding’s (Lonestar) Freedom Payload in conjunction with SpaceBilt, Inc. on the upcoming second Intuitive Machines mission to the Lunar Southern region. This highly anticipated flight is scheduled to
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Historic 28-day balloon flight provides the first continuous 24/7 aviation radiation monitoring
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. Space Environment Technologies (SET) has completed a historic 28-day stratospheric balloon flight at altitudes between 16-22 km (52,500 – 72,200 ft.). This flight has demonstrated the first continuous 24/7 aviation radiation monitoring capability. On August 31, 2024, World View Enterprises (WVE) launched its Gryphon2 balloon system from Page, Arizona. The primary payload
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SET President Appointed to White House Advisory Panel
WASHINGTON, DC. The Space Weather Operations, Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) White House Subcommittee is pleased to announce the appointment of 15 non-government members and a student member to the second cohort of the Space Weather Advisory Group (SWAG). Dr. W. Kent Tobiska, President of Space Environment Technologies, was reappointed for a second term on the
