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Isro's LVM3-M6 mission to launch BlueBird Block-2 satellite today
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will launch the BlueBird Block-2 communications satellite for US company AST SpaceMobile today using its heavy-lift Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3). Weighing 6,100 kg, it will be the heaviest payload ever placed in low Earth orbit by the LVM3. The mission marks a milestone in Isro's commercial space efforts.
NASA's Van Allen Probe A satellite, launched in 2012 to study Earth's radiation belts, is set to reenter the atmosphere early this week after running out of fuel in 2019. The agency has approved a safety waiver due to the reentry's risk exceeding government standards, though the chance of harm remains low at 1 in 4,200. Most of the 1,323-pound spacecraft will burn up, with some debris potentially reaching the surface.
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Chinese researchers have developed a storm nowcasting system using satellite data and AI techniques, enabling effective convection forecasts up to four hours in advance. The breakthrough, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was achieved jointly by Wang Jingsong from the National Satellite Meteorological Center and researchers from various universities and institutes.