Dr Chris Bridges

Despite being in the 'creative sector' - the principles are broadly the same imo.

A note to space companies & datasets from this thread.

I also wonder if export controls will exist wrt NSI Act also.

£500 million of government funding will be invested in national space programmes, backing high-growth tech and helping British companies scale globally. 🛰️ Speaking at Space-Comm Expo Europe… | UK S... £500 million of government funding will be invested in national space programmes, backing high-growth tech and helping British companies scale globally. 🛰️ Speaking at Space-Comm Expo Europe, Minist...

It's not on @ukspaceagency.bsky.social yet but £500M for British space companies (so I guess not unis?). Will include "building the skills pipeline" tho www.linkedin.com/posts/uk-spa... - I await more!

Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations…

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
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Students had an SDR baseband analysis lab today where I told students to GTP their solutions using my baseline code and notes. One got a GMSK demod and decode working in 35 mins.

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Latest update on the Artemis-II SLS Reference Guide:
www.nasa.gov/humans-in-sp...

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When #TheTraitors credits comes on before a decision is made ..

“Goldstone (DSS1-14)” everyone!

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#TheTraitors

Credentials needed first, can’t be just any old hack!

Just waiting for the @profhughlewis.bsky.social blog / opinion on the Starlink / China conjunction.

Do challengers go direct to you in some sort of arena system .. or rock, paper, scissors (best of three ofc) 😅

“a software issue will require the return of the rocket back to the processing building and the disassembly of the payload section. The potential need to ship the onboard avionics back to the manufacturer would likely push the mission well into 2026.”

Here is clear, concise alt text for this image:"Announcement graphic for an upcoming ARISS SSTV event featuring Series 30 images transmitted from the International Space Station. Images will be sent from the RS-38S module on 437.825 MHz using Robot 36 mode, starting the week of 1 December (exact date TBD). The event will include 12 images with transmissions lasting 36 seconds on, 2–3 minutes off. Thanks to Sergey RV3DR and ARISS-RU for organizing. Certificates will be available via the ARISS SSTV gallery on ariss-usa.org and will differ from earlier Series 30 awards. Includes ISS and ARISS logos and a photo of astronaut Frank Culbertson."

If you missed out on the chance to get the SSTV Series 30 images via the ISS, there's an event coming up to fulfill that need.

Satellite RS-38S will begin transmitting these images "within the next 5-7 days". Not all details are finalized, but what we know is below!

Imagine 140 mission teams having to stand down across from today’s scrubbed #spacex launch 🚀

HydroGNSS satellites for SSTL YouTube video by equinoxgraphics

HydroGNSS launches TODAY 6.18pm UK, built by SSTL to measure our water cycle, land use, wetlands, permafrost & carbon storage, via reflected GPS signals.

The mission animation we made:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn68...

Insights on our technical setup:
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#ESA #hydrognss #sstl

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

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Image of terminal commands showing 1/ space-track login line, 2/ space-track API call directed to a file, then 3/ output check via the head command.

✨ A reminder you can 'wget' #satellite TLE histories in two lines - one for login & one for the API call ✨

We all over-rotate sometimes.

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"Authenticity Markers for Space Imagery" PhD Opportunity at Surrey in the U.K. - it is FUNDED #MLSky #AI #ML decade.ac.uk/2025/02/19/f...

Alt Text:Series 30 SSTV: ISS at 25 & Scouts. Celebrating 25 years of the ISS (the first educational payload) plus Scouting!Series: ARISS Series 30 - ISS at 25 / Scouting Images: 12 images using PD120 encoding Frequency: 145.800 MHz worldwide Certificate Available: Yes for submission to gallery at: ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/ Event: Planned for Wed. 12-Nov. around 17:30 UTC (12:30 PM ET) until Thu. 20-Nov (Time TBD) with a scheduled interruption for an educational contact. Transmission Schedule: Standard 2 minutes on / 2 minutes off. Planned Contact: With Azerbaijan on 16-Nov at 14:50 UTC | 9:50 AM ET Follow ARISS Social Media for updates! Logos: SSTV Series 30, ISS 25 Years, and ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station).

You know that Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) was the first educational payload on the station! So we are going to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ISS in style!

Get ready for an SSTV event covering parts of 9 days! It's scheduled to kick off on Wed. November 12.

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European firms unite in bid to rival SpaceX Sources from Airbus said

Thoughts? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Optimised #python in my notebooks for deep space mission analysis. Multiprocessing, ProcessPoolExecutor & cyice (instead of spiceypy) gives me 3m23s > 2.5s.