Space News Update: SMILE Satellite's Historic Launch | Starship V3 Delayed | Snappy's Quest to Detect Solar Neutrinos

About this episode

This episode covers the launch of the SMILE satellite, delays in Starship V3, and various scientific discoveries related to space.

Sponsor Link : To get our special money saving deal from NordVPN - Click Here A launch day episode packed with big science and bigger rockets. Today we cover the real-time launch of the ESA/China SMILE space weather satellite, SpaceX's Starship V3 sitting on its brand-new pad (and why it's now heading for Thursday), a UCL study warning that megaconstellation launches may be accidentally conducting an 'unregulated geoengineering experiment' in our upper atmosphere, the world's first space-based neutrino detector operating in orbit, extraordinary evidence in Antarctic ice that Earth is collecting material from a dead star, and a clever new cosmic mapper called TIME that studies the ancient universe using a single spectral line. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-space-news-updates--5648921/support . Sponsor Details: Ensure your online privacy by using NordVPN . To get our special listener deal and save a lot of money, visit www.bitesz.com/nordvpn . You'll be glad you did! Become a supporter of Astronomy Daily by joining our Supporters Club. Commercial free episodes daily are only a click way... Click Here This episode includes…

Topics covered

• space weather
• satellite launch
• neutrino detection
• geoengineering
• cosmic mapping

Keywords

• SMILE satellite
• Starship V3
• solar neutrinos
• geoengineering
• cosmic mapper

Sponsors

NordVPN

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESA, China, SpaceX, UCL

Books & works: TIME

Places: Antarctic

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