S02E03: Astronomy Daily: Coronation Weekend and Space News Update

Good day a Rudy. This is Astronomy Daily for the fifth of May two

and twenty three. As it's Coronation weekend, we will be covering a few

coronation and royal related stories as usual. I have my favorite AI assistant,

Hallie in the studio with me. Good day, Hallie. Are you looking

forward to the coronation? Hi? Tim, Great to be back with you,

and yes, I am looking forward to the coronation and my fellow AIS

and I will be tracking the internet for all news and reactions. Now,

Hallie, I have a bone to pick with you. You said on Tuesday

that Steve was your favorite. You told me I was. I am fickle,

but you are my favorite today. Good to know. How about the

news The Astronomy Daily Podcast. A new image from NASA's Hubble Space telescope shows

interacting galaxies known as AM one thousand, two hundred and fourteen to two hundred

and fifty five. These galaxies contain active galactic nuclei or AGNs. An AGN

is an extraordinarily luminous central region of a galaxy. Its extreme brightness is caused

by matter whirling into a supermassive black hole at the galaxy's heart Hub will observed

the galaxy closest to the center as part of an AGAN survey with the aim

of compiling a data set about nearby AGNs to be used as a resource for

astronomers investigating AGAN physics, black holes, host galaxy structure, and more.

GOESU, the fourth and final satellite in Noah's Gozar series, recently completed a

successful test deployment of its solar array to ensure it will function properly in space.

This critical test verified that the satellite's large five panel solar array, which

is folded up when the satellite is launched, will properly deploy when GOESU reaches

geostationary orbit. During this test, engineers unfurled the five panels on rails that

simulated the zero gravity environment of space. Each solar panel is approximately thirteen feet

tall by four point five feet wide and weighs approximately forty five pounds. Once

GOESU reaches orbit, the deployed solar panels will form a single solar array wing

that will rotate once per day to continuously point its photovoltaic solar cells toward the

sun. The photovoltaic cells will convert energy from the Sun into electricity to power

the entire satellite, including the instruments, computers, data processors, sensors,

and telecommunications equipment. The solar array will generate more than five thousand wats of

power for the satellite. This is equivalent to the power needed to run a

central air conditioning system in your home. The solar array was developed and built

by Lockheed Martin at its Sunnyvale, California facility, and tested at Lockheed Martin's

facility in Littleton, Colorado, where GOESU was assembled. GOZU is scheduled to

launch in April twenty twenty four. The GOZAR program is a collaborative effort between

NOAH and NASA. NASA builds and launches the s dallites for NOAH, which

operates them and distributes their data to users worldwide. The satellites provide critical data

for weather forecasts and warnings, detecting and monitoring environmental hazards like fire, smoke,

fog, volcanic ash, and dust, and monitoring solar activity and space

weather. Spire Global, Incorporated has announced the launch of its new Deep Navigation

Analytics DNA platform, a centralized space powered hub that delivers essential insights to maritime

stakeholders through three layers maritime weather data APIs, actionable intelligence APIs, decision support,

solutions, and visualizations. The platform utilizes radio occultation RO data acquired by

the company's fully deployed satellite constellation and its proprietary weather forecasting model, which assimilates

RO data to generate fifteen day global weather forecasts, ensuring that users have access

to the most up to date and comprehensive information available. With unparalleled global weather

coverage from space, particularly in under observed areas like the open oceans and other

remote regions, the launch of Spire's Deep Navigation Analytics platform provides the maritime world

with one suite to facilitate a broad range of maritime use cases, said Mike

Eilts, general manager of Weather and Earth Intelligence Spire. Spire's platform enables quick

and easy access to highly accurate maritime weather information via reliable APIs that sync with

its other global data sets including global maritime AIS, positional data, vessel characteristics,

and port events to provide a holistic view of the seas. A recent

study by Spire in collaboration with a customer, projected approximately eleven billion dollar annual

global savings and fuel costs and a reduction of fifty seven million tons of carbon

emissions by vessels that optimize their voyages to avoid unfavorably windy conditions. Spire's multi

objective routing algorithm, powered by a partnership with a leading maritime tech company,

there generates recommended vessel route options based on vessel specific constraints and the desired outcome

d dot G best time charter equivalent, minimum fuel, best time, just

in time arrival, and more. Unlike other existing traditional weather routing algorithms,

spires actionable intelligence for voyage optimization can deliver multiple insights within a single calculation to

help maritime stakeholders reduce fuel consumption, minimize emissions, and enhance safety. The

CEO of France based launch company arian Space says Europe will have to wait until

the twenty thirties for a reusable rocket. Stephen Israel delivered the comments to a

French radio station. On April eighth, the European Space Flight newsletter reported arian

Space is currently preparing its Aeryan six rocket for a test flight, following years

of delays. Europe's workhorse Aeryan five, which has been operational for nearly thirty

years, recently launched the Juice Jupiter mission and now has only one flight remaining

before retirement. Aeryan six will be expendable, despite entering development nearly a decade

ago, when reusability was being developed and tested in the United States, most

famously by SpaceX. The delays to Eryan six, however, mean that Europe

lacks its own options for access to space. This issue was highlighted in a

recent report from an independent advisory group to the European Space Agency. Aside from

Arian Space, Europe is currently fostering a number of private rocket companies, including

Rocket Factory Augsburg, ASAR Aerospace, pld Space and Skyrora, with some of

these rockets to be reusable. However, the rockets in development are lightlift,

whereas Eryan six and its possible successor are much more capable medium to heavy lift

rockets. As I Think I said in last week's podcast, I'm currently located

in the beautiful city of Bath in Somerset in the United Kingdom. We have

very large abbey in the city and this is the place that the first king

of the English, Edgar the Peaceful, was growned in nine seven AD.

The monarch ascended to the throne following the death of his older brother in nine

nine D, but was not ground until nine seventy three, fourteen years later.

His coronation cemented his place as divine ruler, made him the first king

to be formally recognized by God. He was the first king to rule over

all of Britain, from Scotland to Mercia and Wessex. This coronation has set

the blueprint for all future king and queen coronations. Also here in Bath we

have the William Herschel Museum. He discovered Uranus or Uranus no sniggering please,

while surveying stars in the night sky using a telescope that he built himself from

his back garden here in Bath, Herschel noticed one of these stars seemed very

different from the rest, and after observing it many more times, noticed that

it orbited the Sun. He calculated that Uranus had an orbit that was about

eighteen times further from the Sun than the Earth. Herschel also discovered two of

Moon's two moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon. If you are ever in

Bath, please come and visit the museum, and you can even visit the

back garden where he discovered Uranus now a couple of notes about the upcoming upcoming

coronation. The throne of the Kings and Queens of England, known as Saint

Edward's Chair, is adorned with images of zodiac signs, the sun and the

moon. The coronation crown of Queen Elizabeth and now of King Charles features a

band of diamonds set in a sunburst pattern, while the sept they carry is

topped with a cross that represents the four point of the compass. Now in

the UK, we have a wonderful television program called The Sky at Night.

It's broadcast monthly on the BBC and was started in the late nineteen forties or

early nineteen fifties and was presented for many years by Sir Patrick Moore, who

was a self taught astronomer and who helped NASSA organize and identify the landing zones

for the Apollo aircraft. Nowadays the program is not only presented but has guessed

doctor Brian May of Queen the Rock Band, who will appear in the coronation

concert I think on Sunday after the coronation. Not everybody knows that Brian May

has a PhD in astrophysics and is a regular presenter on BBC Television of a

number of science and education shows and news presentations. Well that's it for today's

podcast. Just quickly before we go, Halle, do you have a dad

joke? Goodbye everybody, and here is today's dad joke. Why did the

astronaut break up with his girlfriend? He needed his space? Thanks Hally,

I really do make no comment about your jokes. See everybody next week.

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