Rogue Announces Full Manifest of Their Next Mission: OTP-2
05 Nov
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Rogue Announces Full Manifest of Their Next Mission: OTP-2

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Technology tamfitronics LACONIA, NH, November 04, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Rogue Space Systems Corporation (Rogue) announces its next mission featuring new mission capabilities and a compliment of commercial hosted payloads. The OTP-2 spacecraft is planned to launch NET February 2025. The primary objective of this mission will be the testing of Rogue's developments in mission operations and algorithms for future In-Space Logistics services, requiring close-proximity maneuvering and docking. OTP-2 will have one undisclosed payload, a new propulsion system, an encryption system, a new edge computing device and 5 optical sensors in addition to the spacecraft's star tracker. Additionally, Rogue will carry out the demonstration and on-orbit testing of these four cutting-edge payloads that will uniquely augment OTP-2. Rogue will be flying their next generation Scalable Compute Platform (SCP) to provide critical computer vision, autonomy, and AI...
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Six rogue planets spotted by James Webb Telescope in nearby nebula
06 Sep
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Six rogue planets spotted by James Webb Telescope in nearby nebula

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NASA Space Technology Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust.Planetary Delights: A rogue planet is an interstellar body with planetary mass that is not gravitationally bound to any "parent" star or star-like object. The exact process by which rogue planets form is still under debate, but recent observations made with the James Webb Space Telescope may help dispel some of the mysteries surrounding these elusive galactic wanderers. NASA estimates that trillions of rogue planets could be hidden within a single galaxy, including our own Milky Way. A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University recently discovered six new wandering worlds by focusing the powerful infrared instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope on a young nebula located a thousand light-years away, known as NGC 1333.The nearby nebula resides...
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