S02E03: Astronomy Daily: Coronation Weekend and Space News Update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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You can get the information about the
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com. Goodbye, everybody, See
you next week. Yes, Trono Medbe Podcast