This marks the start of scientific operations and a major milestone in our mission to increase the availability of space science data.
Read Moreabout Blue Skies Space Delivers First Data to the Mauve Science Programme
Mauve was pointed at its first calibration target, eta UMa, a bright star in the constellation Ursa Major, approximately 104 light-years from Earth.
Mauve was launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Transporter-15 rideshare programme on 28 November 2025.
The project, named RadioLuna, aims to uncover whether a fleet of small satellites in a lunar orbit could detect faint radio signals from the universe’s earliest days—signals that are nearly impossible to pick up on Earth due to man-made radio interference.
Il progetto, denominato RadioLuna, consiste in una flotta di piccoli satelliti in orbita lunare per rilevare deboli segnali radio provenienti dai primordi dell’universo, segnali che sono quasi impossibili da captare sulla Terra a causa delle interferenze radio antropogeniche.
