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Satellites beat balloons in race for flying internet
Google’s Loon bows out – but thousands of satellites are taking to the skies to beam down the internet. BBC News – Technology BEST DEAL UPDATE:
SpaceX’s first ‘rideshare’ mission will launch a record number of satellites
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How Ugandan Nasa scientist Catherine Nakalembe uses satellites to boost farming
Catherine Nakalembe won this year’s Africa Food Prize for pioneering work using satellite images. BBC News – Science & Environment SPECIAL BABY DEAL:
Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk
A Japanese forestry firm has partnered with Kyoto University in what would be a world first. BBC News – Science & Environment SPECIAL DEAL DISCOUNT:
Japan hoping wooden satellites will solve the problem of space junk
Japanese researchers are working on satellite technology that would use wood components to eliminate excess space junk, allowing objects to burn up upon reentry to Earth’s atmosphere, according to a new report. Sumitomo Forestry, a 400-year-old Japanese woodworking company, is partnering with Kyoto University to … Read more…
New Sentinel satellites to check the pulse of Earth
More satellites are ordered for the EU project that monitors the state of the planet. BBC News – Science & Environment SPECIAL BABY DEAL:
Satellites picture methane across the globe
The GHGSat company releases a tool to show how methane varies in the atmosphere across the world. BBC News – Science & Environment SPECIAL BABY DEAL:
Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellites clutter the skies, frustrating astronomers
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s hundreds of satellites cluttering up the galaxy. A plethora of massive internet satellites launched by eco-friendly billionaire Elon Musk are swirling overhead — and astronomers are trying mightily … Read more…
Air Force seeks a radical shift in how jets, missiles and satellites are designed
The Air Force hopes to usher in a new era of weapons development in which computer-generated models — owned by the government and enabled by artificial intelligence technology — can test millions of possible designs in a virtual format. Business … Read more…
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink Satellites
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Milne Ice Shelf: Satellites capture Arctic ice split
The Planet Earth-observation company releases new imagery of Canada’s broken Milne Ice Shelf. BBC News – Science & Environment SPECIAL BABY DEAL:
Climate change: Satellites record history of Antarctic melting
European spacecraft track in fine detail the thinning that’s occurred at the continent’s edge. BBC News – Science & Environment SPECIAL BABY DEAL:
Climate change: Satellites find new colonies of Emperor penguins
A search from space discovers new colonies of the Antarctic bird that has an uncertain future. BBC News – Science & Environment SPECIAL BABY DEAL:
European Sentinel satellites to map global CO2 emissions
German manufacturer OHB-System signs a €445m contract to build a greenhouse gas monitoring system. BBC News – Science & Environment SPECIAL DEAL DISCOUNT:
Esa and Nasa line up satellites to measure Antarctic sea-ice
Aligning polar satellites will enable the first ever reliable maps of Antarctic sea-ice thickness. BBC News – Science & Environment SPECIAL DEAL DISCOUNT:
Planet’s satellites aim for still sharper view of Earth
Some locations on Earth, such as the UK, will be pictured at high resolution up to 12 times a day. BBC News – Science & Environment SPECIAL BABY DEAL:
China launches 2 rockets in 2 days, lofting 4 satellites to orbit
While NASA and SpaceX were busy supporting the historic Demo-2 mission last weekend, the Chinese were making space strides of their own. Space.com BEST DEAL UPDATE:
SpaceX will test anti-glare sun visors for Starlink satellites
SpaceX has already launched dozens of Starlink satellites to date, but not without some controversy. When the satellites were first launched, they weren’t properly oriented in orbit. In some cases, their solar panels were facing toward Earth, which made the … Read more…
SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites and lands rocket in dazzling nighttime liftoff
SpaceX successfully launched a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit today (June 3) and nailed a rocket landing at sea to top off the mission. Space.com BEST DEAL UPDATE:
SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites and achieves a reusability record for a Falcon 9 booster
SpaceX launched its second Falcon 9 rocket in the span of just four days on Wednesday at 9:25 PM EDT (6:25 PM PDT). This one was carrying 60 more satellites for its Starlink constellation, which will bring the total currently … Read more…
Rompasso – Satellites (Official Audio)
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Earth’s magnetic field is weakening and it’s impacting satellites
Earth’s magnetic field is gradually weakening in an area that stretches from Africa to South America and scientists who are trying to understand why. This weakening is also causing technical disturbances in some satellites orbiting Earth. Scientists are using data … Read more…
