Apr 9, 2026 | Featured, Satellites, Space
Artificial lights at night brightened up planet Earth by 16% between 2014 and 2022, a new study using satellite images has revealed. But some areas, including those struck by war and natural disasters, or those in countries with effective light pollution and...
Apr 7, 2026 | Featured, Satellites, Space
SpaceX’s Starlink division confirmed yesterday that it lost contact with a satellite on Sunday and is trying to locate space debris that might have been produced by… whatever happened there. Starlink said there appeared to be “no new risk” to other space operations...
Apr 2, 2026 | Communications, Satellites, Telecommunications
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is teaming up with tech giant Amazon in a new long-term partnership aimed at transforming the in-flight experience with faster, more reliable internet and expanded digital services. The agreement centers on Amazon’s low Earth orbit...
Mar 19, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Satellites, Space
AI systems could soon be able to hijack satellites in orbit and cause them to collide with other spacecraft, potentially triggering a dangerous cascade of smash-ups that could render the environment around Earth unsafe for years, according to experts. Cyber security...
Feb 19, 2026 | Featured, Satellites, Space
The largest-ever communications satellite of its kind took a major step toward operation Tuesday: operator AST SpaceMobile announced the record-breaking spacecraft, whimsically called BlueBird 6, has successfully unfolded its humongous antenna. Spanning some 2,400...
Feb 12, 2026 | Satellites, Space
Space is getting crowded — nowadays, over 45,000 human-made objects orbit Earth. A portion of that figure is indeed represented by the thousands of satellites humans use for internet, GPS and other communications, but it also takes into account space junk from...
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