by dankeelan | Nov 14, 2024 | Featured, Satellites, Space
SpaceX launched 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida early this morning (Nov. 14) in the second half of a spaceflight doubleheader. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the 24 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape...
by dankeelan | Oct 31, 2024 | Satellites, Space
Debris from an exploded telecommunications satellite is spreading across geosynchronous orbit, threatening other spacecraft in this precious region of space, an animation by a leading space situational awareness firm suggests. The animation by Pennsylvania-based...
by dankeelan | Oct 24, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Carbon, Satellites
New technologies are providing unprecedented capabilities for combating deforestation around the globe, particularly in tropical forests. Why it matters: The technologies, which are made possible by advances in Earth observing satellites and...
by dankeelan | Oct 17, 2024 | Mobility, Satellites, Space
The satellite industry has been transformed in recent years from one with a few, mostly government-controlled, high-orbit vehicles into one with a proliferation of smaller, low-orbit constellations of multiple satellites dominated by commercial enterprises. All that...
by dankeelan | Oct 10, 2024 | Climate, Featured, Satellites, Space
Since 1972, the U.S Geological Survey Landsat Earth Observation satellites have been providing scientists and policy makers with up to date data on a range of features of Earth’s surface, and the picture being painted is a grim one. Earth’s...
by dankeelan | Sep 26, 2024 | Satellites, Space
The U.S. Space Force is moving forward with plans to augment its aging Satellite Control Network (SCN) by leveraging commercial satellite antennas. Shannon Pallone, program executive for battle management, command control and communications at the Space Systems...
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