by dankeelan | Oct 11, 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...
by dankeelan | Sep 19, 2024 | Featured, Internet of Things, Satellites, Space
The company’s Electron rocket was scheduled to launch five “Internet of Things” satellites for the French company Kinéis today at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) from New Zealand. The countdown clock reached zero, and Electron appeared to fire up its...
by dankeelan | Jul 2, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Satellites
In 1957 frank rosenblatt, a psychologist, built a machine called the Perceptron. Modelled on the human brain, its neural networks were a forerunner of today’s artificial intelligence (ai). It intrigued the cia which was drowning in photos from spy planes and...
by dankeelan | Jun 21, 2024 | Featured, Internet of Things, Satellites, Space
An Electron lifted off from Pad B at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, at 2:13 p.m. EDT on June 20 (1813 GMT; 6:13 a.m. local New Zealand time on June 21). The rocket was operating with an instantaneous launch window but lifted off at the first...
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