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SpaceX Counters FAA Claims That Reentering Starlink Satellites Could Hurt Or Kill People

Oct 26, 2023 | Safety, Space

SpaceX has asked the u.s. federal aviation administration (faa) to correct a report warning that components from reentering starlink constellation satellites could injure or even kill people on the ground. The FAA, a regulatory body that licenses the launch...

Burned-Up Space Junk Pollutes Earth’s Upper Atmosphere, NASA Planes Find

Oct 19, 2023 | Satellites, Space

Scientists have long thought that the burning up of space junk in Earth’s atmosphere creates air pollution that can affect the planet’s climate. Now, for the first time, they’ve managed to detect the presence of these pollutants in the air high above...

Spacex To Launch 144 Missions Next Year

Oct 19, 2023 | Space

SpaceX intends to boost its unprecedented launch cadence to dizzying new heights. Elon Musk’s company has already launched 74 orbital missions in 2023, more than any private outfit ever has in a single year. (The previous record was 61, set by SpaceX in 2022.)...

New Space Junk Project Aims To Detect And Monitor ‘Untrackable’ Objects

Oct 11, 2023 | Space

Close to seven decades after the launch of humanity’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik, Earth is surrounded by millions of pieces of space junk that could collide and cause significant damage to satellites, but most of them are too small to be...

US Issues First Ever Fine For Space Junk To Dish Network

Oct 5, 2023 | Space

The US government has issued its first ever fine to a company for leaving space junk orbiting the Earth. The Federal Communications Commission fined Dish Network $150,000 (£125,000) for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from others in use. The...

NASA To Send Mini Robots To Explore Challenging Terrain On The Moon

Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Robots, Space

NASA’s Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) is working on a network of mini mobile robots, almost the size of a shoebox, that can work together as a team to autonomously explore planetary surfaces including the rugger lunar terrain....