by dankeelan | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Satellites, Space, Telecommunications
SpaceX successfully sent text messages via Starlink satellites using T-Mobile’s network, it announced Wednesday, as Elon Musk’s company aims to bring its direct-to-device cell service to market in the coming year. The recent test comes as major...
by dankeelan | Dec 21, 2023 | Featured, Rideshare, Space
Space start-up Privateer, co-founded by the famed Apple technologist Steve Wozniak, will begin orbital tests of its ride-sharing orbital module Pono in January. The module, which launched on Dec. 1 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, was developed to...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Space
Every new year creates a new opportunity for optimism and predictions. In the past couple of years, emerging technology has permeated almost all areas of our lives. There is much to explore! In this article, I focus on three evolving technology areas that are already...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2023 | Climate, Featured, Space
An astronaut just snapped stunning photos of giant icebergs floating in the South Atlantic from space. As Earth continues to warm, more and more chunks of ice are breaking off glaciers and ice sheets and falling into the ocean. These icebergs can be seen from...
by dankeelan | Dec 7, 2023 | Space
Twenty-five years ago, Bob Cabana was at the aft flight deck controls of the space shuttle Endeavour when he fired the orbiter’s thrusters to connect a U.S.-built node with a Russian module in Earth orbit. The burst closed the short distance between...
by dankeelan | Nov 30, 2023 | Satellites, Space
As the number of satellites in orbit increase, so will the possibilities of space debris. There are currently 8,000 satellites in orbit, but hundreds of thousands more are being proposed. If even 10 per cent of the filed-for satellites launch, low Earth...
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