satellites

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Starship V3 rocket completes first mission

    Starship V3 rocket completes first mission SpaceX’s upgraded Starship successfully deployed mock satellites and returned to Earth largely unscathed, though its booster spun out of control and broke apart over the Gulf of Mexico. The gigantic rocket’s twelfth major test flight was a successful...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Starship deploys satellites in 10th test flight

    Starship deploys satellites in 10th test flight SpaceX’s Starship rocket launched to space and deployed satellites for the first time before surviving most of its journey to Earth, achieving new technological milestones after a year of fiery setbacks. The mission secured a much-needed win for...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    The cyberattack that could take world back to the 1950s

    The cyberattack that could take world back to the 1950s If space systems such as GPS were hacked and knocked offline, much of the world would instantly be returned to the communications and navigation technologies of the 1950s. Yet space cybersecurity is largely invisible to the public at a...
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    How Starlink could help make Internet cable breaks irrelevant

    How Starlink could help make Internet cable breaks irrelevant The ability of SpaceX’s Starlink Internet service to transmit data packets between its fleet of satellites makes it capable of circumventing undersea cable breaks. This feature could soon also be supported on other satellite...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    North Korea claims it took photos of White House and Pentagon with new spy satellite

    North Korea claims it took photos of White House and Pentagon with new spy satellite North Korea claimed its first spy satellite put into space, which was launched into orbit last week, has taken photos of the White House, Pentagon and nearby US naval stations. The prominent US sites add to a...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    North Korea's first spy satellite deployment confirmed

    North Korea's first spy satellite deployment confirmed North Korea appears to have successfully placed a satellite into orbit, moving leader Kim Jong Un closer to his key policy goal of deploying an array of reconnaissance probes to keep an eye on US forces in the region. South Korea’s Joint...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Dish TV fined R2.89 million for "parking" satellite in wrong orbit

    Dish TV fined R2.89 million for "parking" satellite in wrong orbit Dish Network Corp. was fined $150,000 (R2.89 million) by US regulators for leaving a retired satellite parked in the wrong place in space, reflecting official concern over the growing amount of debris orbiting Earth and the...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    FAA proposes rules for cleaning up space junk

    FAA proposes rules for cleaning up space junk A new proposed rule would require commercial space companies to clean up some of their junk. The US Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday released a proposal to limit the uncontrolled reentry of a launch vehicle’s upper stage — the part of a...
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  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Virgin Orbit shuts down operations

    Virgin Orbit shuts down operations Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc., the satellite-launch company tied to British billionaire Richard Branson, is ceasing operations indefinitely, succumbing to growing cash-crunch pressures that have paralyzed startups in many emerging technologies. The company said...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Free satellite data helping to monitor natural disasters

    Free satellite data helping to monitor natural disasters If you want to track changes in the Amazon rainforest, see the full expanse of a hurricane or figure out where people need help after a disaster, it’s much easier to do with the view from a satellite orbiting a few hundred miles above...
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  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    OneWeb takes R4 billion hit on satellites taken hostage by Russia

    OneWeb takes R4 billion hit on satellites taken hostage by Russia British satellite startup OneWeb Ltd. took a $229 million (R3.96 billion) writedown after Russia scuppered its launch plans and took 36 of its spacecraft hostage indefinitely earlier this year. The impairment came after OneWeb...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    SpaceX Starship contracted to launch satellite into space in 2024

    SpaceX Starship contracted to launch satellite into space in 2024 SpaceX’s Starship has been chosen as the launch vehicle for a Japanese satellite, one of the first publicly disclosed commercial payloads for Elon Musk’s newest rocket. The Superbird-9 is scheduled to be launched in 2024 to...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    New space company to launch satellites from South Africa

    New space company to launch satellites from South Africa Swedish space company AAC Clyde Space has founded a South African-based subsidiary, AAC Space Africa, to design, build, and deliver space missions to the continent from its Cape Town base in the Western Cape. AAC Clyde Space CEO Luis...
  15. Gordon_R

    If You Could See Every Satellite, What Would The Sky Look Like? 360/VR

    Scott Manly 3D-VR animation:
  16. Kevin Lancaster

    China launches two next-gen GPS satellites

    China launches two next-gen GPS satellites China successfully launched the 18th and 19th satellites of its next generation of global positioning technology, state media reported on Sunday.
  17. LazyLion

    US Army Seeks New Technology to Replace GPS

    The US army is working to limit its dependence on GPS by developing the next generation of navigation technology, including a tiny autonomous chip, the director of the Pentagon's research agency said Wednesday. DARPA, the research group behind a range of spy tech and which helped invent the...
  18. LazyLion

    Hackers Plan Their Own Communication Satellite Grid

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367042 Where do I sign up? :D
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