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How to Catch a Glimpse of NASA’s Orbiting Solar Sail

Mon, 09/09/2024 - 15:10

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Artist's rendition of NASA's solar sail in orbit above Earth

spaceflight, cubesats, NASA, satellites, Solar powered, solar sail

This Is the Last Image Taken by NASA’s Historic Asteroid-Hunting Spacecraft

Fri, 08/09/2024 - 16:25

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Infrared image of Fornax constellation taken by NASA's NEOWISE space telescope.

Space, Asteroids, Comets, NASA, Near-Earth Objects, satellites, space telescopes

Chinese Rocket Breaks Apart in Orbit, Leaves Dangerous Trail of Debris in Space

Thu, 08/08/2024 - 12:10

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A Long March 6A rocket carrying the satellite group blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on August 6, 2024 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.

spaceflight, Satellite megaconstellations, satellites, Space Debris, space junk, space traffic management

SpaceX’s Direct-to-Cell Starlink Satellites Are 5 Times Brighter Than Before, Worrying Astronomers

Wed, 08/07/2024 - 13:25

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Starlink satellite streaks as viewed by a ground based telescope.

The company plans to launch thousands of direct-to-cell Starlink satellites, which may interfere with our views of the night sky.

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A Chinese firm's answer to Elon Musk's Starlink just launched its first satellites for the thousands-strong network Beijing plans to build

Tue, 08/06/2024 - 00:13

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A Long March-6 rocket lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. — The first 18 satellites in the Thousand Sail Constellation were launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, pictured here, according to local media.
Zheng Bin/Xinhua via Getty Images

Tech, Science, Space, satellites, Starlink, elon-musk

SpaceX Pinpoints Cause of Rare Falcon 9 Launch Failure

Fri, 07/26/2024 - 12:50

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A view of the Falcon 9 second stage engine with unusual ice buildup.

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Truck Receives Laser Signal from Space in First-of-Its-Kind Demonstration

Tue, 07/16/2024 - 11:00

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The WA Optical Ground Station at UWA.

Science, spaceflight, Laser communication, satellites, space communications network

Ukraine says it's cracking down on satellite images of its territory in case they give away secrets to Russia

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:44

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Satellite imagery of the before and after images of flooded homes in Korsunka — Satellite imagery of flooded homes in Korsunka, Ukraine, on May 15, 2023.
Satellite image (c) 2023 Maxar Technologies via Getty Images

Military & Defense, Russia, Ukraine, ukraine-war, satellite, satellites, news-uk

Russia and China's 'unfriendly' space behavior is 'concerning' and could threaten US satellites, defense analysts say

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 16:30

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Satellite over the Earth's surface. — A satellite over the Earth's surface.
Michael Dunning

Military & Defense, Russia, China, satellites, Espionage, Space

Landfills are spewing even more methane into the atmosphere than we thought

Sun, 03/31/2024 - 05:17

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Methane emissions colored blue, yellow, and red float over an aerial map of a landfill in Texas. — A methane plume over a landfill in Texas.
Carbon Mapper

Science, Tech, Sustainability, Methane, satellites, NASA

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