Megaconstellations Obscure Night Sky View in Australia, Thousands of Satellites Affect Indigenous Astronomy Practices

SPACE 04.25.2022 03:55 AM

Private-owned satellites provide global broadband, but these megaconstellations threaten ancient indigenous astronomy traditions that depend on them. Read on for further details.

Satellite Images Reveal Expanded Makeshift Mass Burial Site Near Ukraine's Besieged City of Mariupol

04.23.2022 00:56 AM

Virginia-based Maxar Technologies shared satellite images of a mass burial site in the eastern part of Ukraine. Check out this article to see the photos.

Solar Flares a Threat to Communication Systems, Geomagnetic Storms May Damage More Satellites in the Coming Years

04.02.2022 02:01 AM

Continue reading to learn how solar storms are threatening to damage much more. Starlink, a low-orbit internet satellite from SpaceX, and other low-orbit internet satellites.

Satellite Image Shows Ukrainians in Long Queue Waiting for Food and Supplies Amid Continuous Russia Invasion

03.31.2022 07:44 AM

Check out this photo from space taken by Maxar Technologies' WorldView-3 satellite that shows a long queue of Ukrainian people waiting for food and supplies amid the Russian invasion.

Elon Musk Confident That Russia Cannot Bring Down SpaceX Starlink Using Missiles, Here’s Why

03.28.2022 23:23 PM

Because of the large number of Starlink satellites in service, Elon Musk believes it will be difficult for Russia to destroy them. This is why.

Elon Musk's Starlink Satellites Redirected for Ukraine Could Become Russia's New Target

03.01.2022 08:30 AM

Elon Musk's Starlink offers internet service in 29 countries and now including Ukraine. Read on how this could help the country and why experts fear it could become new targets for Russia.

Revolutionary Technology Will Use Lasers to Beam Power to Low Earth Orbit Satellites During Eclipses

01.28.2022 02:35 AM

Scientists from the University of Surrey collaborate with Space Power to develop a technology that will use lasers to beam solar power from satellites under solar illumination to other satellites when power is not possible due to an eclipse.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket Launches for the 11th Time, Sending Over 50 Satellites to Space

12.18.2021 23:10 PM

SpaceX's Falcon 9 has beaten its record becoming the most flown rocket of Elon Musk's spaceflight company. If all goes as planned, the company could be launching 31 missions this year as there are two more scheduled flights on the calendar.

Some Brightest Stars in the Night Sky Are Megconstellation, Man-Made Satellites May Disrupt Astronomy Research

12.02.2021 21:29 PM

Satellites are disrupting the night sky that soon they will make up one out of every 15 points in the night sky, an astronomer predicts.

SpaceX Postpones Starlink Launch to Saturday Due to Bad Weather Conditions

11.12.2021 20:44 PM

SpaceX announced it has postponed its latest Starlink launch on Friday, November 12, due to unfavorable weather and instead move it to its backup launch date on Saturday morning, November 13.

China Successfully Launches First Solar Observatory, 10 Satellites on its 37th Orbital Launch of the Year

10.14.2021 21:26 PM

China launched its Long March 2D rocket carrying the country's first solar observatory and 10 other satellites into orbit that will enable scientists to study solar flares.

Nanosatellites are the Future of Satellites: Earth Observation Now Smaller, Cheaper Than Ever

10.13.2021 22:25 PM

Nanosatellites are now the future of satellites because they are cost-efficient, smaller, and can be developed in a shorter period. Their smaller size does not limit the impact they can do to observe Earth's surface.

China ‘Silently’ Launched 4 Satellites in 2 Rockets in Just Hours; What Is This About?

09.04.2021 21:55 PM

China successfully launched new communications satellites this week, two of which launched within hours of one other from different launch locations.

Amazon Wants FCC To Reject SpaceX's Starlink Satellite Crosslink For Being "Too Broad, Speculative"

08.27.2021 00:50 AM

Amazon's own satellite broadband company, Kuiper Systems, said that SpaceX's plans for the second-generation Starlink are "too wide and speculative."

SpaceX Proposes To Use Starship for Revised Starlink Gen2 Plans

08.20.2021 06:14 AM

SpaceX said that they prefer using Starship rockets for the revised Starlink Gen2 to allow satellites to enter service within weeks rather than months.

5 Ways of Shark Conservation: NASA's Earth-Observing Satellites Help in Nature Maintenance

07.18.2021 21:53 PM

As scientists at various institutions are directly focusing on shark conservation, the Earth-observing satellites of NASA collect important information about the habitat of sharks, the ocean, in particular.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch This Week: Rare Polar Mission on Southerly Coast-Hugging Trajectory From Cape Canaveral

06.29.2021 04:20 AM

SpaceX is set to launch its Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, June 30, that will carry 88 small satellites to orbit. The rocket will land on Cape Canaveral, a first since last December.

“Find Starlink” Portal Lets You Locate SpaceX Satellites in the Sky: Here’s How to Use the Fan-Made Website

05.30.2021 00:37 AM

As SpaceX grows its constellation of Starlink satellites for global Internet access, more and more of these space objects can be spotted across the night sky - and a superfan has developed a portal to help everyone track these satellites.

VIPER Rocket Launched to Look at How Satellites Affected by Lightning Storms on Earth

05.28.2021 22:47 PM

Scientific evidence so far suggests that VLF radio waves interact with the charged particles in that region and could drain the belts after lightning storms have filled them up, creating an impenetrable barrier against radiation that protect spacecraft.

Satellite Light Pollution Is Worsening, Disrupting Naked-Eye Observers and Astronomers

03.28.2021 22:15 PM

A new analysis reveals that no place on Earth is spared from experiencing satellite light pollution that disrupts naked-eye and astronomical observations.

Using Satellite Cameras, Scientists Counted Elephants From Space

01.20.2021 01:55 AM

Scientists used satellite cameras coupled with deep learning to count elephants in complex geographical landscapes from space.