Startup Astranis hopes to blanket the Earth with dozens of satellites the size of a mini-fridge. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a9848dc052a533488ac2bc0/master/pass/Satellite-FINAL.jpg
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Elon Musk tweets video of SpaceX’s first broadband satellites in space
Enlarge / SpaceX’s first Starlink broadband satellites. (credit: Elon Musk) SpaceX founder Elon Musk today tweeted an eight-second video of the company’s first broadband satellites, saying they are now “deployed and communicating to Earth stations.” First two Starlink demo satellites, called Tintin A & B, deployed and communicating to Earth stations The demonstration satellites, named […]
SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 carrying internet satellites
SpaceX successfully launched another Falcon 9 rocket today carrying Spain’s radar imaging Paz satellite as well as two of its own satellites, Microsat-2a and -2b. The two experimental satellites will be used to test SpaceX’s plan to deliver internet to people around the globe through thousands of low-orbit satellites. Today’s Falcon launch carries 2 SpaceX […]
Watch live: SpaceX is quietly launching the first 2 of nearly 12,000 satellites to blanket Earth in high-speed internet
SpaceX/Flickr SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, is launching a Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday morning. In addition to a Spanish company’s radar satellite, the launch is expected to send up two experimental SpaceX satellites. The two satellites may test aspects of Starlink, a project to bathe Earth in high-speed internet access. The Starlink plan calls […]
SpaceX Will Launch the First of Its Global Internet Satellites
They’re just two in what will be thousands of orbiting routers. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a862d0c6274a8593b00d2c4/master/pass/faclon9vandenberg-featuredart.jpg
After a “major” launch anomaly, satellites scrambling to reach orbits
Enlarge / An Ariane 5 rocket launches in December, 2017. (credit: Arianespace) On Wednesday night, an Ariane 5 booster took off from Kourou, a launch site in French Guiana operated by a European rocket company. The launch proceeded normally until shortly before nine minutes and 26 seconds into the flight, when ground tracking stations lost […]
NASA and Germany are about to refresh their climate science satellites
Cassini might have gotten a very emotional send-off at the close of its 20-year journey, but it’s not the only long-term space mission being retired this season. Today, the joint NASA-German Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has ended operations after 15 years, three times longer than expected. Its mission: Precisely measure Earth’s gravitational field […]
Meet the Geek Who Tracks Rogue Satellites With Coat Hangers
Since 2012, Mike Coletta has been eavesdropping on the sky, picking up signals from satellites that were never meant for him. https://media.wired.com/photos/59dfaf0b72c5734ef748cabd/master/pass/anttenas-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
SpaceX and OneWeb broadband satellites raise fears about space debris
(credit: OneWeb) Thousands of new satellites are expected to be launched into low-Earth orbit in the coming years to provide high-speed broadband, and the projects have caused concern for experts and government officials who worry about a worsening space debris problem. As the Federal Communications Commission considers satellite applications from SpaceX, OneWeb, Boeing, and others, […]
Satellites help predict malaria outbreaks months in advance
Malaria is one of the greatest health threats in tropical regions like the Amazon, but predicting its spread is difficult. While it’s no secret that mosquitoes prefer warm air and standing pools of water, how do you translate that awareness to a large scale? By getting a little help from orbit, apparently. Researchers are using […]
