Privately held SpaceX is ready to open up the beta testing of its Starlink satellite internet service, and has sent emails offering consumers who have expressed interest a chance to sign up for service.The email, which was posted on Reddit Monday,...
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One area artificial intelligence can have a deep impact on is climate predictions. Google already has a number of weather efforts, and this month launched an AI partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite...
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As private space starts booming, the footprint of the industry could become massive. Making the rocket fuel from CO2 could help.
When SpaceX launches its Starship rocket, designed to send crew members to the International Space Station, deliver...
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And Deutsche Telekom's happy with this airborne base station plan A British startup is hoping to strap 5G antennas to liquid-hydrogen-powered high-altitude pseudo-satellites in the hope of replacing mobile base stations on the ground.…
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Fly me to the Moon, let me swim among the stars Water molecules have been detected in soil in one of the Moon's largest sunlit craters, NASA announced on Monday, which means permanent bases on the natural satellite may be potentially a lot easier to...
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An international team of scientists recently measured the spectrum of the atmosphere of a rare hot Neptune exoplanet, whose discovery by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was announced just last month.
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SpaceX has drawn plenty of praise and criticism with the creation of Starlink, a constellation that will one day provide broadband internet access to the entire world. To date, the company has launched over 800 satellites and (as of this summer) is...
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TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, was launched in 2018 with the goal of discovering small planets around the Sun's nearest neighbors, stars bright enough to allow for follow-up characterizations of their planets' masses and...
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Space weather like solar flares could seriously disrupt electronics and satellites, and the US government might soon mount a better defense. President Trump has signed the PROSWIFT Act (Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to...
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In the abstract, the internet is a zone of digital freedom. In practice, the messy physicality of the internet—all those cables and server farms and transceivers—give states plenty of control.But what if the internet took to the stars? If the...
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Visualizing All Of Earth's Satellites: Who Owns Our Orbit?
Tyler Durden
Sun, 10/25/2020 - 07:35
For centuries, humans have looked to space and the stars for answers. The fascination is more than philosophical - it’s coupled...
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Kris Osborn
Security,
An attack’s success or failure can often hang in the balance of satellite networking.
Here's What You Need To Remember: A series of smaller, faster, lower-altitude Medium and LEO satellites operating from Joint Base...
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SpaceX has drawn plenty of praise and criticism with the creation of Starlink, a constellation that will one-day provide broadband internet access to the entire world. To date, the company has launched over 800 satellites and (as of this summer) is...
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SpaceX has launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites, the primary ingredient for its forthcoming global broadband internet service. The launch took place at 11:31 AM EDT, with a liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. This...
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AI analysis of satellite images sees trees and shrubs where human eyes can't.At the western edge of the Sahara is more significant vegetation than previously suspected.Machine learning trained to recognize trees completed the detailed study in...
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David Axe
Security, Europe
The plane would help the system get into orbit.
Key point: The MiG-31 is a pretty good plane and Russia knows that a major war would involve action in space. Why not use the plane to help with such a war?
Russia appears...
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The space startup will be sending a small telescope and several other satellites aloft on Wednesday.
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Witness the changing planet through the eye of Earth-orbiting satellites with Climate from Space, a new interactive website developed by ESA.
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SpaceX founder Elon Musk has called Starlink user terminals, which are designed to connect to the internet via a fleet of orbiting satellites, "UFOs on a stick."
Ashish Sharma/SpaceX
SpaceX has rocketed 835 Starlink satellites into orbit...
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Satellite Image Reveals 13 Russian MiG-29 Jets At Armenian Base
Tyler Durden
Thu, 10/22/2020 - 03:30
Via AlMasdarNews.com,
A satellite image captured earlier this year revealed the presence of several Russian-made MiG-29 jets...
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