A New NASA Satellite Will Map Earth’s Rising Seas
SWOT could turn out to be a major improvement over measurements by previous satellites. “Instead of a ‘pencil beam’ moving along the Earth’s surface from a…
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GPS Signals Are Being Disrupted in Russian Cities
There are relatively few large-scale monitoring efforts tracking GPS disruptions. John Wiseman, the technologist and open source enthusiast who created…
Microsoft and Viasat are using satellites to bring 10 million people online
As a variety of organizations and companies are working to expand (and sometimes restore) electricity to the hundreds of millions of people who don’t have…
The UK government reveals its plans to link remote areas with broadband from satellites
Today, having a fast and stable internet connection is a must. However, there are many remote areas in the UK where installing the…
US FCC clears SpaceX to launch 7,500 Gen2 Starlink broadband satellites
it was building a 172,000-square-foot satellite production facility in Washington for Kuiper. It plans to launch 3,236 low Earth orbit satellites and…
FCC allows SpaceX to deploy 7,500 second-gen Starlink satellites
SpaceX first asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to deploy 29,988 second-generation Starlink satellites back in 2020. Now, the FCC has…
ISRO to launch Oceansat, 8 other satellites today
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Chennai, November 26Scientists of the Indian Space Research…
ISRO to Launch PSLV-C54 With Oceansat-3, 8 Nano Satellites on November 26
The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch PSLV-C54/ EOS-06 mission with Oceansat-3 and eight nano satellites, including one from Bhutan, on board…
‘Dark Ships’ Emerge From the Shadows of the Nord Stream Mystery
The first gas leaks on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea were detected in the early hours of September, pouring up to 400,000 tons of methane into…
UN initiative will use satellites to detect methane emission hotspots
The United Nations is betting that satellites could help the world catch up on emissions reductions. The organization has unveiled a Methane Alert and…