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Algorithms aim to make real-time data processing possible anywhere on Earth
In recent years, the expansion of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations has made satellite communications cool again ...
Outer Space around earth is already pretty crowded. Tech firms are racing to pack even more satellites in
Thousands of satellites in low-Earth orbit could create a doom loop of dangerous debris and Julia Musto details the problem ...
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Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don't know where
Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on ...
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How smaller satellites are reshaping the geostationary orbit market
For decades, geostationary orbit (GEO) was the undisputed home of satellite communications. From television broadcasts to ...
China’s bullet-shape satellite test paves the way for very low orbit surveillance network
Chutian project aims to establish 300-satellite network offering continuous global coverage with a range of imaging types ...
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A Soviet-era space probe crashed back to Earth after more than 50 years in orbit
Kosmos 482 rocketed into space in 1972 on a quest to reach Venus, but its journey was scuttled by an apparent engine ...
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A privately developed Australian rocket is ready for a historic launch
The Eris rocket is capable of delivering about 670 pounds (305 kilograms) of mass into low-Earth orbit, a payload capacity roughly equivalent to Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle, which flies ...
A failed Soviet Venus probe is falling to Earth, and an astronomer will attempt to catch it on camera on May 9
The Virtual Telescope Project aims to observe the anticipated reentry of the former Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 spacecraft as ...
Soviet-era spacecraft Cosmos 482 to reenter Earth's atmosphere this week: Where could it land?
Cosmos 482, part of a Soviet-era spacecraft that failed to reach Venus in the 1970s, is expected to crash back on Earth ...
Florida Today7d
After storms clear Space Coast, SpaceX launches early morning rocket May 10 on Starlink mission
The 229-foot rocket lifted off at 2:28 a.m. from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, then deployed 28 Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit. Hours before ...
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Establishing electromagnetic wave measurement standards to ensure the performance of Korea's Starlink
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has established standards that can reliably verify the performance of ...