Archive for the 'Space' Category
SpaceX Readying Four Rockets on Launchpads Simultaneously
February 14th, 2024If we exclude woowoo theories, no other entity has had more of a space launch capability than SpaceX. Four SpaceX rockets vertical on SpaceX's four launch pads in Florida, California, and Texas pic.twitter.com/KpXXDyDKao — SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 14, 2024
And Now… US Rep. Mike Turner: “Information Concerning a Serious National Security Threat”
February 14th, 2024Update: Probably an Anti Satellite System Via: Reuters: The space-based weapon U.S. intelligence believes Russia may be developing is more likely a nuclear-powered device to blind, jam or fry the electronics inside satellites than an explosive nuclear warhead to shoot them down, analysts said on Thursday. — Update: Russian Efforts to Develop Nuclear Capability in […]
Will Satellite Megaconstellations Weaken Earth’s Magnetic Field?
February 6th, 2024Via: Space Weather Archive: Something unprecedented is happening in Earth orbit. In only a few short years, the satellite population has skyrocketed, more than doubling since 2020. In the past year alone, more satellites have been launched than during the first thirty years of the Space Age. Much of this activity is driven by SpaceX […]
Starlink’s Laser System Is Beaming Over 42 Petabytes of Data Per Day
February 2nd, 2024Via: PC Magazine: SpaceX’s laser system for Starlink is delivering over 42 petabytes of data for customers per day, an engineer revealed today. That translates into 42 million gigabytes. “We’re passing over terabits per second [of data] every day across 9,000 lasers,” SpaceX engineer Travis Brashears said today at SPIE Photonics West, an event in […]
“Pentagon Moves to Declassify Some Secret Space Programs and Technologies”
January 24th, 2024Via: Space.com: The United States Department of Defense (DoD) wants to declassify more space programs in order to boost the nation’s military edge in space. As the world’s superpowers continue to invest in the militarization of space, some leaders at the Pentagon believe it’s time to declassify some of the secretive space programs in the […]
Starlink Successfully Tests Space Direct to Cell Mobile Service
January 13th, 2024Via: ISPreview: Starlink (SpaceX) has conducted the first successful live test of their new global Direct to Cell mobile roaming service with regular unmodified Smartphones, which came only six days after they launched (here) the first small batch of DtC capable broadband satellites. But at present it’s only being used to send and receive text […]
Chinese Spaceplane Has Released Multiple Mystery Objects In Orbit
December 22nd, 2023Via: The Warzone: China’s shadowy miniature spaceplane appears to have deployed at least six objects into orbit while conducting its latest mission, its third. The reusable space vehicle, which is understood to be broadly comparable to the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B, clearly has military applications, although the exact nature of its payloads remains mysterious. The […]
NASA: Engineers Working to Resolve Issue With Voyager 1 Computer
December 18th, 2023Via: NASA: Engineers are working to resolve an issue with one of Voyager 1’s three onboard computers, called the flight data system (FDS). The spacecraft is receiving and executing commands sent from Earth; however, the FDS is not communicating properly with one of the probe’s subsystems, called the telemetry modulation unit (TMU). As a result, […]
SpaceX: Second Starship Flight Test
November 18th, 2023Watch Starship’s second integrated flight test https://t.co/cahoRQ72lm — SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 17, 2023 —
SpaceX Starlink Will Offer Mobile Phone Services on Existing Handsets Starting in 2024
November 2nd, 2023Via: The Verge: SpaceX has published a new webpage to promote its upcoming “Starlink Direct to Cell” service that plans to offer cellular connectivity to “existing LTE phones” via satellite. The website, which PCMag reports went live earlier this week, notes that the service will initially be limited to texting services in 2024, with voice […]
