Archive for the 'Space' Category
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 […]
Project Kuiper: Amazon Launches First Internet Satellites
October 7th, 2023Via: PC World: Amazon’s prototypes for Project Kuiper successfully lifted off into space on Friday, setting the stage for the first space-based tests of the satellite internet service. The two prototype satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, rode onboard an Atlas V rocket from Amazon’s partner, United Launch Alliance. … Once the tests are completed, the company […]
Starshield: SpaceX Wins Pentagon Contract to Supply Military Communications Using Starlink Technology
September 28th, 2023All the Starlink satellites now around Earth pic.twitter.com/cdDypr6uSo — Latest in space (@latestinspace) September 27, 2023 Via: PC World: SpaceX has won a Pentaogon contract to supply military communications to the US Armed Forces using Starlink technology. The contract was awarded to SpaceX’s Starshield program, which is applying the company’s Starlink technology to defense and […]
India Lands Chandrayaan-3 Near South Pole of Moon
August 23rd, 2023Via: Space.com: India has joined the moon-landing club. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft touched down softly near the moon’s south pole today (Aug. 23), notching a huge milestone for the nation. India is now the fourth country to stick a lunar landing, after the United States, the former Soviet Union and China.
Russia Says Its Luna-25 Lunar Lander Has Crashed Into The Moon
August 20th, 2023Via: Space: Russia’s first moon lander in 47 years has crashed into the lunar surface, the country’s space agency reported on Sunday (Aug. 20). The Luna-25 lander, which Russia had hoped would land at the south pole of the moon as early as Monday (Aug. 21), crashed into the moon after an orbital maneuver went […]
Australia: Wild Video of Object Burning Up In Atmosphere
August 7th, 2023What was this? What an amazing sight over Richmond ? I don't know if #Meteor #Comet or #SpaceJunk #Melbourne pic.twitter.com/8SHbweU2qK — Stewart Mason (@karmicstewii) August 7, 2023
NASA Picks Lockheed Martin to Develop Nuclear Rocket
July 27th, 2023Via: PhysOrg: NASA and the US military said Wednesday they had selected defense contractor Lockheed Martin to develop a nuclear powered rocket, with a view to using the technology for missions to Mars. The Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program may launch as soon as 2027, officials said on a call. Nuclear thermal […]
“Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act of 2023”: Non-Human Intelligence
July 16th, 2023I made an absurdly large amount of green tea and started going through Schumer’s, “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act of 2023.” (Chucky, it’s UFO, not UAP. It’s never going to be UAP. Got it? Good.) I’m having a great time reading this. It’s hard to believe this legislation exists at all. After over four decades […]
SpaceX Starlink Satellites Collision-Avoidance Maneuvers Growing Exponentially
July 14th, 2023Via: Space: Staggering growth in Starlink collision-avoidance maneuvers in the past six months is sparking concerns over the long-term sustainability of satellite operations as thousands of new spacecraft are poised to launch into orbit in the coming years. … The steep increase in the number of maneuvers worries experts because it follows an exponential curve, […]
