Archive for the 'Space' Category
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 […]
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.
