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Posted on January 10, 2025

World’s 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)

LignoSat's six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.
Posted on January 10, 2025

How a leap year mistake knocked out a OneWeb satellite for 2 days

February 29, 2024 caused quite a stir for a giant satellite provider.
Posted on January 8, 2025

Satellites watch as LA wildfires burn out of control in California (video)

A deadly wildfire continues to burn in parts of Los Angeles in Southern California, NOAAssatellites continue to monitor the location of the fire and smoke across the region.
Posted on January 2, 2025

Space debris crash in Kenya village believed to be from leftover rocket hardware

Kenya Space Agency officials report a large, “red-hot” metallic ring roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) in diameter fell from the sky, crashing into Mukuku village.
Posted on September 27, 2024

Europe will launch a satellite in 2027 just to watch it burn

The European Space Agency plans to launch a satellite called DRACO in 2027, then study how it breaks up during its fiery reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
Posted on September 26, 2024

Satellite images show Hurricane Helene gaining strength before Florida landfall (video)

Hurricane Helene will make landfall in Florida on Thursday evening (Sept. 26), and satellite footage is capturing it along its path.
Posted on November 13, 2017November 15, 2017

The ‘space nation’ Asgardia just launched its first satellite

Asgardia is a 'virtual nation' that says it aims to build sovereign colonies in space. On 12 November it launched a satellite carrying its citizens’ data
Posted on May 25, 2017

This New Goldilocks Rocket Is Juuust Right for Small Satellites

This New Goldilocks Rocket Is Juuust Right for Small Satellites
Rocket Lab's Electron is set to become the first launcher made for, and for sale to, small satellite startups. The post This New Goldilocks Rocket Is Juuust Right for Small Satellites appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on May 17, 2017

The Best Way To Transmit Satellite Data? In Trucks. Really

The Best Way To Transmit Satellite Data? In Trucks. Really
When you have nearly unfathomable depths of information, the quickest way to move it is still the actual highway, not the information-super-one. The post The Best Way To Transmit Satellite Data? In Trucks. Really appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on May 15, 2017

Watch SpaceX Sacrifice a Falcon 9 in the Name of Better Internet

Watch SpaceX Sacrifice a Falcon 9 in the Name of Better Internet
Didn't SpaceX already figure out this whole reusable rocket thing? Not when it comes to massive, fuel-gobbling payloads. The post Watch SpaceX Sacrifice a Falcon 9 in the Name of Better Internet appeared first on WIRED.

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