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SpaceX is accepting pre-orders from the public for its Starlink satellite internet. The Elon Musk-owned firm announced potential customers can enter their service address on its website and place a $99 deposit, which covers the first month of usage. Users opting in have received messages saying SpaceX is ‘targeting coverage in your area in mid to … Read more
SpaceX began its public beta program for its Starlink satellite internet last October and according to a public filing, the service now has ‘over 10,000 users in the US and abroad.’ ‘Starlink’s performance is not theoretical or experiment… [and] is rapidly accelerating in real time as part of its public beta program,’ SpaceX wrote in … Read more
For the last 15 years, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have been embroiled in a bitter rivalry over everything from their space ventures to their positions as the richest men on the planet. Here’s a rundown of their main rivalries. WEALTH Bezos has long claimed the title of the world’s richest man over his biggest … Read more
China has built a 100-home village in disputed Indian territory that Beijing claims is theirs amid rising tensions between the two countries. Satellite images dated 1 November 2020 show a development of 101 homes in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh at a location 2.8 miles inside Indian territory. Images from just over a year … Read more
The Corona Project was a classified US military mission comprised of a satellite tasked with spying on Russia during the Cold War and decades later, it is producing vital environmental data. Although inadvertently, the satellite captured nearly one million images of Earth’s landscape during the 1960s and 1970s, which scientists can use to see how … Read more
Thousands of rivers across the US have significantly changed color over the last 36 years, a new study reveals. A team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed 235,000 satellite images taken from 1984 through 2018 and found one-third of rivers have transitioned from blue to green and yellow. More than half … Read more
A North Korean parade has spelled out the message ‘defend with your life’ in a Pyongyang square in an apparent rehearsal ahead of a party congress in January. Satellite imagery showed the propaganda phrase being spelled out in Korean by people standing in formation and holding up red placards in Kim Il-sung Square. The think-tank … Read more
Japan to launch first WOODEN satellite by 2023 that will burn up completely on re-entry without releasing harmful particles into the atmosphere Lightweight and durable, aluminium is the major component of today’s satellites However, when disintegrated during re-entry it releases particles of alumina These stay in the air for years and can react with and … Read more
Following months of delays, a mysterious and classified US spy satellite has been launched into orbit around the Earth on top of a massive Delta IV Heavy rocket. Blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, took place shortly after 8pm EST yesterday evening, carrying its payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office. Experts have speculated — based on … Read more
The world’s first satellite launching drone, developed by a US-based space startup, will will be able to carry a new payload into orbit every 180 minutes, the firm claims. Aevum says the massive 80ft long drone, named the Ravn X, is fully autonomous, 70 per cent reusable, and can take off and land on runways … Read more