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Satellites
20
Oct

Rwanda files to acquire over 300,000 satellites

October 20, 2021
Source: https://www.newtimes.co.rw/news/rwanda-files-acquire-over-300000-satellites By Alice Kagina Published : October 20, 2021 Rwanda Space Agency has filed a request to acquire two satellite constellations from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), namely Cinnamon-217 and Cinnamon-937, according to an official statement. The development was communicated by the agency on October 20 saying that the submission is in compliance with ITU...
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08
Oct

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS: Satellite swarms are threatening the night sky. Is low-Earth orbit the next great crucible of environmental conflict?

October 8, 2021
Source: https://www.science.org/content/article/satellite-swarms-are-threatening-night-sky-creating-new-zone-environmental-conflict 7 OCT 2021 BY JOSHUA SOKOL On 19 December 2019, Tony Tyson, an experimental physicist at the University of California (UC), Davis, joined a conference call with billionaire Elon Musk that helped shape the fate of starry nights on Earth. The call was cordial but tense. Seven months earlier, Musk’s company SpaceX had...
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07
Oct

5G From Space: Airbus + Partners To Study Standards

October 7, 2021
Source: https://news.satnews.com/2021/10/04/5g-from-space-airbus-partners-to-study-standards/ Space based network infrastructure will soon complement the 5G terrestrial mobile networks that are currently being deployed — this will lead to satellite communications (SATCOM) becoming an integrated and indispensable part of the global telecommunications ecosystem, with the potential to grow existing market segments such as backhauling and to expand into new areas...
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20
Sep

Satellite swarms may outshine the night sky’s natural constellations

September 20, 2021
Source: ScienceNews https://www.sciencenews.org/article/satellite-mega-constellations-night-sky-stars-simulations “Mega-constellations” from those satellites will be visible to the naked eye, simulations suggest By Lisa Grossman Companies like SpaceX and Amazon have launched hundreds of satellites into low orbits since 2019, with plans to launch thousands more in the works — a trend that’s alarming astronomers. The goal of these satellite “mega-constellations” is...
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17
Sep

Space Force Calls For ‘Trash Trucks’ For All The Orbiting Junk

September 17, 2021
Source: https://breakingdefense.com/2021/09/space-force-calls-for-trash-trucks-for-all-the-orbiting-junk/ Active debris removal is “definitely a need, and I think there is a use case for industry to get after that as a service-based opportunity,” said Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt. By THERESA HITCHENS on September 16 MAUI: There is a need for industry capabilities to clean up burgeoning amounts of space junk, and...
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16
Sep

SpaceX launches first full batch of laser-equipped Starlink satellites

September 16, 2021
SpaceX launches first full batch of laser-equipped Starlink satellites Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/09/14/spacex-launches-first-full-batch-of-laser-equipped-starlink-satellites/ September 14, 2021 by Stephen Clark Snippet: The rocket targeted deployment of the Starlink satellites in an elongated orbit with an apogee, or high point, of 213 miles (343 kilometers). The satellites, built by SpaceX on an assembly line in Redmond, Washington, will deploy solar panels...
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11
Sep

Pentagon taps industry for nuclear-powered propulsion for its satellites

September 11, 2021
Source: Defense News https://tinyurl.com/7p3p4v3a By Nathan Strout WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense is looking to industry for nuclear-powered propulsion technology to drive its spacecraft, freeing them from the low-energy limitations of current electric and solar-based propulsion systems. Those traditional systems have largely served government space systems well. Once they reach their intended orbit, most satellites don’t...
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06
Sep

Launching into space? Not so fast. Insurers balk at new coverage

September 6, 2021
Source: Reuters https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/launching-into-space-not-so-fast-insurers-balk-new-coverage-2021-09-01/ By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Sept 1 (Reuters) – An ever-swelling amount of space debris is threatening satellites that hover around Earth, making insurers leery of offering coverage to the devices that transmit texts, maps, videos and scientific data, industry sources said. Thousands of new satellites are being launched into areas where orbital...
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04
Sep

Outer Space Institute – International Open Letter on Kinetic Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Testing

September 4, 2021
2 September 2021 The Outer Space Institute is pleased to publish the International Open Letter on Kinetic Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Testing, which urges the UN General Assembly to take up consideration of a treaty that would prohibit conducting debris-generating anti-satellite weapon tests. The letter with an appended list of early signatories is available HERE. The Outer Space Institute...
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04
Sep

Space collision: Chinese satellite got whacked by hunk of Russian rocket in March

September 4, 2021
Source: https://www.space.com/space-junk-collision-chinese-satellite-yunhai-1-02 By Mike Wall Yunhai 1-02’s wounds are not self-inflicted. In March, the U.S. Space Force’s 18th Space Control Squadron (18SPCS) reported the breakup of Yunhai 1-02, a Chinese military satellite that launched in September 2019. It was unclear at the time whether the spacecraft had suffered some sort of failure — an explosion in its...
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