China on Monday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket to place a remote
A rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying a high-tech weather satellite.
A reaction wheel—one of the heaviest parts of a space mission, its changing rotation used to shift a satellite's orientation—seen in a plasma wind tunnel belonging to the High Enthalpy Flow Diagnostics Group (HEFDiG) at the University of Stuttgart Institute of Space Systems (IRS). Arc-heated gas in the test chamber reaches speeds of several kilometers per second, reproducing reentry conditions, while the reaction wheel itself is being rotated, reproducing the tumbling that takes place as a...
Earlier this month early developer versions of Android 15 unearthed evidence Google might be offering satellite connectivity for emergency situations. However, that'd require specialist modem hardware via the phone running Android 15 to make that happen. Now a new report from Android Authority may have confirmed the Pixel 9 series and next-gen Pixel Fold will be the first phones to benefit from the technology. Kindle Paperwhite for £30 off touches Prime Day low Amazon...
No one wants to build an Android satellite phone, so Google is going to do it.
A SpaceX launch is set for Friday night. At the Cape Canaveral Space Force
A SpaceX launch is set for Friday night. At the Cape Canaveral Space Force
Helsinki-based startup ReOrbit is preparing for the first demonstration of its “software-enabled” satellite. This marks the next phase of the ESA’s UKKO programme, which works with ReOrbit to develop and test next-gen tech for Earth observation satellites. (Fun fact: Ukko is the god of the sky, weather, harvest, and thunder in Finnish mythology). ReOrbit’s first in-orbit demonstration satellite is scheduled for launch in the second quarter of 2025. It will be a crucial test of the...
South Korea’s second domestically made spy satellite was successfully put into orbit, Seoul’s defence ministry said Monday, after it was launched from an American space centre on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Seoul confirmed in December the successful launch of its first military spy satellite, which was also carried by one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Read More
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — SpaceX launched the first of two planned Starlink
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set launch 23 of the company's Starlink
In Mobile World Live's inaugural Topic Panel, experts from Intelsat, Viavi Solutions, Kratos and GSMA Intelligence discussed why operators have nothing to fear from satellite connectivity.