An image of the BlueWalker 3 satellite. (Image credit: Michael Tzukran) By Monisha Ravisetti, Published by Space.com, 2 October 2023 "It is unacceptably bright for many sky observers around the world." On Monday (Oct. 2), scientists with the International Astronomical Union announced that one of the brightest objects visible in
Published by Sky News, 2 October 2023 Satellite TV provider DISH will pay $150,000 for failing to properly de-orbit its EchoStar-7 satellite, America's Federal Communications Commission says. A company has been fined by the US government for leaving junk in space. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued its first space
By Rick Tumlinson, Published by Space.com, 2 October 2023 The potential for conflict beyond Earth is coming. It's been reported that United States Space Force Commander Gen. Chance Saltzman surveyed the Force's members to develop a mission statement for America's newest military branch. Aside from the novelty of crowdsourcing soldiers
AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 test satellite is 693 square feet in size.Image: AST Mobile via Business Wire By Justine Calma, Published by The Verge, 2 October 2023 The enormous, next-generation communications satellite BlueWalker 3 has become one of the brightest objects visible in the night sky, according to new research
Published by AFCEA, 1 October 2023 Research with robotized bird cadavers could benefit the aviation industry. Researchers at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology who have converted dead birds into flying drones are now considering the possibility of adding an array of technologies, including cameras, fifth-generation (5G) mobile
Published by CGTN, 1 October 2023 China plans to launch the newly developed relay satellite Queqiao-2 (Magpie Bridge-2) in the first half of 2024 to support communications between its next lunar mission, Chang'e-6, and Earth, said the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Friday. Queqiao-2 will be used to forward
The two TRACERS smallsats will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission no earlier than April 2025. Credit: Millennium Space Systems By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 30 September 2023 WASHINGTON — NASA has selected SpaceX to launch a pair of smallsats to study space weather as part
G60 Starlink, which is backed by the Shanghai municipal government, will eventually comprise more than 12,000 satellites in low earth orbit. Image: Shutterstock/Nasa By Ling Xin, Published by South China Morning Post, 30 September 2023 The project is backed by the Shanghai municipal government and will eventually comprise more than
