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
Published by RT.com, 29 September 2023 The billionaire entrepreneur continues to insist that the Starlink network should not be a “participant to combat” SpaceX has signed its first contract with the Pentagon to provide satellite services as part of its new ‘Starshield’ program. CEO Elon Musk described the effort as
By Seth Kurkowski, Published by Space Explored, 29 September 2023 According to a statement given to CNBC, earlier this month the Space Force purchased services on SpaceX’s new Starshield constellation. This is the first contract SpaceX has gotten for its government focused service it has yet to share much about
By Bruce Schneier, Published by The Conversation, 29 September 2023 Studying how Russia, China, and Iran meddle in other countries can help the U.S. prepare for 2024. Elections around the world are facing an evolving threat from foreign actors, one that involves artificial intelligence. Countries trying to influence each other’s elections
