By Universe Today and Carolyn Collins Petersen, Published by Inverse, 8 April 2023 The company allegedly ignored warnings of bad space weather brewing. On March 23, sky observers marveled at a gorgeous display of northern and southern lights. It was a reminder that when our Sun gets active, it can
By Parth Satam, Published by the Eurasian Times, 8 April 2023 The US aims to overwhelm Russian and Chinese anti-satellite weapons with the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) 500 communications, data transfer, and missile tracking satellites. The first batch of 10 satellites was launched on April 2. SDA director Derek M.
HEO Robotics captured this view of a Starlink V2 Mini satellite in orbit shortly after it launched. By Passant Rabie, Published by gizmodo, 4 April 2023 The first batch of Elon Musk's upgraded Starlink internet satellites experienced issues shortly after launching last month. It’s been a little over a month
By Ashish Dangwai, Published by The Eurasian Times, 31 March 2023 China claims to have developed a compact power source that could drastically reduce the size of a high-power microwave weapon capable of downing Starlink satellites. This device can produce up to 10 gigawatts of power, with a frequency of
"Kava," a Ukrainian frontline paramedic, uses a Starlink internet connection in a basement in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region as Russian shells explode nearby on February 20, 2023. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images By Sam Skove, Published by Defense One, 23 March 2023 Units scramble for solutions as Russia learns to
By Cristian Agatie, Published by autoevolution, 23 March 2023 SpaceX recently launched its first group of Starlink V2 Mini satellites, touting improved capabilities, with four times the data capacity of the previous generation. Soon, astronomers noticed that the satellites started to descend rather than rise. On Wednesday, Elon Musk confirmed
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 22 March 2023 WASHINGTON — The first set of larger second-generation Starlink satellites is experiencing problems that could require SpaceX to deorbit at least some of them. In a March 22 tweet, SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said there were “some issues” with the
By Samantha Johnson, Published by Space is the Limit, 20 March 2023 Have you ever looked up at the night sky and marveled at the beauty of the stars, only to be interrupted by a trail of bright lights moving across the sky? That’s probably the Starlink project by SpaceX,
