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SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea (video)

SpaceX launched 56 of its Starlink internet satellites toward orbit and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea today (March 29).

Space · Mar 29, 2023

Amazon Project Kuiper: Everything you need to know about Amazon’s satellite internet service

Project Kuiper will provide broadband internet service using a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites. Here’s everything you need to know about Amazon’s Starlink competitor.

Tom’s Guide · Mar 27, 2023

SpaceX launches 56 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea

SpaceX launched its 20th mission of the year on Friday (March 24), sending 56 of its Starlink internet satellites skyward and landing the returning rocket on a ship at sea.

Space · Mar 24, 2023

SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites, lands rocket at sea

SpaceX aced its 18th orbital mission of 2023 on Friday (March 17), launching 52 of its Starlink internet satellites and landing a rocket on a ship at sea.

Space · Mar 17, 2023

Musk internet kits a boon for bad actors in Brazilian Amazon

When Brazil’s environmental authority busted an illegal gold mine inside the Yanomami Indigenous territory operated by the nation’s most fearsome gang, they found something that is becoming common at such sites: a Starlink kit

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

The Sky Is No Longer the Limit: Australia and East Asia in Space

East Asia offers an example of the enduring power and role of government, in which the Government-Space business relationship is well positioned to ensure the industry’s growth is sustainable, not just driven by private interests.

The News Lens · Mar 5, 2023

Radio interference from satellites is threatening astronomy – a proposed zone for testing new technologies could head off the problem

Visible light is just one part of the electromagnetic spectrum that astronomers use to study the universe. The James Webb Space Telescope was built to see infrared light, other space telescopes capture X-ray images, and observatories like the Green Bank Telescope, the Very Large Array, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array…

The Conversation · Mar 3, 2023

Starlink is Already Causing Hubble Headaches — and the Problem Could Get Worse

A new study found that 3-in-50 Hubble shots have a satellite photobombing them — and that number will only go up as more satellites are launched.

Inverse · Mar 3, 2023

Satellites like Starlink interfere with space telescopes: study

Astronomers complain that the booming number of satellites in Earth's orbit hinder their ability to study the cosmos.

Fortune · Mar 3, 2023

Cyclone Gabrielle broke vital communication links when people needed them most – what happened and how do we fix it?

Modern communication systems need two main things: power, and what engineers call “backhaul”, the connections that link cell towers and exchanges to the national network. When Cyclone Gabrielle struck, both were badly compromised.

The Conversation · Mar 2, 2023