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According to Prof. Rao, in space science and its operations, rockets usually launch satellites at targeted orbits.
A Falcon 9 rocket thundered off a launch pad at Cape Canaveral before dawn Thursday with 56 Starlink internet satellites, setting a record for the heaviest cargo ever flown on a SpaceX rocket at more than 38,000 pounds.
Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/01/26/falcon-9-starlink-5-2-coverage/
After all, aren’t satellites just higher flying surveillance craft?
Amazon plans to start launching satellites in the first half of 2024.
Source: https://spacenews.com/the-next-battle-for-u-s-military-launch-contracts-is-about-to-begin/
A pilot could go off course, a government’s internal bureaucratic process might break down, satellites or aircraft could collide, sensors or other equipment could malfunction – to name just a few possibilities.
Aside from inspecting the three satellites’ firmware, the researchers also conducted a survey of 19 professional satellite engineers and developers who collectively work on around 132 satellites.
Source: https://gizmodo.com/satellites-are-lagging-years-behind-on-cybersecurity-1850659491
As of Wednesday, two of the first 21 Starlink V2 Mini satellites have been deorbited to re-enter the atmosphere and burn up, according to a tabulation by Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist and expert tracker of spaceflight activity.
Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/04/19/falcon-9-starlink-6-2-coverage/
As Planet Labs and its rivals continue to put more satellites in the air and streamline operations, the price of images should come down.
Source: https://investorplace.com/2023/08/the-3-most-undervalued-space-stocks-to-buy-now-august-2023/
As soon as the agency started planning its constellation and buying satellites in 2020, it laser intersatellite links as one of the most critical technologies to enable the desired proliferated LEO network.
Source: https://spacenews.com/military-agency-praised-for-leading-the-way-on-laser-communications/
At least 12 satellites are needed to provide full commercial services from an SSA platform designed to track objects as small as five centimeters in LEO and 40 centimeters in geostationary orbit.
Source: https://spacenews.com/northstar-pivots-to-rocket-lab-following-virgin-orbits-collapse/
ATL has been manufacturing various electronics as well as mechanical sub-systems for ISRO’s launch vehicles, satellites, spacecraft payloads, and ground systems.
Source: https://www.siasat.com/hyderabad-based-atl-supplied-key-components-to-isro-pslv-2655094/
Back in the 19th century, a cannon was fired at 1pm precisely in Newcastle Harbour to allow sea captains to adjust their ship chronometers to enable more accurate navigation while at sea in those far away days before satellites and modern GPS.
Before the Ukraine war, it had been usual for the UK, and other European countries, to launch satellites on Russian Soyuz rockets.
Blake said his connections in the industry built up during his time at Spaceflight, working with launch providers and companies developing satellites that need launches, will be valuable.
Source: https://spacenews.com/former-spaceflight-ceo-joins-law-firm-to-support-commercial-space-clients/
But in recent years, Russia’s space program has been beset by a litany of problems which have led to the loss of satellites and vehicles.
Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/02/22/spacex-dragon-crewed-flight-to-iss-pushed-back-24-hours/
But now Orbex is seeking to relocate sophisticated antennas, used to track the trajectory of rockets as they blast vertically into space carrying commercial satellites, from the main spaceport site to the top of 991ft high Ben Tongue.
But the rogue nation has argued it has sovereign rights to launch spy satellites and test-flight ballistic missiles to cope with what it calls US-led military threats.
California is deploying new tools - including AI, satellites, cameras, drones, and real-time intelligence alongside its largest standing army of firefighters and a fleet of aerial firefighting unmatched in number anywhere else on the planet.
Capella’s satellites are deorbiting sooner than expected.
Source: https://qz.com/emails/space-business/1850721949/space-business-lunar-laggards
Changes in seismicity can then be tracked over time and related to data from other geophysical methods like measurements of ground deformation from radar satellites and on-the-ground GNSS receivers.
Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-09-seismic-network-alaska-reawakened-mount.html