World’s first wooden satellite launched to space
Japan has just launched the first-ever wooden satellite to space. The LignoSat cubesat was sent skyward by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on…
Pollution-tracking NASA satellite shares its first images of air quality
A new NASA satellite designed to monitor pollution from space has shared its first images, showing how it will be able to track air pollution across North America. The TEMPO,…
Steve Wozniak’s Space Company Wants to Be a ‘Ride Share’ for Satellites
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s space start-up Privateer aims to bring satellite access to the masses through a global online marketplace. Satellite-based data is primarily available to governments, but the company…
A New Constellation of Satellites Will Monitor Flights in Real-Time
A constellation of satellites will keep a close watch of airborne planes.Photo: ESA Flight tracking data may soon come from space with the design of a new aviation surveillance system…
Gigantic Satellite Beams Data From Space at 4G Speeds
Texas-based AST SpaceMobile used its space-based cellular tower to transmit signals at 4G speeds to off-the-shelf smartphones, marking a success for its prototype satellite. Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When…
These Companies Want to Beam Space-Based Solar Power to Earth
Virtus Solis Space Based Solar Power OverviewAccording to a video published in March by Virtus, a satellite constellation operating in Molniya orbit, or a highly elliptical orbit, will beam the…
NASA Set to Launch Satellite Constellation to Better Track Extreme Storms From Space
NASA is finally, once again, scheduled to get its constellation of small, storm-monitoring satellites into space after a 2022 launch failure tanked two of the six planned cubesats. Launch of…
What’s the Difference Between SpaceX’s Starlink and OneWeb?
Satellite swarms built and operated by SpaceX and OneWeb are poised to fundamentally alter the way in which we access the internet and where we connect to the grid. On…
OneWeb ready to take on Starlink in internet-from-space race
OneWeb is poised to take on SpaceX’s Starlink with its own internet-from-space service. U.K.-based OneWeb successfully deployed another 36 satellites at the weekend and a short while later confirmed they…
Starlink Rival OneWeb Poised for Global Coverage After Weekend Launch
British satellite company OneWeb is gearing up for the launch of its final batch of internet satellites, completing a constellation in low Earth orbit despite some hiccups along the way.…