Cold War spy satellites reveal alarming acceleration in Asia’s glacier loss https://www.earth.com/environment/cold-war-spy-satellites-reveal-alarming-acceleration-in-asias-glacier-loss/
#Asia #environment #glacier #satellite #war
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The increasing demand for on-orbit servicing (#OOS) ♻️ tasks, such as #satellite repair, #SpaceDebris removal, refueling, and upgrades, has driven the need for advanced #robotic 🤖 systems capable of autonomous and precise operations in #space 🌌. #Germany’s 🇩🇪 #DEOS focuses on rendezvous, capture, and de-orbiting of an uncontrollable satellite from its operational orbit. #ESA's 🇪🇺 #SpaceServicing vehicle is anticipated to launch by 📆 2028 https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/space.0291
#SpaceRobot
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Satellite data reveal massive scale of routine #oil pollution in #oceans. See the map 🚨
Oil slicks from ships and offshore oil platforms cover nearly 1.6 million square kilometers (618,000 square miles) of the ocean surface each year, an area slightly larger than the nation of Mongolia.
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/satellite-data-reveal-massive-scale-of-routine-oil-pollution-in-oceans-see-the-map/
#pollution #Satellite #Greenpeace #nature
Satellite reveals a world of ‘weird rivers’ shaped by humans https://www.science.org/content/article/satellite-reveals-world-weird-rivers-shaped-humans
#environment #river #rivers #satellite
A bolt blew up a rocket! FFS
One bad bolt cost Blue Origin a satellite. Why he celebrates every delay in rocket testing.
#BlueOrigin #SpaceX #rockets #satellite #investing #ASTSpaceMobile
Catch the full episode on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5u6rTxenTvGw4STNbjswAk?si=8LcaG1TAQfumiwZhRoAUOA
VIDEO CLIP => https://bsky.app/profile/ast-podcast.bsky.social/post/3mvlg2rghae2l
#US ‘super-emitters’ of planet heating #methane identified by #satellite analysis | #Gas | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/us-companies-methane-pollution-rankings
#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #GreenhouseGases #FossilFuels #Emissions
Spying on "reconnaissance spacecraft" in geostationary orbit (GEO), is gaining momentum.
Company Astranis building Perceptor spacecraft designed to capture satellite activity in GEO orbits.
FYI, GEO is typically 35,786kms/22,236 miles above Earth ... popular for communications, weather and "reconnaissance" satellites. https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/astranis-perceptor-satellites-geostationary-orbit-space-situational-awareness #Space #Satellite #GEO #GeostationaryOrbit #Perceptor #Astranis #Spacecraft #Reconnaissance #Sensors #OpticalSensors #USSF #EarthObservation #USGov
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welcome, @kat@social.itu.dk -
one more #ITUniversity colleague and DISCO spacer joining!
Make sure to write an #introduction with plenty of your fave hashtags like #space #satellite #discosat #cubesat and such :)
much reach,
very impact
Rocket Lab unveils containerized launch system for deployable spaceports
Rocket Lab has unveiled a containerized launch system designed to fly its Electron and HASTE rockets from new… Rocket Lab unveils containerized launch system for deployable spaceports appeared first on AeroTime.
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/rocket-lab-ghost-deployable-launch-system-alaska
#Aviation #AviationNews #FlightCrew #Aerospace #RocketLab #Spaceports #Satellite #Rocket #Launch #Technology #Innovation #Transportation #FutureTech [Aerotime]
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Musk Refuses Starlink for Ukrainian Strikes in Russia
In brief: American tech billionaire Elon Musk is refusing to allow Ukraine to use the SpaceX-operated Starlink satellite network for strikes inside Russian territory. President Volodymyr Zelensky asked US President Donald Trump to intervene and pressure Musk to lift the geographical restrictions so Kyiv can target Russian missile batteries. Trump reportedly did not provide a clear answer.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/81977
#WarOfAggression #Ukraine #Starlink #satellite #USA #SpaceX #occupied #warfare #army #war #Russia #DeepStrike #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
#перемогаYкраїни
One of the most complex #visualizations of #Earth’s ocean dynamics to date, by #NASA.
Leveraging #satellite #altimetry, #scatterometry, and state-of-the-art numerical #ocean #models, the #map exposes the planet’s vast current systems: oceanic jets, #mesoscale eddies spanning hundreds of kilometers, and the Gulf Stream.
(Looks quite a bit like Van Gogh’s Starry Night! Yet, this is pure fluid dynamics, no #AI involved.)
Video cut: Gregory Bufithis
#Oceanography #FluidDynamics #DataViz
European Union grants US request to restrict satellite images of Iran War region
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/european-union-grants-us-request-to-restrict-satellite-images-of-iran-war-region/
#Space #Geopolitics #Satellite
Satellite Images Reveal How Suspected Scam Compounds Appear Out of Nowhere
https://www.wired.com/story/satellite-images-reveal-how-giant-scam-compounds-keep-on-expanding/
#Satellite #Scam #Security
"#ReflectOrbital faces staunch opposition from many in the scientific community — including astronomers and scientists who told @MoneyWise@flipboard.com that the satellites could cause harm to life on Earth, pollute the night sky and pose, as Dr. Travis Longcore, co-chair of UCLA’s Environmental Science and Engineering Program, contended, 'an existential threat to optical astronomy.'"
https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/fcc-reflect-orbital-space-mirrors-sunlight-satellites
#Space #Satellite #SunlightAsAService
Starlink's new V5 home dish is smaller and more energy-efficient
https://www.engadget.com/2215419/starlink-v5-home-dish-smaller-and-more-energy-efficient/
#Tech #Starlink #Satellite
I’ve been in the satellite industry for over four decades, and in the last of these I’ve been seriously concerned by the explosion in numbers placed in Low Earth Orbit. And now there’s Reflect Orbital. 🤦♂️
The FCC said that the “risks of harm raised on the record regarding Reflect Orbital’s solar reflector are unrelated to the Commission’s role in authorizing use of radiofrequency spectrum.”
And there’s the problem, right there.
https://theconversation.com/the-u-s-just-approved-a-giant-space-mirror-to-test-sunlight-on-demand-low-earth-orbit-is-getting-weird-283482
#LEO #FCC #Satellite #ReflectOrbital
"This is one hour of satellite trails over the world's darkest sky. Astronomers say nearly 2 million planned satellites could be 'devastating" by BBC @skyatnightmag@flipboard.com - Study by European Southern Observatory ESO concurs with other astronomers that planned satellite constellations totaling over 1 million objects in orbit are disastrous for #astronomy. It estimates overwhelming obstruction above 100,000 total objects. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/eso-study-satellite-trails #science #LightPollution #satellite #space #environment
GOD DAMN THIS FUCKED-UP COUNTRY!!
https://mastodon.social/@PCMag/116892566137594414
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Despite a flood of objections, the US's FCC has approved Reflect Orbital's plan to launch a controversial space mirror satellite to reflect sunlight to Earth after dark: https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-approves-reflect-orbitals-giant-mirror-satellite-that-astronomers-hate
Open quoted post"The Atmospheric Impacts of Re-entry and Launch (AIRL): High Priority Actions and Recommendations", a high-level research agenda for studying the atmospheric impacts of #space activities, has been published. It addresses a critical and rapidly growing blind spot in modern aerospace expansion: the environmental footprint left directly in Earth's atmosphere by rocket launches and #satellite re-entries.
https://zenodo.org/records/20831147
#Environment #SpaceEnvironment