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Poland plans to launch a series of military surveillance satellites into orbit in 2025, Reuters reports. “Next year, the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Poland will launch the first Polish satellites into orbit” Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland Cezary Tomczyk According to Tomczyk, Poland plans to purchase a satellite system equipped […]
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Space Development Agency (SDA) will launch six satellites into Earth orbit. They will track hypersonic and ballistic weapons. The launch was scheduled for February 15 from the Space Launch Complex at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellites will be delivered to orbit by a […]
Satellites are very expensive to build and send into orbit, and engineers work to ensure that they last as long as possible. However, there is one limiting factor – the need for fuel. Most satellites are passive objects orbiting the Earth. They need to maintain a position so that their solar panels are facing the […]
On February 3, China launched 11 Geely-02 satellites belonging to the Chinese car manufacturer Geely Holding Group into orbit, English.News reports. These satellites are designed to provide accurate navigation data to the company’s self-driving cars. Using a Long March-2C launch vehicle, 11 Geely-02 satellites were launched from the Chinese Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 1:37 […]
Brazilian scientists have trained artificial intelligence to analyze satellite images that show areas where crop production and livestock breeding are effectively combined. The latter concept is considered revolutionary and has the potential to ensure the sustainable development of the agricultural industry. But scientists want to know how effective this idea really is. Integrated system […]
Within the framework of this program, an order was issued for the construction of 54 satellites at once, which will significantly enhance the US intelligence capabilities. The Pentagon is moving forward with its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) project and has now selected companies that will make satellites to track next-generation enemy missiles. We are […]
The Pentagon has selected contractors to build much of its next-generation missile tracking system satellites, but efforts to detect Chinese and Russian hypersonic missiles depend on funds provided in the yet-to-be-approved 2024 defense budget, reports DefenceOne. L3Harris, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Space will each build 18 satellites for the Proliferation Warfighter Space Architecture program, receiving […]
There were no casualties, but the gas that came out of the booster can cause serious health damage. Long March 3B with a Yuanzheng-1 upper stage launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on December 26, successfully delivering two Beidou satellites into medium-Earth orbit (MEO). At the same time, a pair of lateral boosters landed […]
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has published a photo of the Orion Nebula, which shows fragmentary lines left by satellites during a five-hour night survey. Space traffic!! This pic of the Orion Nebula I shot last night shows just how packed the equatorial plane is thanks to geostationary satellites. I can process these out (very easy) but […]
SpaceX has launched 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit, adding to its ever-growing Internet mega constellation, Space reports. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites was launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 06:20 Kyiv time. The first stage of the Falcon 9 returned to Earth about 8.5 minutes after launch. It landed […]