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The Secret Behind China’s Unique Spy Satellite Is a Rare Metal It Controls (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: china, ludtance 4-01, gallium nitride

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Planetary-mass exosatellite detected around the substellar companion of a star (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-22 | by Hoy | tags: brown dwarfs, exosatellite, vlt/crires+

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What counts as a moon? Huge ‘exosatellite’ sparks debate (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-22 | by Thompson | tags: exosatellite, moon, nature.com

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India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-19 | tags: skyroot aerospace, vikram-1, sriharikota

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Natural experiments prove phytoplankton carbon removal works (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-19 | by Quico Toro | tags: phytoplankton, carbon removal, satellite sensors

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Roborock’s Big LiDAR Robotic Lawnmower Needs No Satellites (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: roborock, rockmow x120h, lidar

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This Graduate Student Equips NASA’s Robots With Assembly Skills (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-07-17 | by Novid Parsi | tags: nasa mars rovers, first lego league, texas a&m university

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Trump Decimated a Satellite Program That Would’ve Vastly Improved Wildfire Smoke Monitoring (futurism.com)

2026-07-17 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: geoxo, noaa, wildfire monitoring

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Can giant space mirrors boost green energy on Earth? A start-up aims to find out (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-17 | by Glickman | tags: space mirrors, reflect orbital, green energy

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Don't lose sleep over reports of 260 Starlink satellites deorbiting (engadget.com)

2026-07-16 | by Mariella Moon | tags: starlink, spacex, orbital radar

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Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: pulsar, satellite, satellites

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Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low Earth orbit are making a comeback (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: pulsar, satellite, satellites

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How hard is it to build orbital data centers, actually? (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-15 | tags: centers, data centers, orbital

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The US Approves Launch of Mirror Satellite That Can Reflect Sunlight and Illuminate the Earth at Night (wired.com)

2026-07-14 | by Javier Carbajal | tags: light, reflect, satellite

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The US Approves the Launch of a Mirror Satellite That Can Reflect Sunlight and Illuminate the Earth at Night (wired.com)

2026-07-14 | by Javier Carbajal | tags: light, reflect, satellite

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SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's 13th test flight later this week (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: flight, satellites, spacecraft

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FCC approves orbital space mirrors, first test satellites will launch this year — large spacecraft reflects sunlight to Earth’s surface for construction sites, search-and-rescue lighting, and more (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-12 | by Jowi Morales | tags: orbital, project, reflect

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FCC approves test of space mirror to light night sky (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-11 | by Aaron Boley | tags: earth, orbit, orbital

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FCC grants approval for sun-reflecting space mirror that's been widely criticized by astronomers (engadget.com)

2026-07-10 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: earth, orbital, reflect

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SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-10 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: deliver, internet, satellite

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SpaceX wants to launch 100,000 more Starlink satellites - for 100x the bandwidth (zdnet.com)

2026-07-10 | by Steven Vaughan-Nichols | tags: deliver, internet, satellite

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Fi Releases the First Pet Collar to Use Starlink to Track Pets Anywhere They Go (cnet.com)

2026-07-10 | by See Full Bio | tags: cell, collar, satellite

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Scientists Test New Spacecraft Thruster That Uses No Fuel, Just Earth’s Magnetic Field, in Orbit (futurism.com)

2026-07-09 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: arshavsky, energy, magnetic

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Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That's finally changing. (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-09 | tags: just, launch, rocket

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Starlink deployments on record pace (theverge.com)

2026-07-09 | by Thomas Ricker | tags: constellation, deployed, deploying

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SpaceX is on track for record-setting Starlink deployments (theverge.com)

2026-07-09 | by Thomas Ricker | tags: constellation, deployed, deploying

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Fi Ultra becomes first dog tracker powered by Starlink satellites – the Fi Ultra Dog Tracker makes Fido trackable via satellite, onboard GPS, and LTE connectivity (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-08 | by Mark Tyson | tags: fi ultra, satellite, starlink

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This dog tracker uses Starlink to keep tabs on your pet, even without cell service (techspot.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: based coverage, cellular, connectivity

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Superconducting Thruster Harnesses Earth's Magnetic Field In First Orbital Test (slashdot.org)

2026-07-08 | tags: magnetic, magnetic field, magnets

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First look: Fi Ultra Starlink pet tracker (theverge.com)

2026-07-08 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | tags: battery, fi ultra, satellite