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Google-Backed Satellites For Wildfire Detection Launch As Smoke Chokes US, Canada (slashdot.org)

2026-07-18 | tags: firesat, spacex falcon 9, muon space

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Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: firesat, spacex, muon space

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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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Goes-19 weather satellite enters Safe Hold mode (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: gov available, home, home page

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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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Astronomers Horrified by Enormous Mirror Satellite That Reflects Sunlight Back Down to Earth at Night (futurism.com)

2026-07-15 | by Frank Landymore | tags: mirror, orbital, reflect

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Mirrors in Space? The FCC Just Approved a Sun-Reflecting Satellite, and Astronomers Are Worried (cnet.com)

2026-07-14 | by See Full Bio | tags: earth, light, 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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Satellite Tracker – Live Map of Starlink and 30k Satellites (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: bug reports, button, button thanks

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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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Space Mirror: The FCC Just Approved a Sun-Reflecting Satellite, and Astronomers Are Unimpressed (cnet.com)

2026-07-14 | by See Full Bio | tags: earth, mirrors, night

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These Fire-Spotting Satellites Could Find Wildfires Before They Become Disasters (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-13 | tags: constellation, constellation designed, designed

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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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Show HN: Orbit – AR satellite tracker, watch 15k+ objects (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-11 | tags: chatbot, device, orbit

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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 Approves Reflect Orbital's Space Mirror Satellite That Astronomers Hate (slashdot.org)

2026-07-11 | tags: commission, orbital, public

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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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Space Force Has a New Weapon to Blind Enemy Satellites (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: adversary, adversary spacecraft, designed

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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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FCC approves giant mirror satellite designed to beam sunlight to Earth after dark (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | by Rob Thubron | tags: earth, orbit, orbital

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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