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The Space-Based Data Center Hype Machine Is Already In Orbit (slashdot.org)

2026-07-02 | get Satellite Data Storage Kit → | tags: spacex, starlink, orbital satellites

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Amazon has enough satellites to launch its Starlink competitor (theverge.com)

2026-07-02 | by Thomas Ricker | get Starlink Satellite Dish → | tags: amazon leo, starlink, spacex

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ESO Study Finds That No More Than 100,000 Satellites Should Orbit Earth (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-01 | get Satellite Orbit Planner Tool → | tags: spacex, satellites, earth

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Venezuela Earthquake Destruction Revealed in New Satellite Images (wired.com)

2026-06-30 | by Fernanda González | get Satellite Image Analysis Tool → | tags: copernicus, sentinel satellites, venezuelan earthquakes

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Grim New Prediction Market Lets Gamblers Bet on Raging Wildfires (futurism.com)

2026-06-29 | by Joe Wilkins | get Wildfire Prediction Board Game → | tags: wyldfyre, kalshi, polymarket

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In a bold move, Rocket Lab acquires Iridium Communications (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-29 | get Iridium Satellite Phone → | tags: rocket lab, iridium communications, low-earth orbit

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Think tank games out how to respond to disaster scenarios in space warfare (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-29 | tags: space force, missile-warning satellites, space warfare

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Rocket Lab continues buying spree by acquiring satellite company Iridium (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-29 | by Sean O'Kane | get Iridium Satellite Phone → | tags: iridium, rocket lab, mynaric

189.

Rocketlab acquires Iridium (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | get Iridium Satellite Phone → | tags: rocketlab, iridium, acquisition

190.

RocketLab Acquires Iridium (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-29 | get Iridium Satellite Phone → | tags: rocketlab, iridium, satellite

191.

Developer brings modern mapping to Mac OS 9 with "complete" OpenStreetMap client (techspot.com)

2026-06-29 | get OpenStreetMap Map Software → | tags: openstreetmap, os9map, mac os 9

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Rocket Lab buys satellite company Iridium to go up against Starlink and Amazon's Leo (engadget.com)

2026-06-29 | by Daniel Cooper | get Iridium Satellite Phone → | tags: rocket lab, iridium communications, starlink

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Rocket Lab Buys Satellite Operator Iridium in Bid to Challenge SpaceX (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-06-29 | get Iridium Satellite Phone → | tags: rocket lab, iridium, spacex

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Rocket Lab is buying Iridium’s satellite network for $8 billion to take on SpaceX (theverge.com)

2026-06-29 | by Emma Roth | get Iridium Satellite Phone → | tags: rocket lab, iridium communications, electron

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Spain-Backed Fund Joins FOSSA's Sovereign Satellite Communications Push (slashdot.org)

2026-06-28 | by Posted | get Satellite Communication Starter Kit → | tags: fossa systems, sateliot, kibo ventures

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Astronomers Find Biggest Super-Puff Planets Yet That Are Lighter Than Cotton Candy (slashdot.org)

2026-06-27 | get Super-Puff Planet Model Kit → | tags: james webb space telescope, nasa tess satellite, exoplanets

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T-Mobile just made satellite messaging far more practical with new app support (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-26 | get Satellites for Messaging Kit → | tags: t-mobile, tsatellite, discord

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SpaceX plans to launch Starlink mobile service in the US (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-26 | get Starlink Satellite Internet Kit → | tags: starlink, spacex, elon musk

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Spain will require carriers to keep mobile networks live during power outages (engadget.com)

2026-06-25 | by Kris Holt | get Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) → | tags: mobile network operators, backup systems, power outages

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Space Force Ordered a Satellite Launch—and Had It in Orbit 17 Hours Later (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-25 | get Satellite Launch Kit → | tags: space force, rocket lab, satellite launch

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This flying solar-powered platform could deliver better internet from the air (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-24 | by Rachel Courtland | get Solar-Powered Drone Kit → | tags: sceye, haps, solar-powered platform

202.

The Best Apple Watch Is 30 Percent off Right Now (2026) (wired.com)

2026-06-23 | by Molly Higgins | get Apple Watch Series 9 → | tags: apple watch, apple, health metrics

203.

A US military exercise to launch a satellite on short notice (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | get Satellite Launch Prep Kit → | tags: rocket lab, us space force, victus haze

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New satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | get Satellite Tracking Software → | tags: rocket lab, victus haze, space force

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Elon Musk and the plot to hijack America’s broadband (theverge.com)

2026-06-23 | by Karl Bode | get Starlink Satellite Internet Kit → | tags: blue origin, amazon leo satellites, broadband equity

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Daily briefing: NASA to launch satellite-rescue mission (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-23 | by Graham | get NASA Satellite Rescue Kit → | tags: nasa, satellite rescue, neil gehrels swift observatory

207.

This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-22 | get Hacking and Cybersecurity Book → | tags: spacex, telescopes, optics

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A spacecraft is falling to its doom — can NASA save it? (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-22 | by Witze | get NASA Spacecraft Model Kit → | tags: kilometres, mission, nasa

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China unifies tech sector to build grid-free orbiting satellite AI data centers, challenging Elon Musk's SpaceX — Beijing's forced chip and satellite alliance announced a week before Musk’s AI1 reveal (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-20 | by Jowi Morales | get Satellite Data Center Kit → | tags: china, space computing, elon musk

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Satellite reveals immense scale of GPS signal tampering (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-20 | by Tereza Pultarova | get GPS Signal Jammer → | tags: gps, xona space systems, pulsar constellation