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For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: us military, space control weapons, space force

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Space debris is multiplying, so satellite makers are building better ways to survive a hit (techspot.com)

2026-09-10 | by Skye Jacobs | get Celestron NexStar 130SLT telescope → | tags: space debris, low earth orbit, odin space

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Planet Labs' open satellite feed (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-09 | by Mark Litwintschik | get Overview A New Perspective of Earth Benjamin Grant book → | tags: planet labs, pelican-11, spacex

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Chinese Satellite Breaks Apart in Rare Orbit That Could Hold Debris for Centuries (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-08 | get Celestron NexStar 130SLT telescope → | tags: yaogan-50, space debris, retrograde orbit

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An Hour of Gundam: Rogue Orbit Made Me Feverish for More Robot Combat (cnet.com)

2026-09-08 | by David Lumb | tags: gundam rogue orbit, bandai namco, mobile suits

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German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-06 | get LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery 10283 → | tags: isar aerospace, spectrum rocket, andøya spaceport

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Isar Aerospace launch into orbit [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-05 | get Celestron NexStar 130SLT telescope → | tags: isar aerospace, orbit, launch

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Russia's Starlink rival is struggling as satellites fail to reach their planned orbits (techspot.com)

2026-09-03 | by Skye Jacobs | get Starlink Standard Kit → | tags: rassvet, starlink, bureau 1440

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Is Russia's rival to Starlink failing? Here's what we know. (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-02 | get Starlink Standard Kit satellite internet → | tags: starlink, rassvet, spacex

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BepiColombo Survived a Glitchy 8-Year Trip to Mercury. Now Comes the Hard Part (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-01 | get Celestron NexStar 130SLT telescope → | tags: bepicolombo, mercury, space probes

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SpaceX and Rivals Dodge Traffic as Satellites, Debris Crowd Low-Earth Orbit (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-30 | get Celestron NexStar 130SLT telescope → | tags: spacex, low-earth orbit, satellites

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Rules of the Road: Engineers Have Built a Traffic Control System for the Moon (cnet.com)

2026-08-26 | by Joe Hindy | get Celestron NexStar 130SLT telescope → | tags: nasa, gateway, lunar traffic

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SpaceX to use NVIDIA GPUs for its Starmind project — Here's what they'll face in space (engadget.com)

2026-08-25 | by Alec Hively | get NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit → | tags: spacex, nvidia, vera rubin

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Why Entrepreneurs Who Invest in People Before Outcomes Build Stronger Companies (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | by Xiomara Wilson | tags: orbit capital, entrepreneurship, startup communities

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Scientists find closest star to the Milky Way's central black hole (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: sgr a*, black hole, star orbit

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This Star Orbits So Close to Our Galaxy’s Black Hole That Spacetime Twists Around It (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: black hole, spacetime, galaxy

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Discovery of a star sensitive to the spin of Sagittarius A* (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-19 | by Abd El Dayem | tags: sgr a*, s301, markov chain

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This Satellite Will Literally Breathe Air to Stay in Orbit (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: satellite, atmosphere, thrust

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Space mirrors could ruin astronomy — and your eyes (theverge.com)

2026-08-10 | by Georgina Torbet | tags: space mirrors, reflect orbital, znamya project

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Korean lunar orbiter snaps first pics of the SpaceX Falcon 9 crash site on the moon (engadget.com)

2026-08-07 | by Matt Tate | tags: falcon, lunar, missions

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SpaceX's wandering Falcon 9 rocket has crashed into the moon (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Mariella Moon | tags: lunar, moon, nasa

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SpaceX Achieves Its First Moon Landing by Accidentally Crashing Into It at 5,400 Miles Per Hour, Causing Huge Explosion and 60-Foot Crater (futurism.com)

2026-08-05 | by Frank Landymore | tags: lunar, moon, nasa

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Hughesnet Files for Bankruptcy After Bleeding Customers to Starlink (cnet.com)

2026-08-03 | by Joe Supan | tags: hughesnet, starlink, low earth orbit

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Spacecraft Sent to Rescue NASA Telescope Is Having Its Own Issues (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: nasa, katalyst, link spacecraft

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Amazon wants to deploy 5,105 satellites for its direct-to-mobile service (engadget.com)

2026-07-27 | by Jackson Chen | tags: amazon leo, spacex, satellite constellation

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The Type of Orbital Data Centers That Billionaires Want to Launch Into Space Would Wreak Ecological Catastrophe, Scientists Warn (futurism.com)

2026-07-27 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: orbital data centers, elon musk, jeff bezos

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The most advanced robotic servicing satellite–that we know about (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: northrop grumman, mission robotic vehicle, spacex falcon 9

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This is the world's most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: northrop grumman, mission robotic vehicle, spacex falcon 9

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Private Mission Launches To Extend Life of Out-of-Gas Communication Satellites (slashdot.org)

2026-07-23 | tags: northrop grumman, spacex, mrv

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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 23, #1860 (cnet.com)

2026-07-22 | by Gael Cooper | tags: wordle, orbit, space