Published on: 2025-06-06 00:40:54
A recently launched Russian satellite is getting uncomfortably cozy with a U.S. reconnaissance satellite, leading Space Command to worry that it’s part of an anti-satellite weapon being deployed to orbit. Cosmos 2588 launched on May 23 to a near-circular orbit, placing it eerily close to a U.S. reconnaissance satellite, USA 338. The move prompted suspicion that it’s an attempt by Russia to deliberately stalk the U.S. government satellite. This isn’t the first time Russia has deployed a sneaky s
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-08 12:55:05
Scientists have finally solved the mystery behind two strange events that shook the entire planet for nine days straight. Their findings close the book on a years-long effort to trace the seismic signals back to their source. In September 2023, global seismometers detected something strange. The Earth was experiencing minor tremors every 90 seconds—and the shaking went on for nine days. One month later, it happened again. Scientists were baffled, as natural tectonic processes couldn’t explain t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-09 17:34:24
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR T-Mobile has reportedly opened its satellite beta program to users on other networks. The beta program allows you to send texts and share your location without cellular coverage. Testers on other networks need an unlocked, “satellite-optimized” phone with eSIM support. T-Mobile has been offering satellite connectivity as part of a beta program for a while now. This program was initially restricted to T-Mobile customers, but the company was accepting sign-
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 20:00:34
New research suggests that heightened solar activity shortens the lifespans of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites, and may send them careening back to Earth at greater velocities. Perhaps unintuitively, this could increase the risk of satellite debris making landfall. This preprint study, which has yet to undergo peer review, adds to a wealth of evidence showing that solar storms wreak havoc on Elon Musk’s Starlinks. Over the last several years, the frequency and intensity of these storms have increa
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 16:00:48
They're dropping like flies. Angry Sun Now that more than 7,000 Starlink satellites are orbiting our planet, scientists have been given a golden opportunity to study the effects the Sun's activity can have on the aggregate lifespans of such minimalist, constellation-based spacecraft. As New Scientist reports, it's turning out that ferocious solar storms caused by the Sun pelting our atmosphere with energized particles can significantly reduce the crafts' lifetimes, by prematurely pushing them
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 07:58:30
Android Headlines Pixel 10 Pro XL leaked renders TL;DR The Google Pixel 10 series is expected to continue supporting satellite connectivity. Code in the Adaptive Connectivity Services app references Pixel 10 models with satellite features. The Pixel 10 series is said to come with the Tensor G5 and a new MediaTek T900 modem as Google moves away from Samsung Exynos modems. The Google Pixel 9 series became the first phones to support Android’s native Satellite SOS service, allowing distressed u
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-17 04:46:00
The big picture: The space industry faces a pressing question: How can thousands of satellites safely coexist with the sun's volatile outbursts? The answer could shape not only the future of space commerce but also the safety of our skies – and even the farmlands below. A 2.5-kilogram chunk of metal found on a Canadian farm in August 2024 has become a symbol of a growing dilemma in space exploration. The fragment – identified as part of a SpaceX Starlink satellite – highlights an unintended con
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-16 13:36:28
Since his early days at NASA, Mark Rober has been blasting stuff into space, and now he wants to do it with one of your photos! So, he got a satellite called SAT GUS* and it’s being launched into orbit to take the most epic selfies in the universe. To prove to you that we didn’t fake the landing of your Space Selfie, we'll take a picture of the phone displaying your image with Earth in the background. Boom - you get a selfie with the Earth. A Space Selfie! *Why SAT GUS? Well SAT is short f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-20 12:59:48
Apple has offered satellite connectivity on the iPhone since 2022 and expanded the service since then. But per a new report from The Information, Apple’s ambitions were once much bigger and have been stunted by fears related to carrier partnerships, the federal government, and even Elon Musk. Origins of Apple’s huge satellite ambitions Aaron Tilley and Wayne Ma write at The Information: Starting in 2015, Apple and Boeing held early discussions about a satellite internet project that would inv
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-21 01:00:00
Bringing broadband to remote, rural and underserved areas is no easy or cheap feat. Fiber networks are expensive to build out, and cable internet coverage is actually decreasing. Although 5G home internet is growing in availability and popularity, its speeds and reliability are at the mercy of tower proximity and network congestion. Satellite internet has poised itself as a viable solution to rural broadband woes but not the single-satellite, geostationary services from Hughesnet and Viasat, wh
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-21 11:20:00
One of the biggest names in satellite internet, Hughesnet, will now be able to offer faster speeds. Many Americans in rural areas rely on satellite internet based on where they live. For many, particularly those in remote rural areas, satellite internet is the only way to get online. Availability is pretty much the only advantage to satellite internet, but customers often have to settle for higher pricing, lower speeds, limited data allowances and high latency (the communication delay between tw
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-23 23:37:04
They're all the rage right now. Space Computer China is launching a space-bound AI supercomputer — and the first batch of the satellites it's comprised of was just sent up. As the South China Morning Post reports, the so-called "Three-Body Computing Constellation" project launched the first 12 of its planned 2,800 satellites last week from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The orbital supercomputer network will, when complete, allow for rapid in-orbit data processing ra
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-02 07:00:00
If you gaze up at the night sky, there's a good chance you’ll spot a trail of fast-moving, bright dots—newly launched Starlink satellites. But you might soon also see something else: spacecraft from Chinese projects building their own Starlink-like low Earth orbit satellite internet networks. More than 100 satellites have been launched from China since August—the first batches of two mega-constellations that are aiming to have about 28,000 satellites combined when they’re completed. The two Chi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 08:14:00
In a nutshell: A few ventures are trying to bring the competition for edge computing in space, where solar energy is aplenty and ready to be harvested. A Chinese consortium is allegedly going from theory to practice, with an ambitious new constellation designed to bring AI capabilities in Earth's orbit. While Eric Schmidt and other Western space entrepreneurs are still exploring the idea of orbital data centers, Chinese companies have already begun moving forward. Last week, China Aerospace Sci
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-04 13:34:48
China has launched the first 12 satellites of a planned 2,800-strong orbital supercomputer satellite network, reports Space News. The satellites, created by the company ADA Space, Zhijiang Laboratory, and Neijang High-Tech Zone, will be able to process the data they collect themselves, rather than relying on terrestrial stations to do it for them, according to ADA Space’s announcement (machine-translated). The satellites are part of ADA Space’s “Star Compute” program and the first of what it ca
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 00:16:00
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust The big picture: United is rolling out fast, free in-flight Wi-Fi through Starlink's satellite network, offering passengers seamless connectivity across its domestic fleet. This shift marks a significant upgrade in air travel, making uninterrupted internet access a new standard at 30,000 feet. United Airlines has started rolling out SpaceX's Starlink internet on its planes, marking a shift for in-f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 09:47:05
Apple on Monday released iOS 18.5, which expands emergency satellite capabilities to iPhone 13 owners for the first time. Previously, the satellite features were available to those running an iPhone 14 or later. The emergency satellite system for iPhone is designed to be used at critical times when a cellular signal or Wi-Fi is not available, as it lets people contact emergency services, send a text by satellite, share information with their emergency contacts, or call for roadside assistance.
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Apple on Monday released iOS 18.5, which expands emergency satellite capabilities to iPhone 13 owners for the first time. Previously, the satellite features were available to those running an iPhone 14 or later. The emergency satellite system for iPhone is designed to be used at critical times when a cellular signal or Wi-Fi is not available, as it lets people contact emergency services, send a text by satellite, share information with their emergency contacts, or call for roadside assistance.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-16 20:20:05
If you've ever taken a wrong turn at the Sea of Tranquility and ended up lost in the Ocean of Storms, then you're in luck, because the Moon is getting GPS, sort of. GMV, a Spanish capital business group with extensive experience in the space sector, has announced a navigation system for the Moon akin to GPS. The ambitious project, dubbed LUPIN, aims to help astronauts, industrialists and even future settlers navigate more easily across the lunar surface. In a press release for LUPIN, GMV explai
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 08:28:34
Elon Musk’s Starlink has received anticipated state approval in India, opening the door to enter the world’s second-biggest internet market after China — over three years after SpaceX’s previous attempt to launch its satellite-based broadband in the country eventually failed. On Wednesday, the Indian Department of Telecommunications gave its nod to Starlink to start working toward its compliance in the South Asian nation, a senior official confirmed to TechCrunch. Starlink will now have to sub
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-20 06:52:56
by Nuke’s So here’s the deal: I didn’t expect NASA’s SMAP satellite — built to measure soil moisture — to end up doing open-source ELINT. But it is. And it’s wild. Between January and early May 2025, I started pulling SMAP’s public L1B brightness temperature data and noticed something weird. Some areas were screaming hot in the 1.4 GHz band — way too hot to be natural. That frequency’s supposed to be quiet. It’s a protected slice of the spectrum. Nobody’s allowed to transmit there. So when th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-22 03:00:09
When you hear the words "satellite phone," your mind probably conjures up an image of a clunky mobile monstrosity straight out of a spy thriller. Usually rather bulky and utilitarian, traditional satellite phones are typically required in remote locations where cellular networks are unavailable. Nowadays, however, satellite connectivity can be found in regular smartphones too, thanks to new hardware innovations and unique partnerships with satellite network providers. They can't fully replace t
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-23 20:33:09
Earlier this year, Apple began supporting carrier-provided satellite connectivity in iOS 18 for iPhone 14 and newer models. Now, with the release of iOS 18.5 RC, Apple is extending that support to the iPhone 13 lineup. Starting with iOS 18.5, the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max will be able to access satellite features offered by carriers such as T-Mobile, including services like T-Mobile’s Starlink-powered satellite coverage. This expansion means more iPhone use
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-24 13:20:46
The first production satellites for Amazon's Kuiper broadband network launched earlier this week, but if you tuned in to the mission's official livestream, the truncated coverage had the feel of a spy satellite launch. This changed with a video Amazon posted on social media Friday, giving space enthusiasts and prospective Kuiper customers their first look at the real satellites. The 40-second clip shows the Kuiper satellites separating from their launch vehicle in the blackness of space followi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-27 05:10:41
EZ-TRAK Satellite Hand Tracking Suite Overview EZ-TRAK is a comprehensive satellite tracking suite designed for amateur radio operators, weather satellite enthusiasts, and educational purposes. The software interfaces with an EZ-TRAK BLE device which is mounted to a lightweight foldable portable satellite dish antenna to hand track satellites in real-time, providing azimuth and elevation data for optimal antenna positioning. Features EZ-TRAK DEMO: https://youtu.be/2A2lW0ONNiE Dynamic Satell
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-26 13:37:14
The first production satellites for Amazon's Kuiper broadband network launched earlier this week, but if you tuned in to the mission's official livestream, the truncated coverage had the feel of a spy satellite launch. This changed with a video Amazon posted on social media Friday, giving space enthusiasts and prospective Kuiper customers their first look at the real satellites. The 40-second clip shows the Kuiper satellites separating from their launch vehicle in the blackness of space followi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-26 23:37:14
The first production satellites for Amazon's Kuiper broadband network launched earlier this week, but if you tuned in to the mission's official livestream, the truncated coverage had the feel of a spy satellite launch. This changed with a video Amazon posted on social media Friday, giving space enthusiasts and prospective Kuiper customers their first look at the real satellites. The 40-second clip shows the Kuiper satellites separating from their launch vehicle in the blackness of space followi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-27 01:08:53
The first production satellites for Amazon's Kuiper broadband network launched earlier this week, but if you tuned in to the mission's official livestream, the truncated coverage had the feel of a spy satellite launch. This changed with a video Amazon posted on social media Friday, giving space enthusiasts and prospective Kuiper customers their first look at the real satellites. The 40-second clip shows the Kuiper satellites separating from their launch vehicle in the blackness of space followi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-01 04:14:42
T-Mobile may be taking its sweet time rolling out the Starlink beta it announced during the Super Bowl in February, but the carrier is also sweetening the deal for those who test the satellite internet beta. It’s been known for years that T-Mobile would be SpaceX’s first carrier partner for bringing Starlink internet service to phones. SpaceX and T-Mobile announced the news at a joint event in August 2022. We finally started seeing the first pieces of the collaboration at the start of 2025 when
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-04 04:38:45
The first 27 satellites in Amazon’s effort to create a space-based internet network have finally made it to orbit, paving the way for the company to attempt to compete with Elon Musk’s well-established Starlink service. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifted off late Monday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, delivering the satellites into orbit around the Earth. They are the first batch of what is expected to be a total of 3,226 Kuiper satellites in the networ
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