Satellite launch pollution is rapidly accumulating in the upper atmosphere #environment
First Results of a New Inversion Tool for Thermospheric Neutral Mass Density Computations During Severe #GeomagneticStorms: #satellite Trajectory: https://eos.org/editor-highlights/taking-the-pulse-of-atmospheric-drag-to-predict-satellite-trajectory - scientists present a new method for estimating the density of the upper atmosphere to account for atmospheric drag when predicting satellite trajectory.
Study finds key traits of condom 'stealthers'
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-key-traits-condom-stealthers.html#goog_rewarded
I ask Laura Grego now, what is it that we should all know?
Well, she says, the average person’s experience of space is about to change.
If, so far, that has been “looking at the stars and being full of wonder, full of connection with the universe”,
perhaps noticing the occasional streaking object that was not a shooting star,
now “there are plans for tens of thousands more satellites, which would really change your relationship with what you see in the sky”.
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Press releases about the successful #Smile launch: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Smile/Smile_lifts_off_on_quest_to_reveal_Earth_s_invisible_shield_against_the_solar_wind and https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-plays-leading-role-as-landmark-mission-launches-to-unlock-secrets-of-earths-magnetic-shield and https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/landmark-mission-launches-earth-magnetic-shield-smile and https://www.avio.com/press-release/avio-successfully-launches-the-smile-satellite-with-vega-c- and https://cnes.fr/evenements/vv29-lancement-de-vega-c-satellite-smile - and two photos from https://x.com/EuropeSpacePort/status/2056591274384257239 and https://bsky.app/profile/transport.esa.int/post/3mm6s5d5nxk2d
Verbesserte Booster: Ariane 6 bringt 36 Amazon-Satelliten ins All
Die ESA hat die Ariane 6 mit neuen Boostern ausgestattet. So konnte die Rakete vier Satelliten mehr als zuvor ins All transportieren.
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Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Satellitenaufnahmen: El Niño hat begonnen und wird immer stärker
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Satellitenaufnahmen: El Niño hat begonnen und könnte besonders stark werden