Rocket Lab is buying Iridium’s satellite network for $8 billion
to take on SpaceX
Rocket Lab
-- the space company best known for its small satellite launcher Electron,
-- has announced plans to acquire Iridium Communications for $8 billion.
The deal will combine Rocket Lab’s launch services and spacecraft manufacturing
with Iridium’s satellite-based communications network,
putting it in a better position to challenge SpaceX.
Iridium offers comm…
Some #MapSurfing for #TextureTuesday... This time assorted satellite images from Katmai National Park in Alaska, specifically the delta at Iliuk Arm Naknek Lake (continuation of the Valley of 10000 Smokes)
Eine #Satellitenaufnahme des #Copernicus-Programms zeigt während der aktuellen #Hitzewelle in Europa
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Hitzewelle: Satellitenaufnahme zeigt Oberflächentemperaturen wie im Sommer
Starlink has by far the most satellites in orbit,
densely packed within a narrow altitude range, mostly near 550 kilometres from Earth.
A recent analysis by renowned space debris researchers Hugh Lewis and Donald Kessler shows that
this dense bit of orbit is the only altitude below 800 kilometres that is above the collisional runaway threshold.
In other words, if there is a collision at 550 kilometres altitude, the debris would collide with other satellites, making m…
ADFC stellt ausgewählte Radtouren auf Komoot bereit
Der ADAF beabsichtigt, einige seiner geführten Touren auf Komoot bereitzustellen. Die Touren enthalten Zusatzinformationen zur Strecke und Sehenswürdigkeiten.
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