Someone’s really got to start thinking seriously about how we rein in the space junk empire.
https://www.techspot.com/news/113068-fcc-approves-giant-mirror-satellite-designed-beam-sunlight.html
Researchers from the University of Warwick in the U.K. found that the geostationary orbit
— a region of space at the altitude of 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers)
— is full of dangerous, previously unseen bits of space junk that could destroy satellites.
The geostationary orbit is quite unique.
Satellites at this altitude circle Earth in sync with the planet's rotation, appearing permanently suspended above a fixed spot on the equator.
A single satellite in t…
AVFTCN 042 – How Many Satellites Are Planned for LEO? (Also… Australia travel)
How many satellites are currently planned for low Earth orbit (LEO)? 10,000? 100,000? 500,000? 1,000,000? 10,000,000? The answer is higher than you might expect in terms of filings with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)... the real question is: how many will actually launch into orbit? I gave a presentation about all of this at the SPACE Research Group session at the recent…
Dutch gas storages: First, the Netherlands made an EU commitment to reach 74% of capacity before winter and it set itself a target of 80%. But filling progressed much too slowly to reach that and now, just before the end of the filling season, the target is lowered to 64%.
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Pixel Tag: Google stellt eigene Antwort auf Apples AirTag vor
Google hat seine Antwort auf Apples AirTag angekündigt. Der „Pixel Tag“ kostet 30 US-Dollar, erscheint jedoch erst später.
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