Colts QB Anthony Richardson (orbital fracture) returning to practice after two-month absence https://www.nfl.com/news/colts-qb-anthony-richardson-orbital-fracture-practice-return-two-month-absence
πΊπ¦ Auf radioeins lΓ€uft...
Orbital:
π΅ Halcyon And On And On (Radio Edit)
#NowPlaying #Orbital
https://cannabinoid.bandcamp.com/track/orbital-halcyon-on-on-cannabinoid-bootleg-2011-a-spaced-out-oddysey
https://open.spotify.com/track/5xcunlfaZvD9BDQsLONI7A
The American patrol satellite had the targets in its sights:
two recently launched Chinese spacecraft flying through one of the most sensitive neighborhoods in space.
Like any good tactical fighter,
the American spacecraft, known as USA 270, approached from behind,
so that the sun would be at its back, illuminating the quarry.
But then one of the Chinese satellites countered by slowing down.
As USA 270 zipped by, the Chinese satellite dropped in behind itsβ¦
RE: https://mastodon.social/@esoastronomy/116239348555593632
The related RAS statement: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/spacex-and-reflect-orbital-plans-would-permanently-scar-night-sky. And what the Astronomers for Planet Earth say: https://a4e.org/protecting-planet-earths-skies-a4es-statement-on-proposed-large-satellite-constellations/
πΊπ¦ #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MidnightInAPerfectWorld
Orbits:
π΅ Blood Red Sky
#Orbits
https://orbits-no.bandcamp.com/track/blood-red-sky-okiok-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/0Hb0BY3wyFMPIIfE4URJKK
π¨βπ Space station crew credits ultrasound machine for handling in-orbit health crisis
#space
GAYINT forecasts $1T in orbital Catte sales over the next 18 months.
πΊπ¦ #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Tomo-Nakaguchi:
π΅ Moon Gazing
#TomoNakaguchi
https://open.spotify.com/track/4oORPtR8FEJmsPHtWL1Orv
Nvidia unveils Space-1 Vera Rubin for orbital data centers, saying its GPU delivers up to 25x more AI compute for space-based inferencing compared to the H100 (Sebastian Moss/DatacenterDynamics)
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news
A scary milestone was reached on Tuesday when for the first time more than 10,000 #Starlink satellites were in LEO simultaneously: https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/03/16/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-25-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-california/ - see https://www.planet4589.org/space/con/star/stats.html for the hard numbers, namely 10,049 satelltes in orbit (with 10,039 of them working of which 7903 are in operational orbits) out of 11,558 launched in total since 2018.