Space may feel separate from the environmental systems that sustain life on Earth.
But increasingly, the way we build, launch and dispose of satellites is starting to change that.
Over the past few years, the number of satellite launches has skyrocketed.
There are now nearly 15,000 active satellites in orbit around the Earth,
most of them part of “mega-constellations” in which each satellite has a service life of only a few years.
New satellites must be quickly la…
Rocket Lab plans to acquire Iridium for $8B and combine Rocket Lab's launch services with Iridium's satellite-based communications network to rival SpaceX (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/science/958891/rocket-lab-iridium-…
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…
Roboter für Satellitenwartung soll im Sommer starten
Mit zwei Jahren Verspätung soll im Sommer ein Roboter ins All geschossen werden, der Satelliten in geosynchronen Orbits warten, nachrüsten und reparieren soll.
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Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Hitzewelle: Satellitenaufnahme zeigt Oberflächentemperaturen wie im Sommer