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#TGIQF: Das Quiz rund um Satelliten-Navigation
Mit 95 Jahren starb in dieser Woche Gladys West, Pionierin der GPS-Navigation. Wir ehren sie mit einem kleinen Nerdquiz rund um Satelliten-Navigation.

OpenAI scrambled for compute power after the Stargate project stalled; sources: OpenAI still plans to build its own data centers, but not in the near future (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-op…

Inside OpenAI’s Scramble to Get Computing Power After Stargate Stalled
When President Donald Trump announced the $500 billion Stargate AI data center project in January 2025, the three companies charged with developing it promised to move with lightning speed, spending $100 billion almost immediately to start building 10 gigawatts of computing capacity. More than a ...

US-Lawinenunglück: iPhone-Funktion „Notruf SOS via Satellit“ half bei Rettung
Apple bietet seit einigen Jahren die Möglichkeit, per Textnachricht außerhalb von Mobilfunkempfangsgebieten zu kommunizieren. In den USA rettete das Leben.

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Why Elon’s million satellites could spell disaster
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7am - Why Elon’s million satellites could spell disaster
Listen to 7am - Why Elon’s million satellites could spell disaster by Solstice Media on Podcast Addict. Elon Musk and his SpaceX team want to launch up to one million satellites as part of a proposal to power massive data centres in space. They pitch it as a clean, green alternative to regular data centres. But as Earth’s orbit becomes increasingly crowded, what will Elon’s mega constellation do to our night sky? And could a crash between satellites set off a catastrophic

En de Chinezen gaan daar ook nog eens overheen. Het zal moeilijk worden zonder GPS 😢
Amazon-oprichter Bezos bouwt nóg een satellietnetwerk als rivaal voor Starlink
https://www.volkskrant.nl/tech/amazon-oprichter-be…

Satellite images confirm Flamingo strike blasted 30-by-24-meter hole in key workshop at Russia’s Votkinsk missile plant: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/22/satellite-images-confirm-flamingo-strike.html

https://apnews.com/article/russia-starlink-musk-ukraine-space-china-canada-c69c1fda5ffc93828712ab723e606a2c

Russia's new anti-satellite weapon project would target Starlink with space shrapnel
NATO-nation intelligence services believe Russia is developing a weapon to target Starlink satellites. Intelligence findings seen by The Associated Press say the weapon could release pellets to disable multiple satellites. Analysts have doubts, saying such a weapon could create chaos in space and risk other vital orbiting systems. But a Canadian space commander has told the AP that such a weapon is “not implausible.” Starlink's services are used by Ukraine. Russia views the constellation as…

Auch Blue Origin baut Satelliten-Netz: Terawave
Das Raumfahrtunternehmen Blue Origin will ebenfalls eine große Satellitenkonstellation errichten. Die zweite Etage soll bis zu 6 Terabit/s schaffen.
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Blue Origin unveils TeraWave, a satellite communications network for enterprise, data center, and government customers, and plans to begin deployment in Q4 2027 (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/bezos-blue-origin-satellite-internet-sp…

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches satellite internet service to rival SpaceX, Amazon
Blue Origin is looking to send the first of TeraWave's 5,408 satellites into space in the fourth quarter of 2027.

Weltraumschrott: Seismometer können Absturz fast in Echtzeit nachverfolgen
Wenn große Satelliten auf die Erde stürzen, sind wir bislang weitgehend blind für ihren Weg. Das könnte sich dank Technik aus der Erdbebenforschung ändern.