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fjo3 quotes a report from Reuters: SpaceX on Wednesday launched an inaugural batch of operational spy satellites it built as part of a new U.S. intelligence network designed to significantly upgrade the country’s space-based surveillance powers, the fi… Continue reading SpaceX Launches First Satellites For New US Spy Constellation
Michael Kan reports via PCMag: AT&T has struck a deal to bring satellite internet connectivity to phones through AST SpaceMobile, a potential rival to SpaceX’s Starlink. AT&T says the commercial agreement will last until 2030. The goal is “to p… Continue reading AT&T Goes Up Against T-Mobile, Starlink With AST SpaceMobile Satellite Deal
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, farther away than the Sun, has sent data through a laser over a record-breaking distance, and done so even faster than expected.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: NASA, Communications, Communicate, Laser, Light, Dat… Continue reading Deep-space lasers smash data speed records over interplanetary distances
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A controversial bill that would require all new cars to be fitted with AM radios looks set to become a law in the near future. Yesterday, Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass) revealed that the “AM Radio … Continue reading AM Radio Law Opposed By Tech and Auto Industries Is Close To Passing
Satellite operator SES plans to buy fellow satellite operator Intelsat, in a $3.1 billion deal that’s expected to close next year. According to Space Magazine, the combined company could help it “compete with SpaceX’s huge Starlink broadband network.” … Continue reading Satellite Operator SES Acquiring Intelsat In $3.1 Billion Deal
Richard Speed reports via The Register: NASA’s optical communications demonstration has hit 25 Mbps in a test transmitting engineering data back to Earth from 140 million miles (226 million kilometers) away. The payload is riding aboard the Psyche prob… Continue reading NASA’s Psyche Hits 25 Mbps From 140 Miles Away
The Federal Communications Commission has fined the nation’s largest wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent and without taking reasonable measures to protect that information against unauthoriz… Continue reading FCC Fines Wireless Carriers $200 Million For Sharing Customer Data
The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote to restore net neutrality on Thursday in the latest volley of a yearslong game of political ping-pong. From a report: The commission is expected to reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) — e.g… Continue reading Net Neutrality is About To Make a Comeback
Longtime Slashdot reader SonicSpike shares a report from Reuters: Aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman is working with SpaceX […] on a classified spy satellite project already capturing high-resolution imagery of the Earth, according to peo… Continue reading Northrop Grumman Working With SpaceX On US Spy Satellite System
Because GPS doesn’t work underwater, divers usually can’t track their real-time position on a digital map. The new Diver Navigation System (DNS) gets around that problem, however, using both floating and wearable acoustic transponders.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Acoustic navigational tech gets scuba divers using GPS maps