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The US Space Force has launched a tactical satellite developed in only four months with only 21 days notice. On June 13 at 4:11 am EDT, the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) demonstration satellite was launched on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL r… Continue reading US Space Force launches tactical satellite with only 21 days notice
In the annals of technical achievement originating from the United Kingdom there lies a forgotten success story that should have led to greater things but instead became a dead-end even …read more Continue reading You Have About Four Months To Find A Lost Satellite
Join us on Wednesday, June 2 at noon Pacific for the Satellite Comms Hack Chat with Paul Marsh! All things considered, space isn’t that far away; you could drive the …read more Continue reading Satellite Communications Hack Chat
The UK Space Agency has awarded a group of companies contracts worth £32 million (US$45 million) to develop a new “beam-hopping” communication satellite. Called Joey-Sat, the satellite would be able to quickly respond to sudden changes in demand or sud… Continue reading UK Space Agency funds beam-hopping communications satellite
Mars is getting to be a busy place, what with helicopters buzzing around and rovers roving all about the place. Now it’s set to get a bit more crowded, with …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 2, 2021
A new study has revealed that Earth’s glaciers have lost a staggering amount of ice over the last two decades, and the rate of loss is accelerating. The global effort used satellite data to track the deteriorating condition of some 220,000 glaciers, wh… Continue reading Study reveals massive ice loss from Earth’s glaciers in recent decades
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new line of military tactical Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellites designed to provide battlefield forces with long-range tracking of moving targets in hostile environments in near-real-time.Con… Continue reading Lockheed Martin unveils new line of tactical military satellites
Scientists have developed a new satellite-data-based early warning technique that could one day be used to predict volcanic eruptions years before they take place, according to the results of a new study. Alongside providing advanced warning, the orbit… Continue reading New technique could help predict volcanic eruptions years in advance
Northrop Grumman and its SpaceLogistics LLC subsidiary have made the first successful docking of their robotic service vehicle with a fully operational communications satellite. On April 21, 2021 at 1:34 pm EST, the Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) … Continue reading MEV-2 spacecraft docks with satellite in orbit to extend its life
In 2014, no less an authority than NASA proclaimed in peer-reviewed papers that it was getting mysterious thrust from the EmDrive, a strange, brassy trumpet of a thing that its creators claimed could produce thrust with no propellant. NASA’s findings r… Continue reading Scientists pinpoint source of “impossible” EmDrive’s thrust