Collaborate Disseminate
The big problem with Low Earth Orbit is, oddly enough, air resistance. Sure, there’s not enough air to breathe in space, but there is enough to create drag when you’re …read more Continue reading It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s… an Air Breathing Satellite?!
For certain situations, older hardware is preferred or even needed to accomplish a task. This is common in industrial applications where old machinery might not be supported by modern hardware …read more Continue reading Receiving Radio Signals from Space Like It’s 1994
Communicating with space-based ham radio satellites might sound like it’s something that takes a lot of money, but in reality it’s one of the more accessible aspects of the hobby. …read more Continue reading SkyRoof, a New Satellite Tracker for Hams
If you talk about Starlink, you are usually talking about the satellites that orbit the Earth carrying data to and from ground stations. Why not? Space is cool. But there’s …read more Continue reading Inside Starlink’s User Terminal
Satellite navigation systems are under rising threat from jamming and spoofing attacks, risking aviation, maritime, and telecom safety worldwide, warn global agencies. Continue reading Satellite Navigation Systems Facing Rising Jamming and Spoofing Attacks
Portability has been a goal of a sizable section of the computing world for many decades now. While the obvious products of this are laptops, there are a number of …read more Continue reading Satellite Internet On 80s Hardware
When the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was put into orbit around Earth, anyone in the path of the satellite could receive the beeps transmitted by the satellite provided they had …read more Continue reading Communicating With Satellites Like It’s 1957
One of the more popular activities in the ham radio world is DXing, which is attempting to communicate with radio stations as far away as possible. There are some feats …read more Continue reading Making the Longest-Distance Radio Contact Possible
The moon is a popular target for ham radio operators to bounce signals since it’s fairly large and follows a predictable path. There are some downsides, though; it’s not always …read more Continue reading Bouncing Signals off of Satellites Other than the Moon
This week, we witnessed a couple of space oopsies as both Starship and New Glenn suffered in-flight mishaps on the same day. SpaceX’s Starship was the more spectacular, with the …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: January 19, 2025