GPS Is Sending Runaway Trucks Through a Tiny Arkansas Town
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Tag Archives: Satellite
Junkyard Dish Mount Tracks Weather Satellites
There’s a magnificent constellation of spacecraft in orbit around Earth right now, many sending useful data back down to the surface in the clear, ready to be exploited. Trouble is, it often takes specialized equipment that can be a real budget buster. But with a well-stocked scrap bin, a few strategic eBay purchases, and a little elbow grease, a powered azimuth-elevation satellite dish mount can become affordable.
The satellites of interest for [devnulling]’s efforts are NOAA’s Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES), a system of low-Earth orbit weather birds. [devnulling] is particularly interested in direct reception of high-definition images from the …read more
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Why Luxembourg, Of All Places, Is a Global Leader in Asteroid Mining
The tiny European country is betting it all on riches from space. Continue reading Why Luxembourg, Of All Places, Is a Global Leader in Asteroid Mining
Trippy Satellite Imagery Could Forecast Food Crises Before They Happen
New machine learning algorithm from Descartes Labs is like ‘Minority Report,’ but for corn. Continue reading Trippy Satellite Imagery Could Forecast Food Crises Before They Happen
Fly Over Mars and Into the Weekend
Like a majestic alien eagle. Continue reading Fly Over Mars and Into the Weekend
NASA Just Ordered a Robot That Can Repair Satellites in Orbit
With the help of Space Systems/Loral, the Restore-L could dramatically extend the lifespan of operational satellites. Continue reading NASA Just Ordered a Robot That Can Repair Satellites in Orbit
Lost Moon Found: The Satellite That Came Back to Life
The late 1950s and early 1960s were a tumultuous time in world history. The Cold War between the East and the West was in full-swing, driving the new fields of nuclear weapons and space exploration and giving the period its dual monikers of “Atomic Age” and “Space Age.”
Changes in these fields often went hand in glove, with developments in one requiring responses in the other. In 1958, the US conducted nuclear tests in the Pacific that effectively destroyed the ionosphere over the test site and shut down high-frequency communications to places like Hawaii and New Zealand. The strategic implications …read more
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The ExoMars Lander May Have Crashed, but the Mission’s Orbiter Is Nailing It
“We are extremely happy and proud to see that all the instruments are working so well in the Mars environment.” Continue reading The ExoMars Lander May Have Crashed, but the Mission’s Orbiter Is Nailing It
NASA’s New Satellite Is Going to Be a Game Changer for Weather Forecasts
NASA and NOAA launched a new advanced weather satellite that will be a game changer for weather forecasts. Continue reading NASA’s New Satellite Is Going to Be a Game Changer for Weather Forecasts
Portable Classroom Upgrade: Smaller, Cheaper, Faster
[Eric] at MkMe Lab has a dream: to build a cheap, portable system that provides the electronic infrastructure needed to educate kids anywhere in the world. He’s been working on the system for quite a while, and has recently managed to shrink the suitcase-sized system down to a cheaper, smaller form-factor.
The last time we discussed [Eric]’s EduCase project was as part of his Hackaday Prize 2016 entry. There was a lot of skepticism from our readers on the goals of the project, but whatever you think of [Eric]’s motivation, the fact remains that the build is pretty cool. The …read more
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