Hackaday Links: August 4, 2024
Good news, bad news for Sun watchers this week, as our star launched a solar flare even bigger than the one back in May that gave us an amazing display …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 4, 2024
Tag Archives: Satellite
Hackaday Links: May 12, 2024
Don’t pack your bags for the trip to exoplanet K2-18b quite yet — it turns out that the James Webb Space Telescope may not have detected signs of life there …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 12, 2024
IRCB S73-7 Satellite Found After Going Untracked For 25 Years
When the United States launched the KH-9 Hexagon spy satellite into orbit atop a Titan IIID rocket in 1974, it brought a calibration target along for the ride: the Infra-Red …read more Continue reading IRCB S73-7 Satellite Found After Going Untracked For 25 Years
Downloading Satellite Imagery With a Wi-Fi Antenna
Over the past century or so we’ve come up with some clever ways of manipulating photons to do all kinds of interesting things. From lighting to televisions and computer screens …read more Continue reading Downloading Satellite Imagery With a Wi-Fi Antenna
Space Force orders orbital service station to revive dead satellites
A spacecraft about the size of a gas pump is being developed for the US Space Force program to refuel orbiting satellites. The goal is to extend the lifespan of craft that have run out of juice instead of simply decommissioning them.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Space Force orders orbital service station to revive dead satellites
Fusion drive space engine ready for flight
Rocket science got a bit more science-fiction-like as RocketStar announces it has successfully demonstrated a new ion drive that incorporates nuclear fusion. It’s not the sort of fusion that powers the Sun, but it does improve thrust by 50%.Continue Re… Continue reading Fusion drive space engine ready for flight
Hackaday Links: March 24, 2024
Way to rub it in, guys. As it turns out, due to family and work obligations we won’t be able to see the next Great American Eclipse, at least not …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: March 24, 2024
SpaceX sends first X post from ordinary phone via Starlink satellites
SpaceX and T-Mobile sent up a bunch of Direct to Cell Starlink satellites back in January as a first step toward universal coverage. The company quickly sent and received the first text messages, and now the first post on X has appeared.Continue Readin… Continue reading SpaceX sends first X post from ordinary phone via Starlink satellites
Measuring Trees Via Satellite Actually Takes A Great Deal of Field Work
Figuring out what the Earth’s climate is going to do at any given point is a difficult task. To know how it will react to given events, you need to …read more Continue reading Measuring Trees Via Satellite Actually Takes A Great Deal of Field Work
Communicating Between Two Devices When One Lacks Internet Access [closed]
I am currently developing a software that needs to establish communication between two devices. Device 1 has internet capabilities, while device 2 may not always have internet access. I am investigating the possibility of using satellite c… Continue reading Communicating Between Two Devices When One Lacks Internet Access [closed]