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More Than 500,000 Satellites Are Set to Orbit Earth by 2040. They May End Up Photobombing the Images Captured by Space Telescopes

Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters ...
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SpaceX deploys 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit, completing third batch in two days

The satellites were onboard a Falcon 9 rocket that launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force ...

Google, Amazon, and Musk are putting AI in orbit

Google, Amazon, and xAI are racing to build space-based AI systems. The orbiting networks could reduce latency and power ...

The ISS Is Out of Parking Spots for the First Time Ever. Here’s Why

All eight docking ports at the ISS are occupied. That's never happened before. It’s getting busy in low Earth orbit, with a ...
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Starlink Mission from Vandenberg scheduled for Sunday

SpaceX is preparing to launch another batch of its Starlink satellites on Sunday, December 7 with a Falcon 9 rocket targeting ...

Is there a rocket launch today? SpaceX plans California December liftoff

SpaceX will launch its second rocket of December from California. Here's where to watch the Falcon 9 lift off at the ...
Tech Xplore on MSNOpinion

Google's proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud services has led to a massive demand for computing power. The surge ...
SpaceNews

Teaming up to create multi-orbit broadband

SES completed its long-anticipated acquisition of Intelsat this summer, 15 months after agreeing to combine and create the ...