The process of getting these satellites into space is also complicated, involving multiple companies. Even once they are in space, the organizations that own the satellites often outsource their day-to-day management to other companies. With each additional vendor, the vulnerabilities increase as ...
SpaceX received additional backlash in September 2019, when theEuropean Space Agency(ESA) announced that it had directed its Aeolus satellite toundertake evasive maneuversand avoid crashing into "Starlink 44," one of the first 60 satellites in the megaconstellation. The agency took action after lear...
the first picture of the Earth framed against the blackness of space. The grainy photos, taken from an altitude of 65 miles, showed bands of clouds stretching over the United States and the curvature of the Earth, before it came crashing down into the desert. The flight flung open the ...