Astrophotographer and friend ofPetaPixelAndrew McCarthy commentsthat Pettit’s image “might be the best photo ever taken from the ISS.” Pettit is no stranger to capturing extraordinary pictures from 250 miles above the Earth’s surface, his2012 photoLightning Bugsis still one of the most...
Fortunately Saturday's Starlink satellite launch went off without a hitch, even after it was initially delayed 24 hours due to unfavourable weather. Credit: SpaceX Credit: SpaceX Credit: SpaceX Credit: SpaceX Credit: SpaceX TopicsSpaceX
You've never seen a night sky sight quite like this. It's been one day since SpaceX launched its first 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit, and a skywatching sleuth has already spotted them soaring across the night sky. Netherlands-based satellite tracker Marco Langbroek stunned space...
SpaceX plans to launch the first 60 members of its Starlink internet-satellite constellation tonight (May 23), and you can watch the liftoff live.
The high-frequency radio at which the satellites operate requires line of sight; due to the low-Earth orbit, complete coverage requires a high satellite density. The density of satellites required to provide seamless internet would in fact be the same density required to provide orbit-based...
John K says: November 20, 2019 at 2:17 pm That’s true – if a Near Earth Object object where to track the exact orbit of one of the Starlink satellites in such a way that the Starlink satellite was constantly somehow between the object and all land based telescopes it could make it...
occurred in 1859 with Aurora being visible as far South as Cuba. That storm ignited telegraph lines at the time, causing major outages. While this storm wasn’t as strong, there is always a risk to our current infrastructure, and luckily, it seems no satellite operators suffered any major ...
We actually looked at each other and said, "Should we report this?" Eventually, we came to the conclusion that it was likely a satellite or a line of a few...but there were a LOT more than a few. Check out the full video from start to finish as they passed over our heads in Po...
Brazil’s telecommunications regulator threatened sanctions againstElon Musk‘s satellite internet firm Starlink, as a public confrontation with the billionaire escalates over the country’s decision to block his social media company X. Last week, Brazil’s supreme courtordered a nationwide suspension of...
A lot of Starlink's future rides on the combined success of both Starship and the V2 satellite. A lot has to go right to get both of those in orbit quickly. Otherwise, Starlink's going to suffer from performance problemsall the time, not just during 'rush-hours'. ...