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BYTeam Mighty

Sep 28, 2023

Today in military history: Soviet Union launches Sputnik

On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, becoming the first country to put a satellite in space.

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 28, 2023

BYLogan Nye

May 13, 2021

This Air Force unit caught spy satellite photos as they fell from space

When the Cold War was at its peak, America began spying on the Russians from space with the Corona Program. Corona used a system of satellites that flew over Russia, taking photos of sensitive and classified areas. The problem with the e…

BYLogan Nye

May 13, 2021

BYEric Milzarski

Mar 29, 2021

How Vietnam-era commo guys talked through the jungles

Throughout history, communications troops have had one job: to make sure those on front lines are able to talk to headquarters. Today’s troops that operate satellite communications and line-of-sight radio waves through mostly barren terrain may not…

BYEric Milzarski

Mar 29, 2021

BYToday I Found Out

Apr 29, 2020

That time the US military launched a half a billion needles into space

In the early 1960s, international communications were limited to transmissions through undersea cables or occasionally unreliable radio signals bounced off of the ionosphere. As you might imagine from this, many in the Western world weren’t too kee…

BYToday I Found Out

Apr 29, 2020

BYInsider

Apr 29, 2020

Nasa caught Hurricane Dorian and three other cyclones in one awesome image

It’s peak hurricane season, as Hurricane Dorian has been reminding us. But Dorian isn’t the only strong storm swirling: Four cyclones churned over the oceans this week. On Sep. 4, 2019, they lined up for a satellite camera. The GOES 16…

BYInsider

Apr 29, 2020

BYThe Aviationist

Apr 29, 2020

Astronomer photographs secretive space plane on classified mission

Noted astronomer and satellite expert Ralf Vandebergh of Nijswiller, Limburg, Netherlands, spent months searching the skies for one of the Holy Grails of sky spotting, the secretive U.S. Air Force Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. In May 2019, he f…

BYThe Aviationist

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Here’s how to watch SpaceX try its ‘most difficult launch ever’

Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, said his rocket company’s toughest mission yet has arrived — and you can watch it live online. Sometime between 11:30 p.m. ET on June 24, 2019, and 2:30 a.m. ET on June 25, 2019, a Falcon Heavy rock…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

The Russians are messing with global GPS

On May 15, 2018, under a sunny sky, Russian President Vladimir Putin drove a bright-orange truck in a convoy of construction vehicles for the opening of the Kerch Strait Bridge from Russia to Crimea. At 11 miles long, it is now the longest bridge in…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

Satellite photos: North Korea is rebuilding nuclear launch facility

Satellite images taken just after the collapse of February 2019’s summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un show North Korea rebuilding a long-range-missile test site it pledged to dismantle, experts say. The photographs are from …

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

As Iran tests missile tech, US warns against satellite launches

The United States has warned Iran not to proceed with “provocative” plans to launch three space vehicles, claiming they are “virtually identical” to nuclear-capable ballistic missiles and would violate a UN resolution. “The United States …

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

A camera can now grab facial expressions from miles away

Here’s the brief story of an obscenely large picture. It’s the brainchild of a company called Jingkun Technology, or BigPixel, taken from atop the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai. …

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

Russia threatens to cancel satellite internet project

It’s been a bright spot for Russia’s wobbly space industry: A contract, estimated at $1 billion, to launch 21 Soyuz rockets over the next two years carrying “micro-satellites” — part of a U.S.-based company’s plans to offer broadband In…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020