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Jan 20, 2023

Old NASA satellites are returning to Earth, but the danger to humans is minimal

On January 8, 2023, a nearly 40-year old retired satellite weighing more than two tons began to fall out of low-earth orbit and back to the cradle of mankind. Its…

BYTeam Mighty

Jan 20, 2023

BYLogan Nye

Apr 11, 2022

This battle against ISIS could be seen from space

The oil refinery in Bayji, a city in Tikrit, Iraq, has been heavily contested since ISIS first assaulted it in Jun. 2014. It was during that initial battle for Bayji that ISIS, attempting to force out hundreds of Iraqi troops and oil workers, launc…

BYLogan Nye

Apr 11, 2022

BYLogan Nye

Mar 25, 2021

That time the US stole a Soviet satellite

On an undisclosed night in 1959 or 1960, four CIA agents grabbed their cameras, stripped off their shoes, and climbed into the sexiest thing to ever come out of Soviet Russia during the Cold War: the Luna. When the night was over, the So…

BYLogan Nye

Mar 25, 2021

BYMiitary.com

Feb 3, 2021

Can’t hug a satellite: General addresses Space Force’s PR problem

The head of the U.S. Space Force said it hasn’t been easy to get the American public to understand what the military’s newest branch does, but vowed to keep working on getting…

BYMiitary.com

Feb 3, 2021

BYShannon Corbeil

Apr 29, 2020

George Clooney literally uses spy satellites to keep tabs on warlords

In 2010, after a trip to South Sudan, George Clooney and Enough Project co-founder John Prendergast had a revelation: they could monitor warlord activity via satellite and take action to help save lives. Within a year, they had launched the

BYShannon Corbeil

Apr 29, 2020

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

Here’s how US Space Force will be built

Lawmakers have signed off on a plan to give President Donald Trump his much-anticipated U.S. Space Force. But the plan would prevent the military’s new sixth branch from making new hires in the beginning, limiting redundancy and bureaucratic bloat,…

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

SpaceX Starlink satellites are already messing with astronomical research

Elon Musk’s plan to station thousands of satellites above the Earth is already starting to annoy astronomers. Starlink is the project launched by Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX which aims to put up to 42,000 satellites in orbit…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

SpaceX successfully launched 60 Starlink satellites into orbit

Elon Musk is one step closer to his goal of stationing a network of 12,000 satellites in orbit above Earth. On Nov. 11, 2019, SpaceX successfully launched 60 of its Starlink satellites into orbit. This is what the satellites looked like before…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYNASA

Apr 29, 2020

NASA selects new missions to study how our Sun effects space

NASA has selected two new missions to advance our understanding of the Sun and its dynamic effects on space. One of the selected missions will study how the Sun drives particles and energy into the solar system and a second will study Earth’s respo…

BYNASA

Apr 29, 2020

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

This US Air Force base is providing access to space through innovation

As the space domain continues to grow, so does the need for access to space. The U.S. Air Force and Space Command are powered by innovation. Because of this, Vandenberg Air Force Base is continually making improvements to base facilities, equi…

BYUnited States Air Force

Apr 29, 2020

BYAirman Magazine

Apr 29, 2020

Air Force Academy cadets are building satellites

“Learning space by doing space” is the motto of the Air Force Academy’s unique FalconSAT senior capstone engineering program, a program unlike any other undergraduate space program in the world. Each year Astro Department faculty, aided by …

BYAirman Magazine

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

India’s satellite destruction now threatens International Space Station safety

NASA is calling India’s destruction of a satellite last week a “terrible, terrible thing” and says the space debris created by the explosion should be considered a threat to the International Space Station and the astronauts on board. India…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

India’s anti-missile launch just worsened problematic space-trash

On March 27, 2019, India launched a missile toward space, struck an Earth-orbiting satellite, and destroyed the sp…

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYToday I Found Out

Apr 29, 2020

This is how GPS actually works – and why some devices might stop working

Developed over the course of decades, GPS has become far more ubiquitous than most people realize. Not just for navigation, its extreme accuracy in time keeping (+/- 10 billionths of a second) has been used by countless businesses the world over for…

BYToday I Found Out

Apr 29, 2020

BYNASA

Apr 29, 2020

This near-Earth asteroid reveals some ‘big surprises’

A NASA spacecraft that will return a sample of a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu to Earth in 2023 made the first-ever close-…

BYNASA

Apr 29, 2020

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

Air Force is launching more secure, accurate GPS satellites

The U.S. Air Force is preparing to launch the first of a new generation of GPS satellites, with the goal of providing more accuracy and security in the face of jamming threats from adversaries, including Russia. The Global Positioning System (…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

SpaceX is launching satellites that will hunt down smugglers and pirates

SpaceX hopes to fire off its next Falcon 9 rocket mission on Nov. 19, 2018. If the launch

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Feb 5, 2020

China plans new satellites to spy in South China Sea

China reportedly wants to extend its surveillance state to the South China Sea by launching satellites to watch “every reef and ship” in the contested sea. Beginning in 2019, China will begin launching satellites to monitor the region, as we…

BYBusiness Insider

Feb 5, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Sep 12, 2019

Pentagon wants new early warning satellites for nuke detection

The US Air Force is ordering three new and survivable missile warning satellites, the service revealed Aug. 14, 2018, in an announcement stating that the contract had been awarded to Lockheed Martin for $2.9 billion. The Geosynchronous Earth O…

BYBusiness Insider

Sep 12, 2019

BYLogan Nye

Sep 12, 2018

11 things the Space Force must — and can’t — do

While the Pentagon has questioned the need for a dedicated Space Force, the U.S. is already a signatory to multiple space treaties that spell out its obligations in the final frontier. And there are already a number of missions being do…

BYLogan Nye

Sep 12, 2018