How space exploration can improve life on Earth | Leigh Phillips https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2025/apr/26/space-exploration-life-on-earth #Climatecrisis #JohnFKennedy #Environment #Technology #BlueOrigin #Satellites #JeffBezos #ElonMusk #Science #USnews #SpaceX #Space #Nasa
Talking #DarkSkies and #satellites shortly for Astrobites with such luminaries as @skyglowberlin and @planet4589:
KDDI plans to utilize its new service connecting smartphones directly with Space X's Starlink satellite communication network to operate drones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/24/companies/kddi-starlink-use-for-drones/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #kddi #telecoms #starlink #satellites #drones
https://www.europesays.com/2021760/ Iran’s exiled ‘crown prince’ calls for mass labor strikes to topple regime – POLITICO #Afghanistan #communications #conflict #Conflicts #crisis #democracy #diplomacy #DonaldTrump #drones #ElonMusk #exports #GeorgeWBush #HumanRights #Iran #Iraq #Israel #labor #LaborRights #MiddleEast #military #Monarchy #NobelPrize #NuclearDeal #policy #referendum #Religión #rights #satellites #Syria #tanks #technology #Ukraine #UnitedStates #VladimirPutin #WarInUkraine
Iran’s exiled ‘crown prince’ calls for mass labor strikes to topple regime – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/950621/ #Afghanistan #Communications #Conflict #Conflicts #Crisis #Democracy #Diplomacy #DonaldTrump #Drones #ElonMusk #Exports #GeorgeW.Bush #HumanRights #Iran #Iraq #Israel #labor #LaborRights #MiddleEast #Military #monarchy #NobelPrize #NuclearDeal #Policy #Referendum #Religion #Rights #satellites #Syria #Tanks #Technology #Ukraine #UnitedStates #VladimirPutin #WarInUkraine
Hmm, maybe that's not such a useful pointer for my students on GIS/satellite resources. I guess I should check to see if it still exists. 
#NOAA #NWS #satellites #data
Stunning Image of the Australian Desert Illuminates the Growing Problem of Satellite Pollution
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/04/joshua-rozells-light-pollution/ v @colossal
#photography #nature #satellites #LightPollution #space
About 13,000 satellites currently orbit the Earth, with that number predicted to skyrocket to 50,000 by 2030. Someday, these satellites will be decommissioned and burn up as they re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. Is that a good thing for the environment @sciencefocus has more:
Malaysia develops space technology https://www.byteseu.com/936528/ #malaysia #satellites #SoutheastAsia #Space #Technology
Amid an increasingly uncertain geo-economic climate, Japan's trade ministry is looking to expand the scope of its economic security policy to cover new areas including undersea cables and satellites. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/16/economy/economic-security-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicsecurity #underseacables #satellites #rockets #meti #us #china
Checked our two satellite phones the other day before reactivating the account and had, let's say, "a moment".
What kind of communication would a dictatorship want?
As in internet without cables, telephone without towers...
Who is building one with, say, a few thousand satellites?
FCC chair calls EU satellite strategy ‘anti-American’ https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/fcc-chair-calls-eu-satellite-strategy-anti-american/ #fcc #usa #eu #china #europe #satellites #telecoms #starlink #connectivity #networks #politics #tech #news #technology
Satellite phone tech, who pays for it?
We all do with a fucked up night sky, and debris in your back yard (if unlucky)!
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/10/satellite_phone_service/
Trump regime guts critical NOAA operations.
Cuts are:
- research: 75%
- fisheries: 33%
- satellites: 44%
Overall, 25%
Concerning for space traffic management and the potential for space debris generation: the U.S. federal 'budget blueprint' would also end #TraCSS (Traffic Coordination System for Space) as we know it: “The #OMB document … proposes a transfer of the Traffic Coordination System for Space to a nonprofit or a private sector partner, which could be a boon for Elon Musk’s #SpaceX.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/white-house-plan-guts-noaa-climate-research-00286408
Amazon’s satellite launch designed to compete with Musk’s Starlink cancelled https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/10/amazon-satellite-launch-cancelled #Satellites #Technology #ElonMusk #Florida #USnews #Amazon #Space
"Space is vast, almost incalculably huge. And yet we’ve still found ways to pollute the area immediately surrounding our home planet. Whatever it is, we put it there, and now the area just outside of the Earth’s reach is riddled with garbage." (via @Vice)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/earths-space-junk-problem-is-getting-out-of-control/
"Space is vast, almost incalculably huge. And yet we’ve still found ways to pollute the area immediately surrounding our home planet. Whatever it is, we put it there, and now the area just outside of the Earth’s reach is riddled with garbage." (via @Vice)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/earths-space-junk-problem-is-getting-out-of-control/
British space company to design fleet of satellites that may help map early universe https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/09/british-space-company-to-design-fleet-of-satellites-that-may-help-map-early-universe #Satellites #Science #UKnews #Space
»#Amazon will start launching its #ProjectKuiper #Starlink rival next week: The first 27 #satellites are set to arrive in orbit via an #AtlasV rocket on April 9.« https://www.engadget.com/science/space/amazon-will-start-launching-its-project-kuiper-starlink-rival-next-week-123011012.html?eicker.news #tech #media
