#Satellites

Where Do Satellites Get Their Power From?Satellites need electrical energy to deliver important weather, climate and ocean data to Earth. The Sun is the main energy source for satellites, which
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1/4Kuaizhou 1A launcher failed during Jilin-1 launch 2 days ago.Let me tell u the SIGNIFICANCE of this launch and how ws it related to CHEENI preparation of WAR. Though Jilin-1
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That’s right - we’re extending our early bird ticket rate! We’re hoping that this flexibility will give youth groups a little more time to make plans to join us
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Triangulation came up in a different thread and it reminded me to recommend everyone who doesn't know how GPS works to look up how it works, because it's really cool!
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You’ve just written a blog post.The likelyhood of me reading it is 0.00001%. Even if you send me the link.Here’s how you make me read it.A thread. Day 1.Write your
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I have a lot of feelings about satellites* * and the extreme relatability to the lgbt experience. Hear me out as I proceed to probably talk absolute shite “I don't
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Extremely interesting interview of academician Li Deren on the future of Chinese Earth observation: https://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmp.weixin.qq.com%2Fs%2F-x7Du8uW-KOJwjA-0-kGxw(original: https://
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So, this morning (5am local time) I went out to do some astrophotography, basically testing for myself how visible the Starlink satellites are in the sky to *anyone*, not just
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In opposition to @SpaceX's request to lower altitude of all #Starlink orbital planes @amazon argues in @FCC letter SpaceX should inform public about percentage of sats working nominally, warns sats
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My current favorite implication of flat earth conspiracy theories... well, first of all, if you believe in flat earth, then satellites are fake. Because orbital mechanics depend on a curved
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Trampled by Turtles is the best band to ever write a song challenged only by the Eagles and Turnpike. Now THATS a hill I’ll die on STARS AND SATELLITES IS
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Fun lesson on sun-synchronous orbits (the orbit for almost all optical satellites)SSOs are designed to pass at approximately the same time every day so that the lighting conditions are similar.If
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Sentient National Reconnaissance Office Spy Satellites & Artificial Intelligence: US Spy System of the Future“Data Driven Brain”“BlackSky takes data from 25 satellites, more than 40,000 news sources, 100 million mobile
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In 2019 I presented a paper at the 1st International Orbital Debris Conference looking at implications of relocating satellites of a large constellation from high LEO altitudes to low LEO
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You ever see a GPS track that's particularly janky?Previously I wrote about how GPS is often less accurate than people think it is. Even in perfect conditions, +/- 12m is
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“Molly was helping me work on my project the VoG tech. I was helping her with hers. Molly had discovered that satellites were being used to manipulate election results on
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