Satellites News
May 21, 2024
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Mar. 13, 2024 Through steady advances in the development of quantum computers and their ever-improving performance, it will be possible in the future to crack our current encryption processes. To address this challenge, researchers are developing encryption ...
Oct. 24, 2023 It's viable to produce low-cost, lightweight solar panels that can generate energy in space, according to new ...
Oct. 3, 2023 The ability to have access to the Internet or use a mobile phone anywhere in the world is taken more and more for granted, but the brightness of Internet and telecommunications satellites that enable global communications networks could pose ...
July 28, 2023 Scientists have trained a machine learning model in outer space, on board a satellite. This achievement could revolutionize the capabilities of remote-sensing satellites by enabling real-time ...
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Apr. 19, 2024 Researchers have found that modern weather models can accurately predict the energy that Earth emits and reflects into space, which directly affects the movements of low Earth-orbiting (LEO) ...
July 11, 2023 Researchers have tested the software of three satellites. And they found many standard security mechanisms ...
June 15, 2023 Extreme space weather threatens vital satellites orbiting the Earth, including the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) which pass through the heart of the outer radiation belt. New research ...
Feb. 21, 2023 On-chip distributed radiation sensors and current-sharing techniques can be used to reduce the impact of radiation on the radio and power consumption of small satellites, respectively. New findings ...
Jan. 23, 2023 Space weather can interfere with spaceflight and the operation of satellites, but the phenomenon is very difficult to study on Earth because of the difference in gravity. Researchers effectively ...
Dec. 20, 2022 ESA's novel Aeolus satellite reliably measures wind speed also in higher air layers and thus in a region of the atmosphere where other direct global wind measurements are relatively sparse. This is ...
Sep. 14, 2022 Researchers present the most precise test yet of the weak equivalence principle, a key component of the theory of general relativity. The report ...
Aug. 18, 2022 Researchers report an experimental demonstration of a space-to-ground quantum key distribution (QKD) network using a compact QKD terminal aboard the ...
July 15, 2022 Changes in atmospheric density after sunset can cause hot pockets of gas called 'plasma bubbles' to form over the Earth's equator, resulting in communication disruptions between satellites and the ...
June 17, 2022 The European Gaia space mission has produced an unprecedented amount of new, improved, and detailed data for almost two billion objects in the Milky Way galaxy and the surrounding cosmos. The Gaia ...
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Aug. 3, 2022 Students have completed a comprehensive brightness study to characterize mega-constellation satellites cluttering the ...
Feb. 2, 2022 Geospatial scientists have found a way to detect plastic waste on remote beaches that are not visible in conventional satellite images, bringing us closer to global monitoring ...
Jan. 24, 2022 Aerospace engineers have developed a way to use articulated solar panels to steer the satellite during aerobraking, reducing the number of passes needed, resulting in potential savings in propellant, ...
July 22, 2021 New high-resolution observations clearly show a moon-forming region around exoplanet PDS 70c. The observations have allowed astronomers to determine the ring-shaped region's size and mass for ...
July 6, 2021 Using sophisticated simulations of the whole of the Local Group of galaxies, including the Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy and their respective satellite galaxies, researchers have shown that the ...
June 25, 2021 Scientists have developed an innovative way to use NASA satellite data to track the movement of tiny pieces of plastic in the ...