Interesting, it appears that it may be possible to build an #alternative #gps based on #starlink 's #lowearthorbit #leo #satellites https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/10.. It would be really cool if this could be a #secondary #free #service they are able to provide, perhaps #backed by #governments for a #reduced #cost .
#russia is now #refusing to #launch #european #satellites into #space - so much for that #security and #independence https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/r.. Thank god the #uk is not #relying on these #idiots ...
Turns out that the recent #starlink #launch caused 40 #satellites to #deorbit due a #failure to #initialise - something cased by increased #drag as a result of the #geostorm https://www.spacex.com/updates/
An #idea for a #project - a #computer that will run for 100 years. Why? I was thinking recently about how #impressive it is that the #voyager #satellites / #spacecraft have been operating for *44 years* so far, in a high #radiation #environment . We don't have anything even remotely that good as a #controller or anything, let alone a whole computer.
Things must be bad if we're taking #wooden #satellites seriously: https://hackaday.com/2021/06/22/good-eno.. Seriously though, it's pretty great. I could imagine a world where a spacecraft is loaded entirely with small wooden #cubesats - where minor out-gassing is not a problem.
Haha, a paper is claiming that #satellites are taking the wrong #globalwarming measurements because they disagree with their models: https://www.llnl.gov/news/satellites-may.. The cheek of it!