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☆ Why Turkey’s President Faces the Biggest Election Challenge in Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

South Korea Launches Domestic Satellites In Space Race With North Korea South Korea has for the first time launched multiple commercial satellites aboard a homegrown rocket on Thursday. WSJ’s Dasl Yoon looks at the race between Seoul and Pyongyang to develop spy-satellite technology to monitor each other. Photo: HANDOUT/Korea Aerospace Research Institute/AFP via Getty Images

☆ How new satellite technology could revolutionize weather forecasting
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHow new satellite technology could revolutionize weather forecastingCNBC's Diana Olick joins 'The Exchange' to discuss how Tomorrow.io is launching the first commercially built weather radar satellite, how new satellite technology will revolutionize weather forecasting, and future satellite launch plans.

☆ A Satellite Phone That Works Anywhere? The U.S.-China Rivalry Makes That Harder.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Yang Jie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo illustration: Preston Jessee for The Wall Street JournalBuilding an affordable service that works everywhere on the planet has been the dream of mobile telephony since its early days. Companies in the U.S. and China are among those getting closer to delivering that service through satellite technology. But there is a problem. Both of the superpowers are determined to dominate the technology, and each has the ability to tarnish the dream for the other. Each can wield regulations to prevent the other’s satellite services from being used within its own borders.

☆ Another smartphone supports satellite connectivity, as mobile space race heats up
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

British smartphone firm Bullitt on Friday launched a new phone capable of sending text messages via space, joining a crowded race to commercialize satellite-enabled devices. They will have to have Bullitt Messenger — the firm's proprietary satellite messaging app — installed in order to reply. Satellite phones have been in the works for decades, but have not yet entered mainstream usage. Bullitt is also launching a Bluetooth accessory, the Motorola Defy Satellite Link, that lets any Android or iOS device connect to its Bullitt Satellite Messenger app, effectively enabling any phone to become a satellite phone. "The company is a trailblazer for satellite messaging but competition is snapping at its heels," Wood told CNBC.

☆ World-first ideas unveiled at MWC 2023 by UK telecoms innovators
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With The Uk'S Department For Business | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

At the upcoming Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, collaboration and convergence will be priorities. MWC is a 'Digital World Congress' that will see more worldwide digital innovation from the UK and across the world." Attocore, recently awarded a grant for accelerating Radio Access Network (RAN) intelligence, sits alongside mobile giants Ericsson and Samsung in advancing the security of UK mobile networks. With 5G networks, an estimated £173 billion of incremental UK GDP will be added to the UK economy by 2030. MWC and scaling UK technologyMobile World Congress is also a great opportunity for big ideas to reach an even bigger audience.

☆ How food giant Danone plans to cut planet-warming methane emissions by 30% this decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Danone aims to cut methane emissions across the farms supplying its milk by 30% this decade. Farming accounts for 40% of man-made methane emissions globally. Danone this week promised to cut methane emissions across the farms supplying its milk by 30% by the end of the decade. Cow burps, manure pits, and fertilizers make agriculture the top source, accounting for 40% of man-made methane emissions, the study found. As of December, the US Department of Agriculture had invested more than $3 billion in what it calls climate-smart projects, including for Danone dairy farmers.

☆ There's no GPS on the moon. NASA and ESA have to fix that before humans return in 2 years.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Space agencies are working to put satellite navigation, or satnav, on rockets traveling the 239,000 miles between Earth and the moon. That means that most of the satellites' signal is blocked and only a little spills over. They were 116,300 miles away — about halfway to the moon, Ventura-Traveset said. So the plan is to give the moon its very own fleet of communication and navigation satellites, called the Moonlight initiative. Moon settlers will need high-speed internetSatellites could help future moon astronauts navigate on the moon, as can be seen in this artist's impression.

☆ Kim Yo Jong Blasts Skeptics of North Korea’s Military Advances
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Timothy W. Martin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SEOUL—The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to further escalate tensions with long-range missile tests, as she took aim at skeptics of advances the country has claimed in its weapons program and spy-satellite technology. Weapons experts have said North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missiles still have unproven capabilities. Separately on Monday, some questioned the veracity of images the country released to demonstrate advances in its satellite technology.

☆ U.S. forces launch space unit in South Korea amid North's growing threats
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Forces Korea launched a new space forces unit on Wednesday as the allies ramp up efforts to better counter North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats. The U.S. Space Forces Korea is the second overseas space component of the U.S. Space Force and is tasked with monitoring, detecting and tracking incoming missiles, as well as bolstering the military's overall space capability. South Korea's air force also set up its own space unit this month to bolster its space power and operation capability together with the U.S. Space Force. Beijing has warned Seoul against joining a U.S.-led global missile shield, and criticised the THAAD U.S. missile defence system installed in South Korea. Seoul's defence ministry said the creation of the U.S. space component had nothing to do with South Korea's participation in existing missile defence programmes.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department will continue to deny three U.S.-based firms' export privileges, the government announced on Thursday, saying the companies had illegally exported satellite, rocket and defense technology to China. Since June, the Commerce Department found additional U.S. companies that worked with the firms, involving the unlicensed export to China of firearm component and space technology details. The new order denies the companies' export privileges for another 180 days, and gives notice to other companies to avoid doing business with them. The department did not identify the companies who had contracted with the North Carolina firms. But, according to the department's June order, a U.S. aerospace and global defense technology company notified the department in February 2020 of a third-party supplier's unauthorized export of controlled satellite technology.

☆ SpaceX unveils 'Starshield,' a military variation of Starlink satellites
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

An uncaptioned image posted on the company's website appears to show Starshield technology in orbit. Elon Musk's SpaceX is expanding its Starlink satellite technology into military applications with a new business line called Starshield. "While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use," the company wrote on its website. Few details are available about the intended scope and capabilities of Starshield. The company hasn't previously announced tests or work on Starshield technology.

☆ UK to trial Elon Musk's satellite broadband equipment in remote locations
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] SpaceX Starlink 5 satellites are pictured in the sky seen from Svendborg on South Funen, Denmark April 21, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERSLONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Britain is to trial using low Earth orbit satellites to provide high-speed internet connections to remote homes and businesses, with the initial sites supported by equipment supplied by Elon Musk's Starlink system. Musk's SpaceX rocket company activated Starlink, a largely consumer-based service with hundreds of thousands of internet users, over Ukraine after Russia's invasion in February. "These trials aim to find a solution to the prohibitively high cost of rolling out cables to far-flung locations." As well as testing the technical capability of the satellites, the trials will look at what benefits faster internet connections will bring to these locations, the government said.

☆ Factbox: North Korea's new Hwasong-17 'monster missile'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Josh Smith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SEOUL, Nov 19 (Reuters) - North Korea said it test fired its massive new Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in what analysts said may be the first successful launch of the system after doubts were raised about earlier claims. The Hwasong-17 is nuclear-armed North Korea's biggest missile yet, and is the largest road-mobile, liquid-fuelled ICBM in the world. Its diameter is estimated to be between 2.4 and 2.5 metres, and its total mass, when fully fuelled, is likely somewhere between 80,000 and 110,000 kg, according to 38 North, a U.S.-based programme that monitors North Korea. Unlike North Korea's earlier ICBMs, the Hwasong-17 is launched directly from a transporter, erector, launcher (TEL) vehicle with 11 axles, photos by state media showed. Officials in Seoul and Washington said launches on Feb. 27 and March 5 involved the Hwasong-17 ICBM system, though they did not test its full capability or range.

☆ Cuba is in the middle of an escalating tug-of-war between Russia, U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

It also once again thrust the Caribbean island into the middle of an escalating tug-of-war between its seaside neighbor, the United States, and ally, Russia. The sales also potentially alleviated the weight of international sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviets sold Cuba oil well below market price. A double hit to its power gridPreexisting economic turmoil and blackouts came to a head this fall when Cuba’s power grid took a double hit. Increased sales to China, India and even Cuba have helped Russia ease the economic brunt of sanctions.

☆ Fact Check-Satellites exist and can survive in the thermosphere without melting or burning
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

This is false, as satellites do exist, and experts told Reuters there are not enough gas molecules to transfer heat to melt or burn in the thermosphere. Satellites, which generally refer to machines that are launched into space and orbit the earth or space (here), do exist and are mostly in the thermosphere. The thermosphere sits between the mesosphere and the exosphere between 50 and 440 miles (80 and 700 km) above the Earth’s surface (here). Images and videos of satellites and spacecrafts launched into space can also be found on NASAs Image and Video Library (here), (here). Other satellites do not need to survive re-entry, and do not require a heat shield to withstand the temperatures of space.

☆ Musk says SpaceX cannot fund Ukraine's vital Starlink internet indefinitely
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Friday his rocket company SpaceX cannot indefinitely fund its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, which has helped the country's civilians and military stay online during the war with Russia. Musk's comment on Twitter came after a media report that SpaceX had asked the Pentagon to pay for the donations of Starlink. Musk activated Starlink, satellite broadband service, in Ukraine in late February after internet services were disrupted because of Russia's invasion. On Friday, an advisor to the Ukrainian president said Kyiv will find a solution to keep the Starlink internet service working in Ukraine. Musk, responding to a post referring to the fate of the Starlink service and the ambassador's remark, said:"We’re just following his recommendation."

☆ 'Hostages' review: An HBO docuseries covers the Iran Hostage Crisis from all angles, including then to now
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —“Hostages” tells several major stories in one, from the history of US intervention in the Middle East to the Iranian hostage crisis’ impact on presidential politics to that period’s influence on media, launching “Nightline” as a byproduct. The result is a highly resonant trip down bad-memory lane, highlighting how those ripples remain evident 40-plus years later. “History will say that we made Reagan president of the United States,” says Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, one of the student leaders. “Hostages” airs September 28 and 29 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO, which, like CNN, is a unit of Warner Bros.

☆ Proiect uimitor: Luna ar putea deveni al optulea continent al Terrei
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-26 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Agenția Spațială Europeană are un proiect ambițios, care ar putea transforma satelitul Pământului în cel de-al optulea continent al planetei noastre, scrie Daily Mail, citează yoda.ro. Proiectul ESA presupune construirea unei rețele de sateliți pe orbita Lunii, acesta urmând să fie primul pas în colonizarea Lunii. În timp, cu ajutorul acestei rețele de sateliți, parte a proiectului Moonlight, oamenii vor putea beneficia de infrastructura necesară pentru a construi orașe chiar pe suprafața Lunii. Una dintre companiile implicate în proiectul Moonlight este Surrey Satellite Technology, care va furniza sateliți și servicii de comunicații, scrie Daily Mail. În acest fel, navetele spațiale vor putea circula în siguranță, iar în timp aceste călătorii între Lună și Pământ vor deveni o rutină.

Persons: NASA, Artemis . Organizations: Agenția Spațială Europeană, Daily Mail Locations: Moonlight, Surrey

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