#starlink data capture

[comeonamericawakeup]

Surprise, surprise: Elon Musk may not have "the best interests of America at heart,” said Charles R. Davis in Salon. As the world's richest man leverages his vast fortune and his social media platform X to re-elect Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal reports that since 2022, Musk has been "in regular contact" with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two discuss business, "geopolitical tensions," and "personal topics." In one case, Putin asked Musk to refrain from setting up Starlink, his satellite internet service, over Taiwan, to oblige Chinese President Xi Jining. Musk's cozy, secretive relationship with Putin helps explain why the billionaire has promoted a "pro-Russia peace plan" for Ukraine, and why he refused to give Ukraine access to Starlink for a planned invasion of Russian-occupied Crimea. Musk's Putin connection raises tricky "national security questions,” said Ivana Saric in Axios. Musk has top-level security clearance, and the government relies on his SpaceX company to launch its satellites and on Starlink for military communications.

Musk has become this presidential election's "October surprise,” said Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey in The Washington Post. Playing a more prominent political role than any billionaire in U.S. history, he's appeared at rallies, funded a field operation that shares data with the Trump campaign, deployed X to spread misinformation about voter fraud, and is giving away $1 milion a day to Pennsylvania voters who sign a petition--a possibly illegal scheme the Philadelphia district attorney is suing to halt. Trump has vowed to put Musk in charge of a task force to "overhaul the federal government," and Musk said he'd cut "at least $2 trillion" from the $6.5 trillion budget-which would require drastic cuts to the social safety net.

"Musk is something we've never really seen before," said Fiona Hill in Politico. Through his vast wealth, SpaceX, Starlink, Tesla, and the global digital megaphone called X, he has influence well beyond the "robber barons of the Gilded Age" or Russia's oligarchs. His interests go far beyond any national border or single industry. By committing himself so totally to Trump's election, Musk is trying to "capture the state." As we've seen in Russia and elsewhere, giving oligarchs immense power leads to "the chipping away of the rule of law," to monopolies and self-enrichment, and to a handful of billionaires like Musk, Putin, and Trump divvying up the world. Is that what Americans want?

"We're one election away."

THE WEEK November 8, 2024

Well, now we are in it. And it’s not looking good.

[darkmaga-returns]

Trump throws his weight behind new generation of mRNA gene-therapy injections, for cancer and other diseases by Leo Hohmann. this is the 3rd in a trilogy by Hohmann on this topic (go to his Substack to see the other 2 articles) - mRNA is dangerous and I don’t care who is creating it and I am not especially fond of AI creating an mRNA vaccine for cancer. Dr. Malone who created the mRNA platform has said that mRNA is not safe for humans. Sam Altman and OpenAI. Tucker Carlson did an interview with an immigrant from India regarding the murder of her son. Carlson was blown away by the evidence that this mother that proved her son was murdered. But they classified it as a suicide even though the crime scene clearly indicated a murder took place. Her protege’ son worked for OpenAI and after discovering that OpenAI was unlawfully stealing data from Americans he became a whistleblower. He worked for Sam Altman. I shared that interview on 1/18. I highly recommend watching that interview. And now Trump is working with Sam Altman?? STARGATE also sound a lot like Elon Musk’s STARLINK. Trump is again surrounding himself with the wrong people. One thing that alarms me is they have no proof AI can do what they say it can do. And it can and will be used for bad things as well. Altman, Thiel, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Gates and more. ARTICLE/VIDEO (46 min. you only need to watch the first 12 min. I watched it all) In the video Trump introduces Sam Altman and Larry Ellison who talks about digital medical records……he says doctors will be able to better diagnose patients…..no sir AI is meant to replace the human doctor…..and then Sam Altman (this is one evil dude folks) states how they will cure cancer with a vaccine that in my opinion might kill the cancer but what other harms will it do to the body as we have experienced with the COVID jab…..we are not totally ignorant…..they are going to reduce us to digital slaves.

Here is Larry Ellison clearly saying we are all going to be tracked at all times to insure good behavior. What more is to be said? This is EXACTLY what they do to citizens in China and then destroy them if they step out of line. VIDEO

And here is a different perspective on this new partnership with Trump and the technocrats.

Capturing the Billionaire Nerds & Their A.I. - while the deal is still unnerving lets hope the philosophy of “keep your friends close but your enemies closer” is what is happening here. ARTICLE

What executive orders did Trump sign on day one? - On a more positive note here is a list of EO’s that President Trump signed on January 20, 2025 - ARTICLE

Whoopee! A WSJ exclusive says that Trump is about to stop federally funded GOF research - this should not be temporary. It must be made permanent and I disagree that H5N1 should be exempt because it has been weaponized through gain of function. ARTICLE

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"It's unfortunate that this huge increase [in the number of satellites] is coinciding with the decade of Vera Rubin's operation," said Rawls. "It's existentially frustrating that we are putting a bunch of stuff in orbit that is interfering with our views of the cosmos." Rawls has worked on the Vera Rubin Observatory project since 2016, initially developing image processing algorithms to filter out faults of the camera's sensors and detecting unexpected celestial phenomena such as supernova explosions. The arrival of Starlink and its counterparts forced her to refocus. Today, she develops techniques to flag the presence of satellites in images and distinguish them from objects of astronomical interest, including passing asteroids. Still, Rawls said that the satellite streak problem is not a death threat for Vera Rubin's science mission. She describes the satellite streaks more like "bugs on a windshield" on a summer night, obscuring the view at times, but not completely ruining it. "It's true that a large fraction of exposures is going to contain a satellite streak, but the field of view is big, and so the number of actual pixels that are affected is very small," said Rawls. "At most, [the satellite streaks] are a few hundred pixels wide. But a single detector has 4,000 pixels, and the camera has 189 CCD detectors tracking the sky." Noelia Noël, a professor of astrophysics at the University of Surrey in the U.K., told Space.com that up to 40% of the images captured by the Vera Rubin telescope over its 10-year mission are expected to have streaks in them. "If you take 10 million images, over 4 million of them could be degraded," said Noël, who is also part of Vera Rubin's LSST project. "This is a huge waste of taxpayers' money. One night of Vera Rubin's observations costs something like £60,000 [about $81,000]. So, if you ruin the images, it's your money going to waste." Apart from outshining legitimate objects of interest, the satellites could also be mistaken for real celestial phenomena. In 2021, for example, a group of scientists thought that a star exploded in the oldest known galaxy when they observed a sudden brightening in images taken by the Keck Telescope in Hawaii. It later turned out that, as the astronomers pointed their instrument at the galaxy, a piece of debris passed in front of their field of few, reflecting sunlight. "We don't want to give people a catalog of data where each pixel is supposed to be an actual star, and then surprise, a third of them are just bright detections where it happened to be in the satellite trail," said Rawls. The algorithms developed by Rawls and her colleagues will use a stacking method to compare multiple images of the same portion of the sky to spot outliers and flag them. If a bright object appears in one image and disappears in the next, it's more likely a passing satellite than a stellar explosion or dimming, said Rawls.

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

The new, shorter space race

Another race to space is on, but the competitors aren’t reaching for the moon. Instead, multiple national agencies and private companies across the world are aiming for the edge of Earth’s atmosphere. Launching satellites into this very low Earth orbit (VLEO) environment — the altitude between 60 and 280 miles above Earth — could solve spacecraft crowding in traditional orbits, according to Sven Bilén, Penn State professor of engineering design, of electrical engineering and of aerospace engineering. 

Bilén said satellites in traditional orbits face three challenges: crowding, lower resolution imaging and longer distances for data transmission to and from Earth. Orbiting closer to the ground helps satellites capture higher resolution images and send transmissions with shorter delays, improving both surveillance and communications applications, according to Bilén. The problem, though, is keeping satellites in VLEO.  

Bilén is the principal investigator on a $1 million grant through the Charge Harmony research program, an initiative facilitated by the Defense Sciences Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). His team, in collaboration with researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is in their second year of developing a novel thruster system to help VLEO objects stay in orbit.  

Bilén shared details of the research, which could address many VLEO challenges and help facilitate widespread adoption of the technology, in a Q&A below. 

Q: The idea of VLEO technology has been around for decades — why is it suddenly making headlines now? 

Bilén: Spacecraft crowding is quickly becoming a problem in low Earth orbit, with thousands of communications satellites like Starlink and OneWeb already in orbit and many thousands more to come. The growing density of these satellites increases the risk of collisions between satellites or orbital debris already in these orbits, which is why we are seeing this push for VLEO technology now, rather than 10 or 20 years ago.  

Additionally, due to their increased surveillance and communication capabilities, low-orbiting satellite platforms have the potential to become a lucrative business for the companies that can manufacture them, which is why we are seeing increased interest from the private sector. Advancements in electric propulsion over the last several decades have made the prospect of orbiting in VLEO technologically feasible, which also plays a role in the current interest in this technology. 

Q: What are the biggest problems facing VLEO technology today?  

Bilén: The biggest challenge of orbiting in VLEO is stayingin VLEO. At these altitudes, satellites orbit within the outer edge of Earth’s atmosphere, causing them to experience aerodynamic drag. This means any spacecraft or satellite at that altitude deorbits very quickly and requires a constant push from a thruster to stay in orbit. If you did this using traditional propulsion methods, you would quickly run out of fuel. However, if you capture the very thin air, known as “rarefied air” around the satellite, you can repurpose that as fuel. These thrusters are called air-breathing electric propulsion systems. 

Another major challenge is how power-starved these low-orbiting satellites are. The propulsion systems alone require a lot of power, which would normally be provided entirely by solar panels, but the lower the satellite’s orbit, the more the Earth blocks sunlight from getting to the satellite during a part of each orbit. Our research addresses both of these challenges.  

Q: Your team is currently researching a thruster technology that could revolutionize thruster systems. Could you explain what that entails? 

Bilén: My team — which includes Ethan Kravet, a doctoral candidate in aerospace engineering; John Auerbach, a graduate research assistant in aerospace engineering; Mitchell Walker, professor and head of the aerospace engineering department at Georgia Tech; Den Lev, aerospace engineering research engineer at Georgia Tech; and Julian Lopez-Uricoechea, a graduate student in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech — is developing a self-neutralized air-breathing plasma thruster, a novel electric propulsion technology. This type of propulsion technology uses the surrounding air as a propellant; the air is collected, superheated with microwave energy and then expelled from a nozzle to generate thrust. Other VLEO thruster technologies incorporate an external device to neutralize their thrust-producing charged gas after it is expelled from the thruster, whereas our mechanism is inherently self-neutralizing. 

The most common type of electric propulsion device is the Hall-effect thruster, which normally relies on a complex series of electromagnetic interactions inside the propulsion system to produce thrust. In addition, the electron-emitting cathodes they use can erode in oxygen-rich environments like VLEO. Our thruster gets around these challenges by not requiring a cathode and by employing a thermal heating process to generate thrust. 

Q: What has your team achieved so far? What’s next? 

Bilén: The first year saw the development and testing of an entirely new type of thruster that utilizes thermal plasma generated by high-power microwaves to operate. We call the system the “air-breathing microwave plasma thruster” (AMPT) and held the first round of testing in vacuum chambers at Penn State and Georgia Tech. We collected thrust measurements and plasma diagnostics on this proof-of-concept laboratory prototype. According to our tests, the thruster can produce more thrust per kilowatt than typical electric propulsion thrusters. In some cases, the thrust-to-power ratio is hundreds of times higher than typical electric propulsion thrusters. 

Looking forward, at the request of DARPA, we are scaling the thruster system down in size so that it can fit on a smaller satellite platform. This scaled-down version of the AMPT is a refined design that could eventually be integrated with a VLEO satellite. Additionally, we are developing the concept of a satellite platform to support our thruster and explore practical mission applications. This proposed satellite will orbit lower than any satellite has before.   

Q: What do you believe is the most exciting thing about this technology? 

Bilén: The most exciting thing is the prospect of this technology being both the highest-flying air-breathing object and the lowest orbiting satellite. This technology could allow us to explore orbiting in a region of space where no satellite has before. 

IMAGE; A team of Penn State researchers are developing solutions to some of the biggest problems currently facing satellite technology with the help of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant.  Credit Poornima Tomy/Penn State

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⚫️🔥 Operation Black Aurora 🔥⚫️

NATO’s Final Campaign for Total Victory Over Russia A full-spectrum strike doctrine for rapid collapse and permanent military disarmament.

🎯 Core Mission

💥 Crush Russia’s military capacity within 21 days

⚔️ Overthrow the Kremlin Cabinet, remove Putin & inner circle

🚫 Disable all conventional and strategic weapon systems

👑 Install NATO-administered provisional government

🧩 Prepare ground for the Sacramentum world order

🛰️ Phase I: Surgical Superiority

🧠 ARGUS AI begins full-spectrum data fusion from:

Recon satellites, cyber surveillance, nanodrone swarms

Identifies and tracks:

Kremlin leadership

Strategic command centers

Silo sites, airbases, and missile rail lines

Before they blink, we see. Before they act, we strike.

💻 Phase II: Digital Guillotine

Russia’s internet, military comms, GPS, and radars = cut off instantly

Starlink clone network floods Russian space

Cyberwarfare bots destroy:

Central Bank command servers

Oil/gas logistics chains

Military-grade encryption keys

📉 Russia’s economy implodes before the first tank fires.

🚀 Phase III: Relentless Barrage

Shock & Awe 2.0 — NATO unleashes non-nuclear arsenal dominance:

🔥 12,000+ coordinated missile strikes (hypersonic + stealth)

Airfields, railways, naval ports, HQs, weapons factories = vaporized

☁️ Massive drone wave: kamikaze, loitering, swarm recon

🛸 Air Supremacy achieved in 48 hours:

Stealth bombers + 6th-gen fighters control all Russian skies

S-400s and S-500s eliminated by decoys, jammers, and AI

No safe zone, no breathing room. Just fire from every direction.

🤖 Phase IV: Autonomous Invasion

AI-led land assault begins. No NATO boots. Only steel.

🤖 Ground drones sweep in via Kaliningrad, Belarus, Georgia, and Finland

Terrain-adaptive tanks

Four-legged combat drones

Smart artillery battalions with satellite targeting

🛡️ Units capture strategic cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk

🧠 Coordinated by AI command grid (callsign: “OVERMIND”)

🕳️ Phase V: Leadership Elimination

Kremlin cabinet and military council neutralized

Putin captured or eliminated within first 10 days

Duma disbanded by military court order

All known ultra-nationalist generals arrested or exiled

🎯 No shadow government. No continuity of command.

🧯 Phase VI: Force Projection Shutdown

Destroy all:

Naval ports (Black Sea Fleet = gone)

Aerospace hubs and launchpads

Long-range missile depots and fuel supplies

Detain or kill all foreign mercenary liaisons (Wagner, GRU, etc.)

🚫 No more jets. No more tanks. No more options.

👑 Phase VII: Provisional Government Installed

NATO-CW Joint Authority takes full control of:

Energy and food infrastructure

Border security

Civil administration

Parliament disbanded; temporary charter issued

Martial law enforced until civilian order is restored

📜 Begins 100-day countdown to Sacramentum Rule.

Do you see? How easy it is to limit the mind and make what is easy too complex? We could have long since proposed a way to win the war in Ukraine. Instead we talk about mineral rights, trans-athletes, bathroom potty stalls and those pesky negroes.

Change your mind, and the world changes with you.

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[2025-04-20 image ©innovative news network] Musk is in the headlines for political reasons just now as well as the document problems with Tesla. But his StarLink business is also in the news, and in the context of mobile phone technology, these satellites can be used for mobile phone connections. Perhaps because of the problems Musk has there are headlines of many satellite companies and organisations in Europe also trying to do the same thing with satellites. It looks like satellite comms will change mobile phone communications soon.

Fundamentally mobile phone technology is a ground based, line of sight technollogy and satellite phones (which are different) beam the signal up to a satellite and then back down to a base station. The problem of using satellites for mobiles is the power needed to send the signal up to a satellite and the latency involved. Some of these problems are aleviated with the newer lower orbiting satellites. Sky uses geo stationary satellites with stay in the same place relative to your Sky dish and you pointed the dish and then it worked. But the newer satellites are in a lower orbit and if you keep the signal going for a longer time the signal to that satellite will go and you will have to capture another satellite. However this lower orbit makes the use of satellite much better for mobile connections.

Currently with the modern iPhones you can send an SMS via satellite when there is no mobile signal. There are even adverts from third parties promoting this technology to give their business an advantage. [Just a note that Samsung needs to get it's devices connected or the popularity will drop]. SMS messages are one thing that could lead to data driven systems soon (with perhaps a longer latency than users are used to) but to get voice is a bigger problem. there are currently many organisations working on the problem and they are reporting good results.

Also in the press are stories of the implications of what would happen if this did work well. The major implication is that this will be a better way to get mobile phone communications to remote areas. This is attractive as there would be no masts in these remote areas and it would boost coverage to 100% easily. Getting the technology working will be a game changer for mobile phone technology.

[radobjectdreamland]

Small Satellite Market Drivers: Growing Demand for Earth Observation and Communication Services

Introduction

The small satellite market is experiencing exponential growth, driven by the increasing demand for Earth observation and communication services. Small satellites, including CubeSats, nano-satellites, and microsatellites, offer cost-effective, flexible, and innovative solutions for various applications. As technology advances and the space industry undergoes rapid commercialization, the role of small satellites in data collection, remote sensing, and global connectivity is expanding.

The Rising Demand for Earth Observation

Climate Monitoring and Environmental Applications

One of the primary drivers of the small satellite market is the rising need for Earth observation to monitor climate change, deforestation, natural disasters, and environmental degradation. Governments, research institutions, and private companies increasingly rely on small satellites to collect real-time data on carbon emissions, melting ice caps, and severe weather patterns. These satellites provide high-resolution imagery, enabling better decision-making and policy implementation for sustainable development.

Agriculture and Precision Farming

The agriculture industry is leveraging small satellite technology to optimize crop monitoring, soil health analysis, and water resource management. Farmers and agribusinesses use satellite imagery and remote sensing data to track vegetation health, detect pest infestations, and improve yield predictions. The accessibility of high-quality, low-cost Earth observation data enhances precision agriculture, reducing waste and increasing food security.

Disaster Management and Emergency Response

Natural disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires, and earthquakes require real-time monitoring and rapid response strategies. Small satellites provide crucial data for disaster management agencies, allowing them to assess damage, deploy resources efficiently, and coordinate relief efforts. Their ability to capture high-resolution images before, during, and after disasters makes them essential tools for disaster preparedness and recovery.

Expanding Role in Communication Services

Bridging the Digital Divide

Small satellites play a significant role in expanding global connectivity, particularly in remote and underserved areas. Traditional communication infrastructure often fails to reach isolated regions, leaving millions without access to the internet or mobile networks. Companies deploying low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, such as Starlink, OneWeb, and Amazon's Project Kuiper, aim to provide high-speed broadband connectivity worldwide.

5G and IoT Connectivity

The integration of small satellites with 5G networks and the Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the telecommunication landscape. Satellites enable seamless connectivity for IoT devices, supporting industries such as logistics, transportation, and smart cities. The ability to establish a satellite-based IoT network ensures real-time tracking of assets, enhances industrial automation, and improves communication efficiency in remote areas.

Maritime and Aviation Communication

The maritime and aviation industries rely heavily on satellite communication for navigation, weather forecasting, and safety operations. Small satellites improve real-time tracking of ships and aircraft, enhance in-flight connectivity, and support global positioning services (GPS). As air traffic and maritime trade continue to grow, the demand for reliable satellite-based communication solutions will increase.

Technological Advancements Driving Growth

Miniaturization and Cost-Effective Solutions

One of the most significant drivers of the small satellite market is the advancement in miniaturization and low-cost satellite manufacturing. New materials, improved sensor technologies, and innovative satellite architectures have made it possible to build compact yet highly efficient satellites at a fraction of the cost of traditional satellites.

Reusable Launch Vehicles and Lower Launch Costs

The development of small satellite launch vehicles and rideshare missions has significantly reduced the cost of deploying satellites into space. Companies such as SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Blue Origin offer dedicated small satellite launches, making space more accessible to startups, universities, and emerging space economies. The availability of cost-effective launch solutions accelerates the deployment of small satellite constellations.

AI and Data Analytics Integration

The incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in satellite data processing has revolutionized the way Earth observation and communication services operate. AI-driven analytics enable faster data interpretation, automated anomaly detection, and improved predictive modeling, enhancing the overall efficiency of small satellite missions.

Market Challenges and Future Prospects

Despite its rapid growth, the small satellite market faces challenges such as space debris management, regulatory restrictions, and frequency spectrum limitations. However, advancements in active debris removal (ADR), on-orbit servicing, and international collaboration are addressing these concerns. The future of small satellites looks promising, with increased investments from both public and private sectors, further advancements in satellite propulsion systems, and the emergence of new business models.

Conclusion

The small satellite market is poised for significant expansion, driven by the increasing demand for Earth observation and communication services. From climate monitoring and precision agriculture to 5G connectivity and global broadband access, small satellites are revolutionizing multiple industries. With continued technological advancements and growing commercial interest, the role of small satellites in shaping the future of space-based services will only strengthen in the years to come.

[nuadox]

Human Cell Atlas: Mapping the human body for medical breakthroughs

- By Nuadox Crew -

The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) has made significant strides in understanding the human body by mapping all human cells. This international effort has resulted in more than 40 peer-reviewed papers, highlighting large datasets, AI algorithms, and biomedical discoveries.

Key findings include insights into placenta and skeleton formation, brain maturation, new gut and vascular cell states, lung responses to COVID-19, and the genetic basis of diseases.

The HCA uses experimental and computational approaches in single-cell and spatial genomics to create comprehensive reference maps of human cells. Over 3,600 members from 100+ countries have profiled more than 100 million cells from over 10,000 people. The goal is to develop a first draft Human Cell Atlas, eventually encompassing billions of cells across all organs and tissues.

The Nature Portfolio collection demonstrates major advances in three aspects: mapping individual adult tissues or organs, mapping developing human tissues, and developing groundbreaking new analytical methods. These studies provide proof of principle for capturing human diversity, including genetic, geographic, age, and sex variations.

The HCA's comprehensive reference maps of the human body are compared to a 'Google Maps' for cell biology, establishing benchmarks for detecting and understanding changes underlying health and disease. This initiative aims to facilitate precise diagnostics, innovative drug discovery, and advanced regenerative medicine approaches.

Read more at Human Cell Atlas

Scientific journals: The Human Cell Atlas: towards a first draft atlas. (2024, November 20). Nature. https://www.nature.com/immersive/d42859-024-00060-5/index.html

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Despite multiple scrubs and delays due to weather violations, SpaceX broke its own cadence record in January with 10 launches and landings in a calendar month. Those weather challenges have prevailed into February. Between these and the pad logistics related to launching the Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission, PACE satellite, USSF-124, and an upcoming crewed mission, it currently looks unlikely that the company will repeat this target by the end of February. Nonetheless, SpaceX continues to set milestones, with Falcon 9’s 300th mission occurring with the launch of the IM-1 on Feb. 15. The company almost launched a Falcon 9 from each of its three key launch pads within eight hours on the busy evening of Feb. 14, but the Starlink Group 7-14 mission was scrubbed while on the pad. Two further non-Starlink missions on Falcon 9 are planned from the east coast in the next couple of weeks. The most anticipated of these will be SpaceX’s eighth crew rotation mission to the International Space Station (ISS), carrying commander Matthew Dominick, pilot Michael Barratt, and mission specialists Jeanette Epps and cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. Crew Dragon Endeavour is flying for the fifth time on Crew-8. This crew can expect to see cargo arrivals during their stay on the ISS from Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus, SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon, and Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane. The astronauts will also get to greet the crew of the Boeing Crew Flight Test during their stay when Starliner arrives in April. Launching on Falcon 9 this week is a new high-throughput communications satellite for Indonesia, which has a 15-year expected lifespan and will strengthen the communications architecture across the archipelago. SpaceX will also loft an additional batch of Starlink satellites into the Group 6 shell. Falcon 9 launches its 300th mission, Intuitive Machine’s IM-1 mission, on Feb. 15. (Credit: Max Evans for NSF) Rocket Lab’s Electron is scheduled to launch Astroscale’s ADRAS-J demonstration mission, which plans to make advancements toward the removal of large-scale space debris from low-Earth orbit. In this first phase of the project, the spacecraft will illustrate a safe and methodical approach toward an unresponsive object in orbit (a discarded rocket upper stage), capturing images and other data as it then orientates around the stage, demonstrating that it can maintain a fixed position close by. Lastly, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch its first Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) rocket since May 2023, delivering the successor to the INSAT-3DR weather research satellite. Sporting a six-channel imager and a 19-channel sounder, the INSAT-3DS will provide meteorological and disaster warning services to India from a geostationary orbit. SpaceX Falcon 9 – Starlink Group 7-14 SpaceX will launch another stack of Starlink satellites on Feb. 15 at 1:34 PM PST (21:34 UTC) from Space Launch Complex (SLC) 4E out of Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Starlink Group 7-14 will carry a payload of 22 Starlink v2 Mini satellites. They will be headed to an inclined 53-degree orbit on a southeastern trajectory with an expected initial orbit of approximately 286 by 295 kilometers. The satellites will be added to the thousands of active Starlink satellites in orbit, giving internet to people all over the world. The booster for this mission is B1082, which will be taking its second flight with this mission. It will land on the Of Course I Still Love You autonomous droneship, which will be stationed 610 kilometers downrange on the west coast. This will be the 29th total orbital launch of 2024 and the 300th launch of Falcon 9.  JAXA/MHI H3-22 | VEP 4, CE-SAT-1E & TIRSAT The second flight of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) H3-22 rocket is set for Feb. 17 at 9:22 AM JST (00:22 UTC) from LA-Y2 out of the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. H3 is classified as a medium-lift launch vehicle and uses cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in its first and second stages, with two or four optional SRBs. This mission will use two boosters along with a short payload fairing, taking three payloads into a Sun-synchronous orbit. The first flight of H3 experienced a failure of the second engine ignitor, causing the test payload to fall short of orbit. While flight two was originally planned to launch the ALOS-4 Earth observation satellite, the vehicle failure caused JAXA to elect to fly the Vehicle Evaluation Payload-4 (VEP-4) mass simulator, although there are also two small satellites onboard for this flight. CE-SAT-1E is a 70-kilogram Earth observation satellite built by Canon Electronics Inc., and TIRSAT is a five-kilogram 3U cubesat from Japan Space Systems to test infrared sensors for Earth observation. While there is an inherent risk to flying an unproven rocket, the customers are confident in the new vehicle’s ability to take their payloads to orbit. GSLV Mk II | INSAT-3DS The INSAT-3DS weather research satellite is scheduled for launch on an Indian GSLV rocket from the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, on Feb. 17 at 5:35 PM IST (12:05 UTC). This will be the 7th flight for the INSAT series of satellites and is the successor to the INSAT-3DR satellite, which was similarly delivered to a geostationary orbit by an expendable GSLV back in September 2016. GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS Mission:The mission is set for lift-off on February 17, 2024, at 17:30 Hrs. IST from SDSC-SHAR, Sriharikota. In its 16th flight, the GSLV aims to deploy INSAT-3DS, a meteorological and disaster warning satellite. The mission is fully funded by the… pic.twitter.com/s4I6Z8S2Vw — ISRO (@isro) February 8, 2024 Built by ISRO, this advanced meteorological satellite will deliver weather surveillance, forecasting, and disaster warning services to India. The mission is fully funded by the Ministry of Earth Sciences. An onboard six-channel imager is complemented by a 19-channel sounder, and the satellite will also provide a Satellite Aided Search & Rescue transponder and a message relay for terrestrial data collection platforms. Electron/Curie | On Closer Inspection Rocket Lab’s ‘On Closer Inspection’ mission is scheduled to launch on an Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, during a five-hour window that opens on Feb. 18 at 11:45 UTC. Onboard is the Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) spacecraft, which was selected by JAXA as the initial phase of their Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project. ADRAS-J craft approaches the unresponsive discarded upper stage of an H-IIA rocket. (Credit: Astroscale) The goal of the mission is to safely approach, characterize, and fly an observational inspection path around a large uncommunicative piece of space debris in low-Earth orbit. It will follow a series of measures and processes set out in November 2021 after consultation with various space agencies, ministries, and industry experts, including leading private space companies. For this demonstration, the target is the upper stage of a discarded Japanese H-IIA rocket which is still orbiting at around 600 kilometers in altitude. The ADRAS-J craft will approach the stage using a series of corkscrew-style “safety ellipse” maneuvers. Once close, it will continue to execute a series of “Rendezvous and Proximity Operations,” which are a combination of maneuvers and data collection. Images and data will be collected as the spacecraft then performs a further fly-around maneuver, determining the target’s spin rate and axis so that the craft can demonstrate a safe orientation around it. ADRAS-J will complete the demonstration by settling into a stable position a short distance away, aligned with the object’s orientation. In the next phase, the target object would be actively engaged and removed from orbit. This mission is directly informing the company’s other ongoing programs, including Astroscale’s End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-Multiple and Astroscale’s Clearing Outer Space Mission through Innovative Capture missions, which is part of the UK’s Active Debris Removal initiative. Indonesian TelkomSat HTS-113BT is loaded into its container inside the clean room (Credit: Thales Alenia Space) Falcon 9 Block 5 | TelkomSat HTS-113BT The launch of TelkomSat HTS-113BT atop a Falcon 9 is scheduled to occur from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during a two-hour window that opens on Feb. 20 at 3:11 PM ET (20:11 UTC), deploying the 4,000-kilogram satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit. Designed, built, and operated by Thales Alenia Space for the state-owned PT Telkom Satelit Indonesia, or TelkomSat, this new broadband communications satellite will strengthen the telecommunications structure across the archipelago. Operating in the Ku- and C-bands, this high-throughout communication satellite is built upon the Spacebus-4000B2 platform and will provide over 32 billion bits per second (Gbps) capacity from its position in geostationary orbit, stationed at 113 degrees east. The satellite left Thales Alenia Space’s clean rooms in Cannes, France, late last year and was shipped to the Cape from Nice, arriving at Port Canaveral in late January to then make a final trip to the integration facility. Thales Alenia Space will be delivering in-orbit support throughout the satellite’s expected 15-year lifecycle, as well as providing the ground control segment and on-site training and support for the customer’s engineering team. Starlink v2 Mini satellites prior to deployment (Credit: SpaceX) Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-15 SpaceX will launch the next batch of 22 Starlink v2 Mini satellites from the west coast no earlier than Feb. 20 from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The booster for this flight, which is currently unknown, will land on the droneship Of Course I Still Love You, which will be waiting downrange. The satellites will be sent on a southeastern trajectory into an initial orbit of approximately 286 by 296 kilometers, inclined 53 degrees. Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-39 The latest addition to the Group 6 shell of the Starlink constellation will launch from SLC-40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base no earlier than Feb. 24. The booster for this flight is currently unkown, as is the droneship on which it will make its recovery landing further downrange. The payload is another 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites headed for a low-Earth orbit. Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-8 Crew Dragon Endeavour will be carrying SpaceX’s eighth crew rotation mission to the ISS, carrying commander Matthew Dominick, pilot Michael Barratt, and two mission specialists Jeanette Epps and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin. Epps was previously assigned to a Boeing Starliner mission but was later moved to Crew-8. Launch is scheduled to fly from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center on March 1 at 12:04 AM ET (05:04 UTC) All crew members except pilot Michael Barratt are making their first flight into space on this mission. Barratt previously served as a flight engineer for Expeditions 19/20 and has spent a total of 212 days in space, including time aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-133 mission in 2011. SpaceX Crew-8 – Left to Right: Roscosmos cosmonaut and Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin, Pilot Michael Barratt, Commander Matthew Dominick, and Mission Specialist Jeanette Epps. (Credit: SpaceX) This is the ninth human spaceflight as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew program and the maiden flight for booster B1083, which will return to the Cape to land at Landing Zone 1 a few miles south of LC-39A. This is the fifth flight of C206 Endeavour, which has also launched crew for the Axiom-1, Crew-2, Crew-6, and the historic Demo-2 missions. Dragon will perform a series of maneuvers before docking autonomously with the forward-facing port of the Station’s Harmony module. The four astronauts will meet the members of the Expedition 70 crew and spend a few days of handover with the outgoing Crew-7 crew, who will then undock from the Station and splash down off the coast of Florida. During their stay, this crew can expect to see the arrival of three different cargo craft — Cygnus (NG-21), Cargo Dragon (CRS-30), and the maiden flight of Sierra Space’s long-anticipated Dream Chaser spaceplane. They can also look forward to greeting the astronauts of Boeing’s Crew Flight Test on Starliner in April, as well as welcoming three new crew members who are scheduled to arrive on a Soyuz in March (MS-25). They will also see Loral O’Hara depart back to Earth on a Soyuz. (Lead image: Astroscale’s ADRAS-J spacecraft. Credit: Astroscale) The post Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch next ISS crew rotation; Electron launches debris removal demonstration appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

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The Last Comet? The Sad Truth About Why Seeing NEOWISE With Your Naked Eyes Is Harder Than It Looks

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The Last Comet? The Sad Truth About Why Seeing NEOWISE With Your Naked Eyes Is Harder Than It Looks

Comet NEOWISE shines in skies over a still lake. The comet was discovered on March 27, 2020 by … [+] astronomers using the NEOWISE space telescope.

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Comet NEOWISE has turned out to be the most photogenic since Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997, but if you’re having trouble finding it with your naked eyes, you’re not alone.

No matter how many star-charts you consult, finding this icy visitor from the outer Solar System is not as easy as it should be.

Is it your eyes? Is it you not knowing exactly where to look? 

No—it’s light pollution where you live, which is likely increasing each year. 

That makes the once-in-a-decade appearance of a bright comet a big moment; it could be your first, and possibly your last, chance to see a comet with the unaided eye. 

MORE FROM FORBESAct Now For Your Best And Last Chance To See Comet NEOWISE This Weekend. Here’s When, Where And HowBy Jamie Carter

How does light pollution affect the visibility of comets? 

Light pollution affects the visibility of comets in generally the same way as it reduces the visibility of stars. “It lowers the contrast between the comet and the blackness of space beyond,” said John Barentine, Director of Public Policy at the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), a non-profit in Tucson, Arizona. “Since our eyes don’t detect small differences in contrast at low light levels particularly well, diffuse objects especially like comets simply don’t stand out well.”

So while it’s possible for some to make-out the concentrated light of a comet’s coma, light pollution can mean many completely lose sight of Comet NEOWISE’s two tails.

Comet NEOWISE (C/2020 F3) is seen above the ruins of the Cook Bank building in this 20-second camera … [+] exposure on July 20, 2020 in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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How common are bright comets?

There are always a few comets around in the inner Solar System that vary in brightness.

However, very few get as bright—and even fewer look as impressive—as Comet NEOWISE, but with a decent telescope and a dark sky, you can expect to see several comets per year. 

Are comets getting harder to see with the naked eye?

“With the constant increase of light pollution in the night sky the observation of comets with the naked eye is becoming much rarer,” according to Gareth Dorrian, Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham, and Ian Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University, writing in The Conversation a couple of weeks ago.

Barentine agrees, though with the caveat that there have been comets throughout history that were bright enough to be visible in full daylight. That could happen again, but the problem of light pollution remains.

“Comets are becoming more difficult to see without the aid of telescopes or binoculars, and that’s attributable to two things—the increasing urbanization of humanity, and the light pollution that typically comes with that urbanization,” said Barentine. Of course, most of us now live in cities. “Whereas in the historic past fewer people lived in cities and there was considerably less electric light in those cities (or none at all), the opposite is true today,” said Barentine.

Comet Hale–Bopp was perhaps the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest … [+] seen for many decades.

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How to find Comet NEOWISE despite light pollution

So where is the “great comet” of 2020?

Binoculars massively help the naked-eye observer, and cameras can certainly find Comet NEOWISE, which is currently under the Big Dipper/The Plough/The Saucepan in the northwestern sky right after dark (as seen from the northern hemisphere).

Here are a couple of star-charts:

How to find Comet NEOWISE on Saturday, July 25, 2020.

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It’s now definitely getting fainter, but it’s also getting higher in the sky right after twilight ends. 

How to find Comet NEOWISE on Sunday, July 26, 2020.

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So how are we seeing photos of Comet NEOWISE looking so bright?

While naked-eye comet-hunters are struggling with light pollution, adventurous astrophotographers have been able to find and photograph Comet NEOWISE, no problem.

In fact, there have been thousands of exquisite images produced of the once-in-6,800 years visitor to the inner Solar System.

That’s because astrophotographers are using long exposures of 10 seconds or more to capture the light from the comet, which is over 64 million miles from us. 

Astrophotographers, amateur astronomers and stargazers are also heading to dark sky sites well away from the sky-glow over cities. They’re doing that because they know all too well about the nasty effect of light pollution on their hobby. 

The night sky is being obliterated—and it’s not SpaceX Starlink satellites that are the real problem.

MORE FROM FORBESHow To Photograph Comet NEOWISE, Our Most Spectacular Comet For 23 YearsBy Jamie Carter

How much has light pollution worsened since the last bright comet?

The last truly great comet was Hale-Bopp 23 years ago. Since then the spread of light pollution has continued largely unabated. “Coincidentally Hale-Bopp appeared in 1997, which was a year in which the satellite data were collected that gave humanity its first truly global view of light pollution,” said Barentine.

He’s referring to the “first World Atlas of the artificial night sky brightness,” published in 2001, that contains this statement: 

“More than two-thirds of the United States population, about half of the European Union population and one-fifth of the World population have already lost the possibility of seeing the Milky Way.”

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Fast-forward just about 20 years to 2016, when a new global assessment was published and the problem had worsened: 

“The Milky Way is hidden from more than one-third of humanity, including 60% of Europeans and nearly 80% of North Americans.” 

“That change represents a grievous loss of access to the night sky in less than one human generation,” said Barentine. 

Sights like Zodiacal Light (the cone-shaped light) and the Andromeda Galaxy (center, right) are now … [+] impossible to see with the unaided eye from all but the darkest of places. (VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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What else is light pollution preventing us from seeing?

Of course, it’s not just comets that light pollution is preventing us from seeing. While the Moon and bright planets like Jupiter, Saturn and Venus are really obvious even to those standing in the middle of a brightly-lit city, there are other celestial objects that we used to be able to see from everywhere on the planet that are no longer visible to most people.

“Comets will be infrequent, and NEOWISE shows us how captivating they can be, but there are fainter objects, like novae, that one might have seen previously even with the naked eye—if one knew where to look—and that are now masked by skyglow,” said Barentine.

“Fainter meteors are lost to light pollution, so only maybe one or two meteor showers are worth looking for each year,” he adds. “We’re not completely cut-off from the cosmos, but our access to it in the world’s cities, compared to what it once was, is now severely restricted.” 

The winter Milky Way and Zodiacal Light in a 180 panorama taken at the Painted Pony Resort in … [+] southwestern New Mexico. (Photo by: Alan Dyer /VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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How can we stop light pollution?

Switching-off unnecessary lights is easy and doesn’t cost anything; it actually saves money. There are, of course, two ways to do this; reduce our own unnecessary use of light, and limit light pollution by law. 

We can all take steps to curb light pollution that are safe and cost-effective, starting with the outdoor lighting on our own homes. “We urge everyone to take a look at our Five Principles for Responsible Outdoor Lighting, published in cooperation with the Illuminating Engineering Society, principles which are easy to understand,” said Barentine.

“By putting light in the places we need it, in the right times and amounts, we can make nighttime spaces better for everyone while reducing the amount of wasted light that ends up in the night sky and makes it harder to see objects like Comet NEOWISE.” 

The IDA’s “Five Principles for Responsible Outdoor Lighting”.

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Do we need new laws to stop light pollution?

However, why not have laws to prevent the overuse of light? “New laws would bake those ideas into lighting designs allowed under building and energy codes, just like we mandated safe electrical equipment, plumbing, etc. through law,” said Barentine. “In the long run, it saves money and electricity and improves nighttime visibility simply by keeping the light where it needs to be and out of the night sky.”

“It’s win-win-win all the way around for jurisdictions that adopt such laws.” 

Despite the doom and (lack of) gloom around light pollution, it is still possible to see Comet NEOWISE in the night sky with the naked eye.

Taking binoculars—and, if you can, a manual camera—will help enormously in your search for Comet NEOWISE, but get yourself something dark this weekend and you should be able to glimpse, in clear skies, a beautiful comet with an ethereal tail. 

Creeping light pollution means that the bar for being judged a “great comet” is constantly being raised.

Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes. 

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People type their most private fears and immediate needs into Google’s search box. For Ukrainians battered by more than a year of war, what they dread and desire—at least as indicated by their searches—has not changed much since the conflict began.

After Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022, Ukrainians turned to Google Search for instructions on building bomb shelters and turning on notifications for incoming bombs, according to the company’s search trends database. Data from recent weeks show that protective structures and gear continued to be top of mind, reflecting the constant danger of bombardments.

Ukrainians’ desire to understand technologies involved in the conflict also has stayed strong. Where a year ago Ukrainians wanted to learn about Swift, the banking system that the West blocked Russia’s access to, they now research weapons, asking “What is a ballistic trajectory?” One query has been trending all of the past year: “When will the Ukraine war end?”

To Simon Rogers, a former journalist who leads Google’s efforts to help media analyze search trends, the data from Ukraine is unique because it is the first time sustained conflict has ravaged a modern, internet-rich country. Google’s data show that the web has been both a utility and an escape for Ukrainians over the past year, at once keeping them safe and distracted.

A wider portrait of how Ukrainians responded to the Russian attack, and how their feelings evolved over time, could emerge from video footage, Telegram chat logs, and other online data being saved by historians from the US to Ukraine. Early review suggests they too show a populace caught in the deadly flux of modern warfare, trying to turn panic into action.

It wasn’t long after war broke out on February 24, 2022, that historians and military experts started calling the role of the internet unprecedented for a large-scale battle. Russia used social media to spread its propaganda in Ukraine and sympathetic countries around the world. Face recognition technology trained on images from Russian social media helped identify dead soldiers, and Google Maps and satellite imagery enabled ordinary citizens to track troop movements. Crowdsourcing and bullying through social media helped inspire a corporate exodus from Russia.

“This is the first war with Wi-Fi in every trench,” says Oleg Rogynskyy, the Ukrainian founder of San Francisco sales software startup People.ai. “World War I–style trench warfare with 3,500 Starlink internet satellites in the air. Every soldier is a content creator, and the amount of content being created is just tremendous.”

Researchers jumped on the moment. In March 2022, Harvard University’s Ukrainian Research Institute began compiling a digital archive that includes news, Twitter, and Telegram posts about the war. A consortium of human rights and humanitarian groups says it is gathering audio and video from Ukraine in part to provide evidence of war crimes but also to simply “tell the world what it’s like to live through this war.” A women-led group calling itself Dattalion, a combination of data and battalion, says it is capturing photos and videos so that atrocities carried out by the enemy are remembered. 

Beyond those purposes, each of the digital databases also could be mined to track what Ukrainians caught in the conflict cared about through the war. Taras Nazaruk, head of digital history projects at the Center for Urban History of East Central Europe in Lviv, Ukraine, has been leading a project downloading conversations from Telegram, the chat app popular among Eastern Europeans. It captures posts from government officials and large groups, which provide a more ground-level view of the war’s effect on everyday life in Ukraine. 

Ukrainians turned to Telegram seeking help locating missing relatives, identifying soldiers, tracking Russian troop movements and war crimes, and making calls to action for supplies, weapons, and even hacking skills, according to the history center’s project. People shared petrol and housing availability on Telegram. They posted reports about life under Russian occupation and how to escape. 

Misinformation flowed widely, including a case in which a Russian propagandist falsely claimed that trains were not operating, hoping to keep Ukrainians in place ahead of a Russian attack, according to an early analysis by the center. Other Russian-run channels sought to share propaganda about how Russia would improve life for Ukrainians.

The project is for now primarily focused on collecting and preserving data. No one has analyzed what the conversations are like today in comparison to a year ago, but several reports are expected to flow later this year from the Telegram archives. “Hopefully, it would be a valuable source on various aspects of wartime reality in Ukraine,” Nazaruk says. 

Google’s Rogers says it was natural to look back on Ukrainians’ search history at the one-year mark of the war. He says it can provide an unvarnished look at the priorities of people caught in the conflict, because unlike with social media posts, people don’t generally curate their search queries to present a particular image.

Rogers says that what he has found in the Ukraine search trends resembles patterns from other crises his team has studied, whether the onset of Covid-19 or the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. “We’re always looking for the common things that are popping up,” he says. “I wouldn’t say there’s a science behind it.”

Those common themes include understanding, planning, and hope. People want to get a lay of the land, and they quickly want to take action. Google’s search trends data, which is publicly accessible, does not reveal the most popular queries. Rather, it shows searches that the company calls “breakouts,” which saw a large spike in traffic over a sustained period. Rogers’ team monitors which of the breakouts are accelerating the fastest.

Trending questions in Ukrainian on Google in January this year besides “What is a ballistic trajectory?” included “How many tank squadrons?” and “Who died in Brovary?” (The latter refers to a helicopter crash that killed 14 people, including a government minister. Its cause remains under investigation.) “The whole country was rapidly educated on military, on first aid” when the war started, says Rogynskyy, the Ukrainian entrepreneur. “The whole country has been at arms ever since.”

Ukrainians this year have been wondering about electricity outages, how to connect to Starlink internet satellites, and even “when there will be an earthquake in Ukraine,” a Google query that spiked after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake tore through Turkey last month killing over 45,000 people. 

Entertainment and hope appear to find their way into the trends, too. For a period after it debuted in February, the controversial new Harry Potter video game Hogwarts Legacy became a more popular search topic in Ukraine than the war. Rogers says happiness has become a “breakout search topic” in Ukraine this year.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky hit an upbeat note in his speech commemorating the one-year anniversary of his country’s renewed conflict with Russia. “We didn't know what would happen tomorrow, but we realized for sure: Every tomorrow is worth fighting for!”

Rogers wonders how long Ukrainians will keep up their interest in war-related news. Safety and security remain vital. But the path the conflict takes could allow some residents to more readily get on with their lives. In other countries, initial surges in interest about the fighting in Ukraine never returned after they tapered off not long after the fighting began, according to Google’s data. Whatever it is that Ukrainians do search for, message about, or post about will be archived and analyzed in the years to come.

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Surging Demand for 5G Network Propels Satellite Launch Vehicle Market

In 2021, the satellite launch vehicle market size stood at $6,202.0 million, and it is expected to acquire $8,517.9 million revenue by 2030, growing with a rate of 3.6% from 2021 to 2030. This is attributed to the rising number of satellite launches for various purposes such as weather forecasting, communication, military, and earth observation. The rising trend of reusable launch vehicles, attributed to cost-cutting, reliability, and instant access to space leads to a market boost.

AI and machine learning are highly utilized in developing SLVs, attributed to the increased efficiency of mission with reduced downtime and paced up physical detection and diagnosis. In addition to this, artificial intelligence helps in easing the test and assembling of the vehicles attributed to the decline in cost and time saving and optimizing the manufacturing process. Moreover, AI facilitates assistance to communication and navigation systems of satellite launch vehicles and thus helps astronomers.

Low-earth-orbit satellites gave captured an undisputed satellite launch vehicle market share, of 90%, attributed to faster communications with improved data processing in the network with easy installation. Additionally, the huge investments made by private and government organizations to deploy satellites in low earth orbit also expands the market. For example, Starlink named satellite internet constellation developed by SETC is LEO, there are around 3700 satellites revolving in the LEO.

The commercial launch activity category’s satellite launch vehicle market share is around 80%, which is attributed to the increasing number of commercial satellite launches. The rising commercial activities, which include satellite navigation, commercial satellite imagery, and satellite television, combined with the reduced cost for launches and decrease in the investments on hardware space, lead to the expansion of the market.

The growing 5G satellite communication market, which amounted to $2,548.2-million revenue in 2021 and is expected to acquire $33,896.7 million by 2030, is the key contributor to the satellite launch vehicle market boom. This is ascribed to the surging demand for high-speed connectivity with low latency networking. Moreover, 5G fuels the governments’ initiatives worldwide for the development of smart cities, it also provides socio-economic benefits by pacing up the digital economy, resulting in market proliferation.

Communication applications contributed extensive satellite launch vehicle market revenue, of more than $4 billion. It is attributed to the surging requirement for 5G satellite connections in various sectors such as automobiles, shipping, and civilian aircraft. In attrition, the internet penetration with increased volume of data usage, supported by low latency transmission drives the market. Satellite launches are extensively utilized in defense communication technology, the major countries to make a huge investment to advance defense communication are China, South Korea, and India

North America dominates the market with a 55% share, it is ascribed to the rising commercial launch activity and the strong presence of key players in the market. Moreover, the advanced technologies in the region and increasing availability of certified technicians fuel the market expansion. Moreover, APAC is expected to witness the fastest growth in the coming future in the market, and it is ascribed to the surging satellite launches for space exploration and communication purposes in the region.

Therefore, the rising internet penetration facilitated by the high-speed 5G network and increased satellite launches in the lower earth orbit.

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Top Players of Space Power Supply Market

The following are the key players in the Space Power Supply Market.

Airborne

Airbus SE

AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH

DHV Technology

EaglePicher Technologies

GS Yuasa Corporation

Northrup Grumman Corporation

Saft Groupe S.A.

Sierra Nevada Corporation

SolAero Technologies, Inc.

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated.

Growth drivers and Market Value:

This report, from Stratview Research, studies the Space Power Supply Market value and growth drivers over the trend period of 2023-28. According to the report -

SpaceX, Blue Origin, OneWeb, and Virgin Galactic are the key investment recipients in 2021, collectively embraced about US$ 3.9 billion, translating into 68% of the total investments. Despite the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, the space industry witnessed robust growth in the year 2020, making it a record year for the industry. The global space power supply market logged an impressive growth of more than 100% (year-over-year) to reach US$ 2.8 billion in 2021.

Segment Analysis:

Based on Application Type:

Stratview Research has firstly segmented the space power supply market based on the application type as satellites, launch vehicles, and space exploration. Increasing investments in space start-ups are driving companies to launch several small satellites in the LEO orbit. More than 1,200 satellites were launched in 2021, of which more than 1,100 were small satellites. SpaceX’s constellation “Starlink” deployed hundreds of communication satellites, which led the market to register an extraordinary growth in the year 2020. Furthermore, there are thousands of more such satellites already in the pipeline, ensuring a bright future for the industry in the coming years.

Based on Region:

In terms of regions, North America is likely to maintain its huge dominance in the market in the foreseen future. The USA held a huge dominance, alone capturing more than two-thirds share of the total market. The region is likely to offer the highest growth opportunities during the forecast period as well with increasing investments of start-ups and aggressive launch activities by SpaceX.

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Small Drones Are Giving Ukraine an Unprecedented Edge

In the snowy streets of the north Ukrainian town of Trostyanets, the Russian missile system fires rockets every second. Tanks and military vehicles are parked on either side of the blasting artillery system, positioned among houses and near the town’s railway system. The weapon is not working alone, though. Hovering tens of meters above it and recording the assault is a Ukrainian done. The drone isn’t a sophisticated military system, but a small, commercial machine that anyone can buy.

Since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine at the end of February, drones of all shapes and sizes have been used by both sides in the conflict. At one end of the scale are large military drones that can be used for aerial surveillance and to attack targets on the ground. In contrast, small commercial drones can be flown by people without any specific training and carried around in a suitcase-sized box. While both types of drones have been used in previous conflicts, the current scale of small, commercial drone use in Ukraine is unprecedented.

Drone videos shared and posted to social media depict the brutality of the war and reveal what has happened during battles. Drones have captured fighting in the destroyed Ukrainian city of Bucha, with lines of tanks moving around streets and troops moving alongside them. Commercial drones have helped journalists document the sheer scale of destruction in Kyiv and Mariupol, flying over burnt-out buildings that have been reduced to rubble.

Russian troops have been caught on camera allegedly shooting at citizens holding their hands in the air. Drone videos show Ukrainian troops shelling Russian positions, monitoring their movements in real time, and ambushing Russian troops. In one video, a drone spots Russian military vehicles leaving troops behind—they run after the transport and fall in the snow. In another, the drone hovers in the air and records a helicopter being shot down as it flies past.

“Drones changed the way the war was supposed to be,” says Valerii Iakovenko, the founder of Ukrainian drone company DroneUA. “It is all about intelligence, collecting and transferring data about enemy troops' movements or positionings, correcting artillery fire. It is about counter-saboteurs' actions, and it is of course search-and-rescue operations.” Iakovenko estimates that Ukrainian forces are operating more than 6,000 drones for reconnaissance and says these can link up with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite systems to upload footage. “In 2014, drones became the center of attention of intelligence units, but their scale cannot be compared to what we see today,” he says. (Russia first began its invasion of Ukraine in 2014 with its annexation of Crimea.)

Both Ukraine and Russia have used military drones during the war—and Ukraine received donations of drones from the US. These military drones can often fly at high altitudes for long periods of time and fire upon targets, including ships. However, the use of smaller commercial drones in such high numbers stands out, researchers say. These drones, which can sometimes be flimsy and can’t fly far from their operators or stay in the air for long periods, have provided tactical advantages in some cases. (Commercial drones have been used in previous conflicts, for instance in Syria, but not as extensively as in Ukraine.)