satellites
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The Orbital Clutter Expands: SpaceX RivaI OneWeb Is About To Launch 34 Satellites
OneWeb, a UK-based telecommunications firm, is set to launch 34 satellites into space. These satellites will join an internet constellation that could soon consist of 648 satellites, in a system that will rival Elon Musk’s Starlink. We’ve officially entered into a new race for space—one that threatens astronomy and the safety of low Earth orbit…
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The Pentagon’s Plan To Pepper Space With Surveillance Satellites Is Taking Shape
New details have emerged about the Pentagon’s ambitious plan to build seven different defence constellations, the first of which will include hundreds of surveillance satellites that are expected to attain full global coverage in just six years.
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Starlink Satellites Produce Wave Of UFO Sightings In The U.S.
Residents in northern Montana reported a string of strange lights dotting the sky. What looked like UFOs from an alien invasion has turned out to be another consequence of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation.
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Elon Musk On His Space Internet: ‘Whoa, It Worked’
It’ll require a few more years — and thousands of more satellites — before SpaceX’s Starlink internet constellation achieves full functionality, but that didn’t stop Elon Musk from participating in an early test of the system, which apparently worked.