Satellite

March 11, 2023

India·Space

The World’s Most Expensive Satellite Set to Launch in India

The payload of the world’s most expensive Earth-Imaging satellite, NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), landed in India after a US Air Force’s C-17 aircraft touched down in Bengaluru from California on Wednesday.

Space

Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites: Illuminating the Sky over Massachusetts

The sky over Massachusetts has been lit up by a string of bright lights, which many people may have initially thought to be unidentified flying objects (UFOs). However, these lights were actually Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX, the company owned

February 15, 2023

Japan’s Pioneering Wooden Satellite LignoStella Takes Shape

Space

After a successful experiment on the International Space Station (ISS), Japanese researchers are developing the world’s first wooden satellite. The wood used in the

Sateliot Launches Groundbreaking 5G IoT Satellite A.K.A “The Cell Tower In Sace” with SpaceX

Space·Technology

A Spanish company, Sateliot, is sending its 5G IoT satellite to space. The satellite will be carried by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space

Moon Viewing. Photo Source: susan-lu4esm

Astronomy·News

Full Flower Micromoon: May’s Lunar Display Appears 14% Smaller at 251,828 Miles from Earth

Next month’s full moon brings a unique twist to our night sky. The Full Flower Moon peaks on May 12, 2025, at 12:56 PM EDT (16:56 UTC), but it comes with an

Karmactive Staff

May 12, 2025

News·Space

Space Exploration History: Soviet Venus Probe From 1972 Set to Return as Rare Space Debris This Weekend

A Cold War relic from the early days of planetary exploration is about to make an unplanned homecoming. Kosmos 482 (NORAD 6073) has been stranded in Earth orbit since 1972 and is

Karmactive Team

May 9, 2025

News·Space

New Solar Instrument Reveals Sun at 6.2 Mile Scale After 15 Years Development

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on Maui, Hawaii has received a major upgrade. The world’s largest solar telescope now boasts a new instrument called the Visible Tunable Filtergraph (VTF), which recently

Rahul Somvanshi

May 1, 2025

Amazon’s First Operational Satellites.Photo Source: United Launch Alliance

Business·News

Amazon Launches 27 Kuiper Satellites, Targets 3,236 to Rival Starlink’s 7,000+ Fleet

Amazon launched its first 27 operational Project Kuiper satellites on April 28, 2025, marking its entry into the competitive satellite internet market dominated by SpaceX’s Starlink. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas

Sunita Somvanshi

April 29, 2025

A Google Doodle made up of satellite images of Earth's natural formations that resemble letters. Photo Source: Google

Climate·Technology

Google Earth Day 2025 Doodle Uses Satellite Images of 6 Ecosystems Where Climate Change Threatens 90% of Islands

April 22, 2025 marks Earth Day’s 55th anniversary, and Google celebrates with a striking departure from artistic illustrations. Today’s Google Doodle features actual satellite imagery of six ecosystems worldwide spelling “G-O-O-G-L-E,” offering

Karmactive Team

April 23, 2025

Representative Image. Earth’s geomagnetic field surrounds and protects our planet from harmful space radiation. Photo Source - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Science

South Atlantic Anomaly’s Expansion Poses Increased Risks to Satellites and Spacecraft Operations

The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), a vast region where Earth’s magnetic field has weakened significantly, continues to puzzle scientists as it grows and changes shape. Located primarily over South America and the

Rahul Somvanshi

April 2, 2025

The first satellite of a groundbreaking constellation for early wildfire detection and mitigation has hit the skies. Photo Source: Google- Molly McHugh-Johnson

Artificial Intelligence·Disaster·Space

FireSat’s AI Satellite Detects 5×5 Meter Wildfires Every 20 Minutes

A game-changing satellite has just made its way into Earth’s orbit, aiming to revolutionize how we detect and respond to wildfires. The first FireSat satellite, launched by SpaceX, has officially made contact

Rahul Somvanshi

March 19, 2025

Global product generated at 1km resolution using data for the period Jan-Dec 2024.

India·Space

ISRO’s EOS-06 Enhances Ocean Monitoring with Advanced Imaging

India’s space agency ISRO is now watching over our oceans better than ever before. Their satellite EOS-06, launched in late 2022, takes pictures of tiny ocean plants called phytoplankton every two days.

Rahul Somvanshi

February 7, 2025

Northeastern professor Josep Jornet is leading project to send a sub-THz radio system into space. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Space·Technology

Space Satellites Aim to Redefine 6G Speeds and Transform Global Connectivity by 2027

In a world already saturated with satellite internet ventures, Northeastern University’s engineering team has embarked on an ambitious project to develop what they claim will be the world’s first sub-terahertz (sub-THz) wireless

Rahul Somvanshi

December 16, 2024

Astronomy·Climate·Space

NOAA’s First Space-Based Coronagraph CCOR-1: Tracking Solar Threats with High Precision on GOES-19

NOAA’s release of imagery from the Compact Coronagraph-1 (CCOR-1) on the GOES-19 satellite marks an unprecedented advancement in space weather monitoring. Developed to detect and monitor coronal mass ejections (CMEs), CCOR-1 is

Karmactive Staff

October 29, 2024

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