2023-11-13 14:30:57 This article was originally published in English This is a first: a satellite launched by a Canadian company will be able to detect carbon emissions from sites such as coal-fired power plants from space. ADVERTISEMENT Canadian company GHGSat launched a satellite on Saturday intended to detect, for the first time from space, carbon … Read more
2023-10-06 18:13:12 This will also interest you [EN VIDÉO] Space debris: a net to capture satellites at the end of their life What to do with a satellite when it becomes useless? ESA engineers have found a… Only a few days ago, astronomers gave a name to a new illness from which they suffer: noctalgia … Read more
2023-10-04 17:22:04 Military espionage is usually carried out from a reconnaissance satellite located at an altitude of several hundred kilometers. However, traditions are breaking, and its functions are now being taken over by the so-called pseudo-satellite. More precisely, it is a drone flying in the stratosphere; however, associations with a satellite are not accidental: such … Read more
2023-09-30 12:18:59 SpaceX plans to launch up to 42,000 satellites for its Starlink constellation, and this is not the only megaconstellation project. With a large number of space debris already present in orbit, the risk of chain collisions is constantly increasing, and could make Earth’s orbit impassable. This will also interest you [EN VIDÉO] ESA … Read more
2023-09-14 03:00:00 Solar storms are energetic phenomena that occur on the Sun. Marc Hay 14/09/2023 05:00 7 min As our dependence on technology increases every day, few of us stop to consider the threats from space that could disrupt our modern lifestyle. But 149.6 million kilometers away, our own star, the Sun, periodically launches energy … Read more
2023-09-08 03:30:00 China Telecom’s “Mobile phone direct connection to satellite” service is online: 10 yuan/month without subscribing to voice package 9 yuan/minute Kuai Technology reported on September 8 that China Telecom’s “mobile phone direct connection to satellite” service was officially launched today, and users of Huawei Mate60 Pro+ and Mate60 Pro can apply for it. … Read more
2023-09-01 18:14:08 An old Russian satellite from the late Soviet era, now deactivated, was hit by space debris 870 kilometers above sea level and several pieces of debris were generated from the impact. State of play of this incident illustrating orbital overpopulation. On August 29, astrophysicist and space debris scientist Jonathan McDowell noted on X … Read more
2023-07-29 16:48:51 The European satellite Aeolus, which had reached the end of its mission in orbit, came down to Earth “successfully” after an unprecedented maneuver to minimize the risk of falling debris on the ground, the European Space Agency announced on Saturday. (ESA). This Earth observation satellite, launched in 2018 to measure the winds, entered … Read more