low earth orbit
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Russian Space Junk Came Alarmingly Close to Smashing Into NASA Satellite
That was a really close one. Further analysis of a near-miss collision between two satellites in space revealed that they came even closer to one another than initially believed, raising more alarm over the growing danger of space debris. In late February, NASA’s TIMED spacecraft and the defunct Russian Cosmos 2221 nearly avoided crashing into…
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Telstra Has Begun Rolling Out Its New Phone Satellites
Telstra has rolled out its Eutelsat low earth orbit satellites to help its customers get better phone service in rural and regional Australia.
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SpaceX Starlink Satellites Have to Dodge Objects in Orbit Nearly 140 Times Every Day
It’s getting awfully crowded in low Earth orbit with more than 4,000 Starlink satellites currently in orbit and thousands more that will soon make their way up there. SpaceX’s internet satellites often stand in the way of orbiting spacecraft, defunct satellites, or space junk, racking up 50,000 potentially dangerous approaches over the past four years.…
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Two Military Satellites Just Communicated With Each Other Using Space Lasers
Two satellites recently exchanged more than 200 gigabits of data over a distance of about 100 kilometres using laser communication in space. The achievement sets the stage for yet another satellite constellation.