The Pentagon is in the early stages of a program to put constellations of smaller and cheaper satellites into orbit to counter space-based threats of the sort being developed by Russia and China.
Tag: Starlink Satellite Constellation (SpaceX)
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The New Space Race Is Causing New Pollution Problems
Earth’s stratosphere has never seen the amounts of emissions and waste from rockets and satellites that a booming space economy will leave behind.
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How Astronomers Are Saving Astronomy From Satellites — For Now
Even the most powerful telescopes are in peril as orbits above Earth fill with thousands of new satellites. But scientists aren’t ready to give up the night sky.
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The White House May Condemn Musk, but the Government Is Addicted to Him
Rarely has the U.S. government so depended on the technology provided by a single technologist with views that it has so publicly declared repugnant.