Author: Marcin Frąckiewicz

From Ghost Signals to Orbital Shields In June 2024, Australian astronomers detected a mysterious, intense burst of radio waves originating from near Earth. Initially, they thought they’d found a new pulsar or quasar. Instead, they traced the 30-nanosecond pulse to an unlikely source – NASA’s defunct Relay-2 satellite, launched during the Cold War and dormant…
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Farewell to H-2A: A Final Flight and a New Beginning Japan’s workhorse H-2A rocket concluded nearly 25 years of service with its 50th and final launch on June 28, 2025, carrying the GOSAT-GW climate-monitoring satellite into orbit space.com space.com. Debuting in 2001, the H-2A achieved a 98% success rate (49 successes in 50 missions) –…
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ForgeStar-1 is a groundbreaking in-space manufacturing satellite developed by Welsh startup Space Forge – a project aimed at creating the world’s first orbital semiconductor foundry. Launched in June 2025, ForgeStar-1 became the UK’s first in-space manufacturing mission, designed to produce advanced semiconductor materials in the microgravity environment of Low Earth Orbit spaceforge.com. Built entirely in…
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Overview of Drone Regulations in Mexico Mexico allows drone operations but under strict regulations enforced by the Federal Civil Aviation Agency (Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil, AFAC) uavcoach.com. Drones (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, RPAS) are regulated by Mexico’s Civil Aviation Law and its regulations (Reglamento de la Ley de Aviación Civil), as well as the…
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Internet access in Norway is characterized by extensive coverage, cutting-edge infrastructure, and high performance. Norway consistently ranks among the world’s top countries for broadband connectivity, with virtually the entire population online and enjoying fast internet speeds. This report provides a detailed look at Norway’s internet landscape – including broadband technologies (fiber, DSL, cable, mobile), mobile…
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Overview: A New Milestone for Plan-S and Satellite IoT Plan-S, a Turkish satellite technology firm founded in 2021, has reached a major milestone in industrial IoT connectivity. The company launched four new satellites in June 2025 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 (Transporter-14) mission, expanding its Connecta IoT Network to a total of 17 satellites in…
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Overview: Xona Space Systems and the Pulsar Constellation Project Xona Space Systems is a Silicon Valley startup aiming to build a next-generation satellite navigation network as an alternative and complement to GPS. Founded in 2019 by a team of Stanford-educated engineers (including alumni of SpaceX and Stanford’s GPS Lab), Xona’s mission is to “rebuild satellite…
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A Partnership to Eliminate Dead Zones In August 2022, T-Mobile and SpaceX announced an ambitious partnership called “Coverage Above and Beyond,” aiming to end mobile dead zones by connecting standard smartphones to SpaceX’s Starlink satellitest-mobile.comt-mobile.com. Under this vision, Starlink’s low-Earth-orbit satellites would broadcast using T-Mobile’s cellular spectrum, essentially acting as space-based cell towers. The goal:…
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Overall Internet Infrastructure in Malawi Malawi’s internet infrastructure remains underdeveloped but has seen gradual improvements in recent years. Fiber-Optic Backbone: As a landlocked country, Malawi relies on fiber links through neighboring countries to connect to submarine cables. It is connected via Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, and South Africa through the SEACOM and EASSy cables freedomhouse.org. A…
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Turkey has developed a comprehensive regulatory framework for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or “drones”) to ensure safe and responsible integration of drones into its airspace. Drone usage – whether for recreation, commerce, or government purposes – is legal in Turkey but heavily regulated by the national civil aviation authority. The General Directorate of Civil Aviation…
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