Space Technology News 7 April 2024

SpaceX: Comprehensive Overview of History, Technologies, Missions, and Future Plans

September 2008: Falcon 1 reached orbit on its fourth flight, becoming the first privately developed liquid-fuel rocket to orbit Earth. December 2008: NASA awarded SpaceX a $1.6 billion Commercial Resupply Services contract to deliver cargo to the ISS. May 2012:

8 June 2025

Hyperspectral Eyes in the Sky: How Space-Based Imaging Is Revolutionizing Earth Observation

NASA’s Hyperion, launched in 2000 on the EO-1 satellite, collected 220 spectral bands from 400 to 2500 nm at 30 m resolution. A hyperspectral data cube stacks hundreds of narrow wavelength bands for every ground pixel, creating a two-dimensional spatial

7 June 2025

Earth Observation · Hyperspectral Imaging · Innovation · NASDAQ:SATL · Satellites · Space Technology

Starlink Satellite Internet FAQ

Starlink is SpaceX’s satellite-based broadband internet service, and by 2025 the constellation has launched over 7,500 satellites with about 6,750 active in orbit. The satellites orbit in low Earth orbit at roughly 550 km altitude, delivering typical download speeds of

7 June 2025

Connectivity · FAQ · NASDAQ:TMUS · Satellite Internet · Space Technology · Starlink

Battle for the Final Frontier: Starlink vs OneWeb vs Kuiper vs Telesat Lightspeed

Starlink has launched over 8,000 satellites since 2019, serves 125 countries, and by April 2025 reached the 250th dedicated Starlink launch, establishing SpaceX’s network as the largest in orbit. OneWeb, founded in 2014, began Gen1 launches in 2019 with 618

3 June 2025

Broadband · NASDAQ:AMZN · OneWeb · Satellite Internet · Space Technology · Starlink

Global Satellite and Space Industry Report 2025: Market Overview and Outlook to 2030

In 2024, the global space economy reached $415 billion in revenue, up 4% from 2023. Commercial satellite activities totaled about $293 billion in 2024, representing 71% of the global space economy. The number of operational satellites rose from roughly 3,371

1 June 2025

Future Outlook · Industry Report · Market Analysis · Satellite Industry · Space Technology

India’s First Private-Sector Military Satellite TSAT‑1A: How a Tata-Built ‘Eye in the Sky’ Rode a SpaceX Falcon 9 to Orbit

India’s defence and space ambitions took a decisive private-sector turn in 2024 when TSAT‑1A, a compact but powerful Earth‑observation satellite built by Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) in collaboration with Satellogic, lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. Branded as India’s first private sector-produced

7 April 2024

Indian Defense · Military Innovation · NASDAQ:SATL · Private Sector · Satellite Launches · Space Technology

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