A whirlwind two days in spaceflight saw a flurry of rocket launches, game-changing announcements from space agencies, big moves by private companies, and even a surprise shuffle of a retired Space Shuttle. From internet satellites and ISS crew swaps to defense-driven projects and billion-dollar investments, here are the top satellite and space developments from August…
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Introduction: A new space race is underway – not to put the next person on the Moon, but to eliminate cellphone “dead zones” by connecting ordinary phones directly to satellites. Tech giants and start-ups alike are vying to beam connectivity from orbit to your handset under open skies. Apple’s iPhone Emergency SOS kicked off this…
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Consumer Tech: Price Hikes & Streaming Shifts Spotify Hits the High Note on Pricing: Music streaming giant Spotify announced it will raise the monthly price of its Premium individual plan to €11.99 (from €10.99) across numerous markets spanning Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America reuters.com. The hike, effective in September, comes as…
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Live Satellite View: The Ultimate Guide to Real-Time Earth Views Online Ever since the Apollo 17 crew captured the iconic “Blue Marble” photo of Earth in 1972, people have been fascinated by viewing our planet from space. In the digital age, many wonder: What does Earth look like right now? The idea of a “live…
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Introduction: Satellites Above Us Everyday Satellites have quietly become the unsung heroes of modern life. They play an essential role in our everyday lives, contributing to our well-being and helping meet important needs on Earth asc-csa.gc.ca. From providing the satellite maps we browse on our phones to enabling the GPS navigation in our cars, satellites…
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In the span of two days (July 24–25, 2025), SpaceX and its Starlink satellite venture experienced a whirlwind of developments. A rare global Starlink outage knocked tens of thousands offline and prompted high-level apologies, even as SpaceX rolled out a groundbreaking satellite-to-cellphone service with T-Mobile. The company also readied a new Starlink satellite launch using…
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Russian Soyuz Lofts Space Weather Fleet and Iranian Satellite Vostochny, Russia (July 25) – Russia kicked off the day with a blockbuster launch, as a Soyuz-2.1b rocket carried 21 satellites into orbit in a single mission space.com. Liftoff from Siberia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome at 1:54 a.m. ET (0554 GMT) delivered two Ionosfera-M space weather satellites alongside an Iranian…
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This Week in Space: Interstellar Visitors, Satellite Breakthroughs, and the Future of Space Policy The past week has been a microcosm of the modern space age: interstellar comets, revolutionary weather satellites, geopolitical intrigue, and the relentless march of commercial innovation. From NASA’s latest celestial discoveries to the European Union’s push for unified space regulation, the…
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1. Why space was decisive in “Operation Rising Lion” When Israel and the United States struck dozens of Iranian nuclear‑ and missile‑related targets in mid‑June 2025, every phase of the campaign—target discovery, mission‑planning, precision‑guidance and battle‑damage assessment (BDA)—ran on a constant stream of satellite imagery. 2. How Israel’s spy‑satellite stack works Tier Principal satellites Key strengths (2025) Imagery role…
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Overview of Turkmenistan’s Internet Landscape Turkmenistan’s Internet Penetration: Turkmenistan remains one of the world’s least connected and most restricted internet environments. As of early 2024, only about 39.5% of the population (roughly 2.59 million people) were internet users datareportal.com. Independent analyses estimate penetration around 34–40% into 2025 monitor.civicus.org datareportal.com – the lowest rate in Central…
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