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Academia 3 years ago

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Rethinking Indonesia’s future at low earth orbit

There is currently no international legally binding instrument governing the regulation of orbital slots for LEO satellite launches.

Asia & Pacific 4 years ago

China launches 16 new satellites

The satellites, including a Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D09 satellite and Yunyao-1 04-08 satellites, were launched by a Long March-6 carrier rocket at 12:50 p.m. Beijing Time and entered the planned orbit successfully.

Middle East and Africa 4 years ago

Russia puts Iranian satellite into orbit

The remote Khayyam sensing satellite, named after the 11th Century Persian poet and philosopher Omar Khayyam, was launched by a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and entered orbit successfully, Russia's space agency said.

Science & Tech 4 years ago

European satellite firms eye tie-up to create ‘global champion’

French satellite-operator Eutelsat said on Monday it was in talks with British counterpart OneWeb for a tie-up to create a "global champion" in broadband internet, rivaling United States services like Elon Musk's Starlink.

Academia 4 years ago

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Beyond celebration, we urgently need to understand our oceans better

Living on a planet where the ocean dominates its surface, it is fair to say that ocean affairs should provide important content and context in our education.

Academia 4 years ago

Low earth orbit satellites: Connecting the unconnected

Satellite networks only carry a fraction of the data traffic that powers the internet, and still rely on terrestrial infrastructure to deliver internet-based services to end users.

Science & Tech 4 years ago

Dozens of SpaceX internet satellites lost to geomagnetic storm

Geomagnetic storms are caused by ejections of the solar corona into space, resulting in disturbances to the Earth's upper atmosphere and increased drag on objects in low orbits.

Politics 4 years ago

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Govt vows to keep orbital slot amid satellite fiasco

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) continues to investigate a satellite-procurement scheme by the Defense Ministry to fill a strategic orbital slot in 2015 as the government reiterates its commitment to maintaining the rights to manage the slot in the interest of national security.

Editorial 4 years ago

Transparency, please

The fiasco could have been avoided had the Defense Ministry proposed an emergency funding to the House of Representatives to finance both the satellite lease and purchase.

Politics 4 years ago

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Astronomical failure?: Govt expedites probe into unauthorized satellite contracts

The government is seeking to hasten its investigation of the Defense Ministry’s signing of allegedly unauthorized satellite leases to fill a strategic orbital slot in 2015, a move that may have cost taxpayers billions of rupiah.

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