Elon Musk’s ‘Starlink’ satellites form a constellation of thousands of satellites, designed to provide low-cost broadband internet service from low Earth orbit. The constellation, informally known as Starlink, are under development at SpaceX’s facilities in Redmond, Washington. Its goal is to beam superfast internet into your home from space. While satellite internet has been around … Read more
Look at the satellite images below. One shows a hospital car park in the city of Wuhan, China. It was taken in October 2018. The other shows the same location almost exactly a year later, in October 2019. Now spot the difference. Puzzle: At the Hubei Women and Children’s Hospital there were far more cars in … Read more
Satellite data suggests coronavirus could have hit China in the SUMMER: Dramatic traffic increase was spotted at Wuhan hospitals amid surge in internet searches for Covid-19 symptoms Some hospital traffic increased by up to 90 per cent between 2018 and 2019 A leading Harvard researcher said the traffic increases began in ‘late summer’ Wuhan’s internet … Read more
Charging the likes of NASA, ESA and SpaceX an annual fee for putting a satellite into orbit could help clamp down on the growing space debris problem, a study finds. Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder say an international agreement would be needed in order to charge operators ‘orbital use fees’ for every satellite. … Read more
Cold War spy satellite imagery is helping scientists track the decline of animals and their habitats in Kazakhstan over the past 50 years Images from the Cold War’s Corona programme imaged a region of Kazakhstan The photographs were declassified five years after the fall of the Iron Curtain Scientists have used them to track the impact of … Read more
A satellite data company has created the first map of the UK’s warmest areas in preparation for what could be one of the hottest summers on record.
Look up! The moon and Mars will appear ‘tangled’ on May 14 as Earth’s natural satellite enters its last quarter phase in the pre-dawn sky The moon is entering its last quarter phase and will appear to sit next to Mars The event will be visible to the world an hour or two before sunrise … Read more
Of 30 billion plastic bottles used by UK households each year, only 57 per cent are currently recycled. With half of these going to landfill, half of all plastic bottles that are recycled go to waste. Around 700,000 plastic bottles a day end up as litter. This is largely due to plastic wrapping around bottles … Read more
NASA satellite images reveal the once bustling waterways of Venice are now empty during the coronavirus lockdown in Italy Italy was deemed the epicenter of the coronavirus in all of Europe Officials quickly implemented a lockdown on March 9 to limit the spread NASA shared images of Venice from this month and compared it with … Read more
The UK government is setting aside £2.6 million for new satellite and drone technology that could deliver essential supplies during the coronavirus lockdown. The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is funding new solutions to deliver equipment such as test kits, masks, gowns and goggles for frontline NHS staff. The joint initiative with the European Space Agency could … Read more