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Elon Musk Blocks the Ukraine from Using Satellites for War

February 10, 2023 7:35 pmFebruary 9, 2023 9:48 pm

by Chris Black Watching Zelensky get told to eat shit is so pleasing. SpaceX Starlink has become the connectivity backbone of Ukraine all the way up to the front lines. This is the damned if you do part. However, we …

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1st UK Satellite launch fails – vehicle + satellites burn in the atmosphere

January 10, 2023 3:11 pm

The first orbital satellite launch from the UK took off from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay, but failed to deploy its satellites to orbit. Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket, which took off attached to a Boeing 747 plane at 10.01pm GMT, began …

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UK launches its first rocket carrying 9 satellites

January 9, 2023 9:11 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Co18HcyqHk The first ever orbital space launch on British soil is due to take place this evening  Virgin Orbit space plane is set to take off from Cornwall and fire rocket into orbit LauncherOne rocket will be dropped by 747 …

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StarLink Crash. Elon Musk loses 40 satellites.

February 12, 2022 9:37 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd_CLJbQf58 Elon Musk’s SpaceX loses 40 out of 49 Starlink satellites launched via a Falcon 9 rocket last Thursday, losing their orbit thanks to a geomagnetic storm AC

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Russia threatens to destroy 32 NATO satellites…

November 23, 2021 7:45 pm

RUSSIA’S new weapon dubbed “Star Warrior” has the West worried as it can blast satellites out of orbit at heights of up to 500 miles above Earth. Vladimir Putin’s state owned TV issued a chilling threat that Russia may deploy …

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How China’s Military and Police Use US Satellites

May 2, 2019 9:17 am

American satellite companies like Boeing, SSL, and the Carlyle Group are helping China’s military police with mass surveillance and monitoring of the Chinese people, including Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, China island building in the South China Sea, and broadcasting state-run …

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Two NASA satellites mysteriously silent after flying past Mars, and nobody knows WHY!

February 14, 2019 9:18 am

NASA’s “WALL-E” satellite has mysteriously gone silent after zooming past Mars and the government space agency isn’t sure why. The small satellite (known as a cube satellite or cubesat) is one of the first two to leave Earth’s orbit. The …

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The Military Wants to Use Commercial Satellites to Defend Against Hypersonic Weapons

August 21, 2018 5:53 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaKwTs7pimU The U.S. military would like commercial satellites to aid in detecting an enemy hypersonic weapon attack. Speaking at a Washington D.C. event, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. Paul Selva, suggested placing sensors …

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NOAA Satellites Malfunction as Arctic Ice Increases, Four Year Gap Expected

July 27, 2018 1:19 pm

Expect a “Gap” in Arctic ice measurement as ageing satellites are all planned to go down at the same time starting next year. Beyond that strange circumstance, the replacements planned are now on hold as NOAA’s newest launch malfunctioned and …

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