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Urthecast video cameras to circle the globe
Posted in Science on 22nd Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Urthecast plans to put a 16 satellites in orbit to image the Earth. It says it wants to to enable new "Big Data" applications and even social media sharing.
China develops its plans to become the leader in space technology
Posted in Hardware on 21st Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
While NASA and private corporations such as SpaceX get much of the attention in the US, China is showing off its plans to become the leading space power.
Satellites are showing how bad Earth's water supply problem is getting
Posted in Science on 18th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
In a water-scarce society, we can no longer tolerate this level of uncertainty, especially since groundwater is disappearing so rapidly.
NASA will launch two interplanetary cubesats in 2016
Posted in Science on 17th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
This will be the first time CubeSats have flown in deep space.They will provide NASA the ability to quickly transmit information about the main spacecraft after it lands on Mars.
Airbus to build giant internet satellite network
Posted in Business on 16th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Airbus has been contracted to build the world's largest satellite constellation as the race for global satellite internet heats up.