September 18, 2024 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Google backs a private satellite constellation to track wildfires
The first demo smalsat is targeting a launch next year, with the first launches of the fifty satellite constellation beginning in 2026.
- Rivada and Peraton partner to launch communications satellite constellation for military
The 600 satellite constellation will begin launching in 2025 with full deployment planned by 2028.
- Science paper claims new Starlink satellites emit “bright unintended electromagnetic radiation”
The paper claims this unrelated emission will impact radio astronomy, and calls for new regulations to restrict SpaceX.
- NASA touts the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter
The launch is scheduled for October 10, 2024, with arrival in Jupiter orbit in 2030.
- Earth will have a temporary mini-moon for two months
The orbit is unstable, with the asteroid leaving by November.
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Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Google backs a private satellite constellation to track wildfires
The first demo smalsat is targeting a launch next year, with the first launches of the fifty satellite constellation beginning in 2026.
- Rivada and Peraton partner to launch communications satellite constellation for military
The 600 satellite constellation will begin launching in 2025 with full deployment planned by 2028.
- Science paper claims new Starlink satellites emit “bright unintended electromagnetic radiation”
The paper claims this unrelated emission will impact radio astronomy, and calls for new regulations to restrict SpaceX.
- NASA touts the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter
The launch is scheduled for October 10, 2024, with arrival in Jupiter orbit in 2030.
- Earth will have a temporary mini-moon for two months
The orbit is unstable, with the asteroid leaving by November.
Readers!
My annual February birthday fund-raising drive for Behind the Black is now over. Thank you to everyone who donated or subscribed. While not a record-setter, the donations were more than sufficient and slightly above average.
As I have said many times before, I can’t express what it means to me to get such support, especially as no one is required to pay anything to read my work. Thank you all again!
For those readers who like my work here at Behind the Black and haven't contributed so far, please consider donating or subscribing. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
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The Curious Droid compares close ups of NASA launches in the 1960’s shot with 16mm film versus today’s digital devices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2t-lEoN2HM
It would be nice to know the size and resources of that temporary mini-moon. If it is being captured temporarily through natural means, a few meters per second push should be able to make it permanent. A moon with a negligible gravity field should be of interest even if resource poor.