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Starlink satellite train: how to see and track it in the night sky

The "Starlink satellite train" has become a captivating sight for skywatchers, offering a glimpse of the future of global internet coverage. This dazzling spectacle occurs shortly after SpaceX ...
SpaceNews

BlackSky announces latest Gen-3 satellite in orbit after confidential Electron launch

An image of the Port of Jebel Ali in the UAE taken by BlackSky’s newest Gen-3 satellite shortly after its Nov. 20 launch on an Electron. Credit: BlackSky BREMEN, Germany — Earth observation company ...
SpaceNews

U.S. satellite firms look abroad as foreign nations seek ‘sovereign’ eyes in the sky

American satellite imaging companies are witnessing a boom in demand from unexpected customers: those based abroad. Earth observation satellite operators such as Maxar Intelligence, BlackSky, Planet ...
Gizmodo

Chinese Satellite Burns Up Over New Orleans, Creating Fireballs in the Sky

Hundreds of stargazers reported fireballs over the southeastern U.S. earlier this week. But this was no natural phenomenon—just another case of dead satellites littering Earth’s orbit. The fireworks ...
Salon

Erasing the stars: Satellite megaconstellations are a mega problem for Earth and sky

In some ways, the stars above us are the ultimate equalizer: we're all equally far away, we all share the right to look up at them; and, tiny glittering pinpoints that they are, when we contemplate ...