An experimental satellite has mapped the scale of GPS jamming across Europe and the Middle East from space for the first time. The data surprised the team behind the project and indicated that satellites orbiting far from Earth aren’t the … Read more
A critical US atmospheric data collection program will be halted by Monday, giving weather forecasters just days to prepare, according to a public notice sent this week. Scientists that the Guardian spoke with say the change could set hurricane forecasting … Read more
Acknowledgements We would like to thank individuals in Google Research, Geo and DeepMind who carried out this work and made the launch possible, including (in alphabetical order): Alex Wilson, Alicia Noel, Ariel Mann, Artem Zholus, Betty Peng, Carl Elkin, Christina … Read more
Abstract:Between May 10-12, 2024, Earth saw its largest geomagnetic storm in over 20 years. Since the last major storm in 2003, the population of satellites in low Earth orbit has surged following the commercialization of space services and the ongoing … Read more
Feb. 1, 2024: Something unprecedented is happening in Earth orbit. In only a few short years, the satellite population has skyrocketed, more than doubling since 2020. In the past year alone, more satellites have been launched than during the first … Read more
Thanks to a new combination of connected satellites, the world’s methane super-emitters can be spotted with “staggering” accuracy and almost real-time. This is a crucial new step in the global fight against climate change. Methane is responsible for a quarter … Read more
The number of known mountains in Earth’s oceans has roughly doubled. Global satellite observations have revealed nearly 20,000 previously unknown seamounts, researchers report in the April Earth and Space Science. Just as mountains tower over Earth’s surface, seamounts also rise … Read more
See A Satellite Tonight is my most successful side project so far, with 5 million users since launch in 2019. It’s been entirely a solo project, and I’ve used it as a proving ground for a bunch of tech that … Read more
As our lives become increasingly dependent on technologies that lie deep in space and the commercialization of space accelerates above us… we must do what it takes to secure our universe. In its 3rd year, Hack-A-Sat is designed to inspire … Read more
Disclaimer: all dumb opinions expressed in this newsletter are mine. Any good ones are properly cited with who I stole them from. I am once again asking you to just…be cool. Just be cool. Thank you in advance for not … Read more