This is part of its ambitious project to provide internet access across the globe. The race to put satellites in space is on, with Amazon, UK-based OneWeb and other companies chomping at the bit to place thousands of satellites in orbit in the coming months.
Amid all the fanfare, a critical danger has flown under the radar: the lack of cybersecurity standards and regulations for commercial satellites, in the US and internationally.
As a scholar who studies cyber conflict , I'm keenly aware that this, coupled with satellites' complex supply chains and layers of stakeholders, leaves them highly vulnerable to cyberattacks.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Astronomers at Palomar Observatory Find Asteroid Orbiting Sun Between Venus and Mercury - Times
The first asteroid orbiting the sun between the planets Mercury and Venus has been spotted by astronomers at Palomar Observatory in north San Diego County.
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Researchers used Caltech’s Zwicky Transient Facility , a special camera attached to the observatory’s 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope, to track the tiny body, which is about a mile in diameter.
The asteroid, designated 2020 AV2, belongs to a small class of asteroids known as Atiras, which are bodies with orbits that fall within the orbit of Earth. More specifically, it is the first “Vatira” asteroid, with the “V” standing for Venus. Vatira asteroids, which were only hypothesized until now, have orbits that fall entirely inside the orbit of Venus.
Ariane 5 rocket launches satellites for Japan, South Korea into orbit | Space
Arianespace's third flight of 2020 saw a rocket boost a Japanese telecommunications satellite and a Korean oceanography satellite into orbit from the Guiana Space Center .
The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off flawlessly into a dark sky from Kourou, French Guiana at 5:18 p.m. EST (2218 GMT or 7:18 p.m. local time). The launch continued Arianespace's relationships with entities in Japan and Korea that regularly launch satellites for civilian purposes.
"I am thrilled to announce that JCSAT-17 and GEO-Kompsat 2B have been injected as planned into their targeted orbit," Luce Fabreguettes, Arianespace's executive vice president of missions, operations and purchasing, said in a post-launch news conference, adding that the rocket performed "flawlessly."
SpaceX will launch private citizens into orbit - The Verge
SpaceX is planning to send up to four private citizens into space to take a trip around Earth sometime at the end of 2021 or in early 2022 . The spaceflight company announced an agreement on Tuesday with Space Adventures , a space tourism business that has helped seven different private citizens take trips to (and from) the International Space Station aboard Russia's Soyuz rocket and spacecraft.
Space Adventures said the price of the mission will not be disclosed, and the two companies were light on other details, like what kind of preparation the tourists will have to go through. The companies did say Tuesday that the tourists will fly in the human-rated version of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft and that they will orbit Earth at two to three times the roughly 250-mile height of the ISS.
Many things are taking place:
Our Solar-System's Milky Way Orbit --"A Danger-Fraught 226-Million-Year
Home » Milky Way Galaxy » Our Solar-System’s Milky Way Orbit –“A Danger-Fraught 226-Million-Year Three-Dimensional Ballet”
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Our Solar System’s orbit through the Milky Way has only happened 20.4 times since the Sun itself formed 4.6 billion years ago. It's estimated that the Sun will continue fusing hydrogen for another 7 billion years. In other words, it only has another 31 orbits it can make before it runs out of fuel.
The 25 Most Dangerous Things Around Earth Right Now - 24/7 Wall St.
Space is enormous beyond imagination, but just as human-generated trash fouls the seemingly boundless vastness of our oceans, litter from human space exploration is contaminating our tiny corner of the cosmos. While naturally occurring asteroids can threaten our existence, space debris can damage spacecraft and satellites in orbit as well as pose a threat to our well-being on Earth.
Space exploration began when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1, in 1957, setting off a furious race to conquer and exploit the void above us. After six decades, it has been estimated that there were well over a million pieces of debris from exploded, crashed, or abandoned objects orbiting Earth, mainly satellites and satellite detritus.
SpaceX delays launch of 60 Starlink satellites due to rocket valve checks | Space
The Falcon 9's touchdown at sea will mark SpaceX's 50th rocket landing since the company began recovering boosters in December 2015 .
SpaceX also aims to recover the two halves of the Falcon 9's clamshell-like payload fairings (the rocket's nosecone) after today's launch by catching them in giant nets carried on two recovery boats : the GO Ms. Tree and the GO Ms. Chief. Each of the fairings has its own parachute, allowing the rocket part to drift down to the Atlantic, where the boats will try to catch them.
SpaceX aims to launch up to 4 tourists into super high orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX aims to launch up to four tourists into a super high orbit, possibly by the end of next year.
The private company is working with Space Adventures Inc. for the flight, officials announced Tuesday. Ticket prices are not being divulged but expected to be in the millions.
Space Adventures already has helped put tourists into orbit with trips to the International Space Station, working with the Russian space program.
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