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Elon Musk's private space company, SpaceX, is expanding its satellite Business and revealed a new Military satellite called Starshield. The new partner project will facilitate US government agencies operating in the national security sector. The new class of satellite s will focus on earth observation, communication, and hosted payloads. As per the statement, "Starshield uses the additional high-assurance cryptographic capability to host classified payloads and process data securely, meeting the most demanding government requirements". Read:  Tesla launches EVs in Thailand amid com Pet ition from cheaper brands Starshield will also be interoperable with other satellite s that are equipped with similar laser-communications terminals. SpaceX is also working with the Department of Defense and other partners to provide in-space and on-ground capability at scale. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/spacex-unveils-new-military-satellite-starshield-...

Qualcomm Inc has partnered with Iridium Communications Inc to provide a satellite-based messaging service on premium smart phones running Google's Android operating system, the chipmaker said on Thursday. The partnership comes months after Apple Inc unveiled a similar feature allowing iPhone 14 models to send emergency messages via satellite in some countries such as the United States and Canada. Those phones also contain a Qualcomm chip that can talk to satellites when there is no Wi-Fi or cellular data connection. Qualcomm said on Thursday the new service, Snapdragon Satellite, will be available in certain regions from the second half of 2023 starting devices using the second generation Snapdragon 8 mobile platform. Snapdragon Satellite can also be enabled on other devices including laptops, vehicles, and tablets, it added, without specifying if those devices would need any special equipment. Using Qualcomm's Technology messages sent through the service...

An obsolete NASA spacecraft will crash back to Earth on Wednesday after the space craft was decommissioned in 2018. The Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) satellite studied the sun since 2002 and was decommissioned after reaching its expected life span. The RHESSI weighs 600 pounds and will be converted to ash and vapor as it dives toward Earth, experts stated. Agency officials also wrote that "the risk of harm coming to anyone on Earth is low — approximately 1 in 2,467". The Earth's orbit has become an extremely crowded and dangerous place, with more than 30,000 pieces of orbital debris currently being tracked by global space surveillance networks. The European Space Agency estimates that about 1 million objects between 0.4 inches and 4 inches (1 to 10 centimeters) wide are in orbit around our planet. Tiny shards of this debris, if in contact with a satellite or spacecraft, can cause serious irreparable damage. The RHESSI sa...

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday it approved SpaceX's bid to deploy up to 7,500 satellites , but put on hold some other decisions. SpaceX's Starlink, a fast-growing network of more than 3,500 satellites in low-Earth orbit, has tens of thousands of users in the United States so far, with consumers paying at least $599 for a user terminal and $110 a month for service. The FCC in 2018 approved SpaceX plans to deploy up to 4,425 first-generation satellites. SpaceX has sought approval to operate a network of 29,988 satellites , to be known as its “second-generation” or Gen2 Starlink constellation to beam internet to areas with little or no internet access. "Our action will allow SpaceX to begin deployment of Gen2 Starlink, which will bring next generation satellite broadband to Americans nationwide," the FCC said in its approval order, adding it "will enable worldwide satellite broadband service, helpi...

BENGALURU: The startup behind India's first private space launch plans to put a satellite into orbit in 2023 and expects to be able to do so at half of the cost of established launch companies, the founders of Skyroot Aerospace told Reuters in an interview. The Hyderabad-based company , backed by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, GIC, says the $68 million it has raised will fund its next two launches. Skyroot has been in contact with more than 400 potential customers, it says. Thousands of small satellite launches are planned in coming years as companies build out networks to deliver broadband services like SpaceX's Starlink and to power applications like tracking supply chains or monitoring offshore oil rigs. Skyroot faces both established and up-and-coming rocket launch rivals that also promise to bring down costs. In China, startup Galactic Energy put five satellites into orbit last week in its fourth successful launch. Read more: WATCH: India successfully ...