The camera aboard NASA’s LRO took this picture of ISRO’s Vikram Lander. NASA’s diligent lunar orbiter transmitted a laser beam to a dome-shaped aluminum device the size of a billiard ball on India’s Vikram lander, pinging its location on the Moon. This laser-enabled technique could one day help NASA astronauts find their way on the […]
A satellite got all tangled up last year after its launch into space. Engineers had to quickly pivot after the California Institute of Technology’s Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) got stuck during what was supposed to be a slow unfurling of a modular spacecraft experiment: The Deployable On-Orbit Ultralight Composite Experiment, or DOLCE. A new […]
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has successfully launched its Sorayya satellite into orbit, Iranian state media reported on Saturday, in a move likely to increase Western concerns about Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. The satellite, which is being developed by the research arm of the civilian Iranian Space Agency, was put into a 750 km (466 mile) orbit, the […]
Satellite data shows melting Arctic sea ice has experienced a reduction in how much sunlight it reflects, triggering an unprecedented rise in local temperatures. NASA and NOAA climate scientists recently reported that 2023 was the hottest year on record, with temperatures continuing to rise at shocking rates. In the Arctic, specifically, temperatures are rising four […]
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Recent satellite photos suggest that Ukraine sunk a Russian Tarantul-class corvette in occupied Sevastopol, Crimea, on Dec. 29, 2023, open-source intelligence outlet InformNapalm reported via Telegram on Jan. 19. According to the report information, the sinking of the ship likely took place on Dec. 29-30. On Dec. 29, local social media accounts were reporting loud […]
Japan’s first launch of 2024 is in the books. An H-2A rocket topped with a reconnaissance satellite called IGS Optical 8 lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center on Thursday (Jan. 11) at 11:44 p.m. EST (0444 GMT and 1:44 p.m. local Japan time on Jan. 12). Everything went smoothly, according to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which built […]
Satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies show the aftermath in Yemen on Friday, January 12, after the United States and allies launched a series of strikes in response to Houthi attacks on shipping lanes. Targets, including in the capital city, Sanaa, were hit by fighter jets from the US Navy, US Air force and Royal […]
Jan. 12 (UPI) — Japan on Friday successfully launched a rocket with a payload of an intelligence-gathering satellite to improve its abilities to monitor North Korea and natural disasters, as several Asian nations seek to put spy orbitals into space. The H2A rocket launched from the Tanegashima Space Center located on the southern Tanegashima Island […]
Japan has launched a rocket carrying a government intelligence-gathering satellite on a mission to watch movements at military sites in North Korea and improve responses to natural disasters. The H2A rocket, launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Centre in southwestern Japan on Friday, carrying the optical satellite as part of […]
Four images showing a coastline moving after an earthquake. Satellite images captured striking changes in the coastline of Japan’s Noto Peninsula following a massive earthquake on New Year’s Day. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Jan. 1 around 2:10 a.m. EST (0710 GMT, or 4:10 p.m. local time in Japan), prompting orders for residents […]
New satellite images show Russia appears to have painted fake fighter jets at one of its air bases. It’s not the first time Moscow has done this, and analysts say it’s an attempt to confuse Ukraine. Both Russia and Ukraine have used decoys and deceptive tactics throughout the war. Newly captured satellite images of a […]