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Satellite images and documents indicate China working on nuclear propulsion for new aircraft carrier

Satellite images and documents indicate China working on nuclear propulsion for new aircraft carrier

China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface…
Jammers work by 'screaming' so loudly that enemy signals are drowned out. This means that enemy satellites are unable to distinguish the signal from the noise and broadcast a scrambled message

Secretive $120 million weapon built for US Space Force that JAMS Russian and Chinese satellites is finally set for delivery as flaws are fixed following a two-year delay

A secretive American weapon that jams Chinese and Russian satellites is finally…
Japan says North Korea will launch a military spy satellite by June 3

Japan says North Korea will launch a military spy satellite by June 3

SEOUL, South Korea — Japan said Monday that North Korea has informed…
A view of the sun earlier on Friday as a severe solar storm was unleashed that's set to batter the United States all weekend

Earth is hit by ‘extreme’ G5 solar storm that’s strongest in 20 years and which could damage power lines, communications and satellites

Earth has been hit by a solar storm that’s set to be…
An evening launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit is seen blasting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday night

Spectacular SpaceX launch illuminates the California evening sky sending 22 Starlink satellites into space

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was successfully launched out of Vandenberg Space…
Why is Elon Musk Building Spy Satellites for the US?

Why is Elon Musk Building Spy Satellites for the US?

The answer(s) to the title question are probably fairly obvious. Elon Musk…

Kim Jong Un says he'll launch more spy satellites, build more nuclear weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will launch three…
Debris plot by NASA. A computer-generated image of objects in Earth orbit that are currently being tracked. Approximately 95% of the objects in this illustration are orbital debris, i.e., not functional satellites. The dots represent the current location of each item. The orbital debris dots are scaled according to the image size of the graphic to optimize their visibility and are not scaled to Earth. The image provides a good visualization of where the greatest orbital debris populations exist. This image is generated from a distant oblique vantage point to provide a good view of the object population in the geosynchronous region (around 35,785 km altitude). Note the larger population of objects over the northern hemisphere is due mostly to Russian objects in high-inclination, high-eccentricity orbits.

2030 Clutter Odyssey: 1 Million Satellites in Space?

Debris plot by NASA. A computer-generated image of objects in Earth orbit…
Earth may see ‘minor’ geomagnetic storm from recent powerful solar flares: NOAA

Earth may see ‘minor’ geomagnetic storm from recent powerful solar flares: NOAA

US authorities have issued a minor geomagnetic storm watch for the planet…

Satellites and space junk may make dark night skies brighter

Since time immemorial, humans around the world have gazed up in wonder…