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# satellites

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# Liftoff
WATCH: SpaceX launches dozens of satellites in Starlink mission
A new batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites and three Earth-observation satellites were launched.
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Jun 13th 2020, 3:01 PM
# access all areas
Outernet project aims to provide global WiFi coverage via satellite
By sending mini-satellites into low Earth orbit, the project aims to beam WiFi to those who wouldn’t usually have access to it.
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Feb 5th 2014, 7:30 PM
# space weather
The sun emitted its biggest flare of 2013 today
NASA has all the science behind the phenomenon.
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Apr 11th 2013, 8:44 PM
# satellites
Eyes in sky help when catastrophe strikes
International agreement allows satellites to be pulled out of their orbit to monitor natural or manmade disasters.
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Apr 7th 2013, 5:00 PM
# star trekkin
Pentagon researches ways to scavenge retired satellites... in space
The Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is planning to launch a demonstration mission in 2016.
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Jan 23rd 2013, 8:30 PM
# Sunscreen
Irish company wins €500k deal to make sunscreen for satellites
Enbio signed the contract with the European Space Agency.
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Dec 13th 2012, 10:07 AM