SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink satellites with the embedded capability to connect directly with phones on the ground. T-Mobile, the company’s partner in connectivity, is signed on to enable the service within the US as early as this year.
Dark? Cloudy? Snowy? ‘Synthetic aperture radar’ satellites can peer through it all, and this new sector is booming.
Extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and severity. The costs to communities, infrastructure, and economies worldwide are already soaring.
A look at some of the exciting missions taking place in the year ahead.
The first commercial very low-Earth orbit (VLEO) satellite will probably launch before the end of December, depending on how things go at China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) and EOI Space.
