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Satellite to study Earth’s water arrives at launch site

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where teams will begin final preparations for the spacecraft's launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Center-4 East in December. SWOT is the first satellite...

Satellite data finds landfills are methane ‘super emitters’

According to one study, landfills emit large amounts of planet-warming methane gas into the atmosphere as waste decomposes, and they are a significant contributor to such emissions in urban areas. Scientists used satellite data from Delhi and Mumbai in India, Lahore in Pakistan, and Buenos...

A satellite study shows most forests around the world are becoming less resilient to change

A small group of researchers from Italy, France, and the United States discovered that most forests around the world are becoming less resilient to environmental changes caused by global warming. The group describes their study of satellite images of forested areas of the planet...

SpaceX equals 2021′s launch total with the current Starlink

SpaceX set a record 31 launches in 2021, but its more-than-weekly pace in 2022, including a Sunday morning launch, allowed it to match that record less than seven months later. At 10:20 a.m. Eastern Time, a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 53 more Starlink internet satellites...

Uncontrolled rocket descents pose a 10% risk of killing one or more people over the next ten years

A group of Canadian researchers at the University of British Columbia calculated that the risk of one or more people being killed by uncontrolled rocket descents is about 10% over the next decade. Michael Byers, Ewan Wright, Aaron Boley, and Cameron Byers describe their...

Virgin Orbit rocket launches 7 US defense satellites

A Virgin Orbit rocket carrying seven US Defense Department satellites was launched from a special Boeing 747 flying off the coast of Southern California on Friday night and streaked into space.The modified jumbo jet took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in...