Stan Crow is an astronautical engineer with 35 years of experience in space, technology, and business roles in the U.S.

A NASA study concluded that some methods of removing orbital debris could pay for themselves within a decade by reducing the costs and risks borne by satellite operators.

Forecasts for a weakening global economy this year are a drag for an in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) market that many satellite operators are relying on to expand their businesses.

Executives seeking new businesses from connecting satellites directly to standard smartphones are divided over how quickly this market could grow.

Bristol UK (SPX) Mar 14, 2023
One of the first practical applications of the much-hyped but little-used quantum computing technology is now within reach, thanks to a unique approach that sidesteps the major problem of scaling up such prototypes. The invention, by a University of Bristol physicist, who gave it the name 'counterportation', provides the first-ever practical blueprint for creating in the lab a wormhole tha

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 09, 2023
Scientists have created a gargantuan synthetic survey that shows what we can expect from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's future observations. Though it represents just a small chunk of the real future survey, this simulated version contains a staggering number of galaxies - 33 million of them, along with 200,000 foreground stars in our home galaxy. The simulation will help scientis

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 9, 2023
NASA has released a detailed map of where solar eclipses will be visible in 2023 and 2024. Data from multiple past NASA missions was used to create the map and calculate the position of the moon's shadow during upcoming annular and total eclipses that will be visible in parts of the United States in October 2023 and April 2024. Orange ovals on the map represent locations where an

Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 09, 2023
This image features a galaxy called 3C 297 that is lonelier than expected after it likely pulled in and absorbed its former companion galaxies, as described in our latest press release. The solo galaxy is located about 9.2 billion light-years from Earth and contains a quasar, a supermassive black hole pulling in gas at the center of the galaxy and driving powerful jets of matter seen in radio wa

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 10, 2023
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company,has confirmed the successful deployment and contact of 40 satellites launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Lift-off took place on Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 2:13pm ET (local). OneWeb's satellites separated successfully from the rocket and were dispensed using three separation groups over a

Germantown MD (SPX) Mar 10, 2023
Hughes Network Systems reports that Stargroup, a Mexican telecommunications, has selected the Hughes JUPITER System and managed satellite broadband to extend LTE service to customers in rural communities. As part of the Mexican government's Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) Telecomunicaciones e Internet para Todos initiative to help bridge the digital divide, Stargroup is connecting hundred