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6-Year-Old Boy Designed Logo for UK Satellite Launch6-year-old Callum Wilkinson just won a nationwide contest to design a logo that will be shot into space, literally. His creation is a winner of a competition held by the UK Space Agency in collaboration with Hopscotch Consulting to help inspire the next generation to consider a career in the space sector. He beat out more than 10,000 primary school children aged between 4 and 11 years old who entered the competition.Callum’s design includes a satellite orbiting the Earth, with surrounding images that correlate with space technology and its impact on the climate.“My design shows orbits made of string and has pictures on to show what the satellites are going to be used for,” says the Bolton primary school student in a press release by the UK Space Agency.#satellite #logo #UKSpaceAgency #Earth

The Internet Dealer of Rural MexicoFiber optic service (FiOS) is currently the newest and fastest internet service to date. Urban areas around the globe already have this. However, some rural areas like Arroyo Prieto in Mexico do not have access to FiOS and still rely on satellite internet providers. Unfortunately, as satellite internet is prone to interferences, clouds and rain showers often mean a slow or broken connection. It is without saying that the residents of Arroyo Prieto have a hard time connecting to the internet, not to mention that subscribing to internet service is expensive (and more expensive if you're in a rural area.)Fortunately, there are those like Quirino de la Cruz Nicolás. He's an internet dealer who provides Wi-Fi to his community at a rate of 10 pesos (48 cents) an hour. In recent years, however, de la Cruz has had to lower the rate to 5 pesos (24 cents), as four of his neighbors also became internet dealers (and they had better coverage).De la Cruz and his neighbors may be the last internet dealers of rural Mexico, as Mexican value-added resellers, or VARs, which resell satellite internet company data to rural towns, have arrived and they can provide better deals for the community.Today, de la Cruz's business has slowed to a trickle. However, when the time comes when better internet deals arrive, he plans to build a cyber café in Arroyo Prieto.Image Credit: TheDigitalArtist/Pixabay#Technology #DigitalDivide #Internet #Satellite #FiberOptic #rural #Mexico

NASA's Eyes on the Earth Lets You Track Its Satellites in Real-TimeGet to know our planet better through NASA's real-time visualization tool called "Eyes on the Earth." With it, you'll be able to see the planet's "vital signs" such as air temperature, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide levels, sea level, and many more. The tool also displays the path of the many satellites that roam the Earth.The tool is available over at NASA's official website.NASA also provides easy-to-follow tips on how to use it, over here.(Image Credit: NASA)#NASA #Earth #Environment #satellite

Launching Satellites with a SlingshotWhy use all the fuel of a rocket when we can just fling satellites into space? It seems like a question from a curious first grader, but there are people working on doing just that. A company called SpinLaunch has an electric-powered centrifuge with a vacuum chamber. The idea is to put objects such as satellites into the vacuum chamber, spin them at up to 5000 miles per hour, and then launch them through a tube toward space. Tests so far have been launching objects with a smaller-scale accelerator at 20% power, and they look promising.

Windy Is A Beautiful Weather Forecast Website For EveryoneWouldn’t it be nice if you could just look at the current weather condition whenever and wherever you are? Ivor probably thought the same thing when he founded Windyty in 2014. He loves to fly kites, and he is a helicopter and jet pilot, after all.As someone who sought weather information constantly, and as someone who had a passion for coding, Ivor decided to code the website in 2014 as a pet project, with the goal of creating a weather forecasting website that is “small and fast to be accessible in the most remote locations.”Throughout the years, the Windyty not only grew as a team; it also became more accurate in forecasting, thanks to the tools, models, and satellites the team would install along the way. And in 2017, Windyty became what we now know it today: Windy.com.Visit the site by clicking here! (Image Credit: Windy.com)#Meteorology #Weather #WeatherForecasting #Programming #Satellite #METAR

ELSA-d Servicer Satellite Captured Simulated 'Space Debris' in Orbit for the First Time in a Step to Remove Space JunkDefunct satellites, boosters, and other flotsam that can cause harm to our spacecraft or satellites have been a growing problem for years. End-of-Life Services by Astroscale, also known as ELSA-d, is a servicer spacecraft that is designed as a magnetic capture device that removes a defunct satellite or pieces of space debris from orbit.ELSA-d was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 22, 2021, and entered orbit at a height of 550km before undergoing a commissioning phase in which its systems were thoroughly checked and verified. It has now proven its ability in phase 3a for capturing other satellites repeatedly.On August 25, a test was conducted to see if the servicer extended its capture device, which linked to the client module by a specific metal disc with an optical target imprinted on it. While the Mission Operations and Ground Segment teams observed the operation and calibrated the rendezvous sensors, the client was pushed away from the servicer, which then withdrew its capture mechanism before re-extending it and recapturing the client several times.Now that the project has progressed to Phase 3b, ELSA-d will continue to practice moving expertly and cautiously to capture its client with ease. In the fourth phase, ELSA-d will try to capture a tumbling client. After that, it will fly around the client about to inspect it in Phase 5. Finally, it will deorbit the client in Phase 6 before moving to Phase 7, where it will release all propellants and battery fluids before crashing into the atmosphere.Images by: New Atlas#ElsaD #Space #Satellite #Mission

THOR: A Mobile Rapid Response Truck That Brings Mobile 5G Access to First RespondersWhen a natural disaster strikes, one of the first things that often fail is the area's communication network. First responders can't use their phones to call or to access the Internet as network access is knocked out.Meet the Tactical Humanitarian Operations Response (aka THOR) vehicle that's recently unveiled by Verizon Frontline. The vehicle is equipped to bring 5G and satellite connectivity to help first responders and military personnel. The truck even has an onboard tethered drone to assist in search and rescue operations.According to the company, "with capabilities ranging from mobile, private 5G UWB to satellite, to commercial and onboard drone options, to the ability to be operated remotely from a tablet, THOR could be considered the Swiss-Army Knife of Verizon Frontline services."#Verizon #rapidresponse #drone #satellite #cellphone #Internet #5G #truck #firstresponder

Starlink Satellite Dish on a Car Gets You Internet Connectivity AND a Traffic TicketApparently, adding a Starlink satellite dish to the hood of your car not only will get you Internet connection, it'll also give you a traffic ticket and Internet fame!"Sir I stopped you today for that visual obstruction on your hood. Does it not block your view while driving?" asked CHP officer T. Caton as posted on the CHP Antelope Valley Facebook page. To which the driver replied, "Only when I make right turns."#Starlink #satellite #Internet #car #trafficticket

Simulating a Satellite's Destruction During Atmospheric Reentry with a Plasma Wind TunnelTo avoid creating space junk that could be hazardous, the European Space Agency (ESA) is testing ways to create satellites that are sturdy enough to do its job but also safely burn up while falling back to Earth once its mission is complete.The way to do this is pretty cool: ESA purposely destroyed a model satellite component called the solar array drive mechanism (SADM), which is one of the bulkiest part of the satellite, inside a plasma wind tunnel.#ESA #satellite #plasma #windtunnelVideo clip credit: ESA/DLRView the full clip below: