Page 7 - Satellites
The Arctic, one place you don't want to get green is getting greener
Responsible for Earth's cooling, Arctic's sea ice cover shrank by 3.74 million square km in 2020
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Launch of Russia's next-generation Glonass-K Satellite set for August
The first Glonass-K satellite was launched in February 2011, while the second one was launched in December 2014
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Satellites will drive IoT connections
Low-cost, high- speed and ever-present connectivity can be a reality with new satellite technologies that are rapidly changing the communications sector
Apple has secret team working on satellites to beam data to devices
Apple's work on communications satellites and next-generation wireless technology means the aim is likely to beam data to a user's device
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Satellites may make it tough to see stars, changing the sky as we know it
Some professional astronomers raised alarms last spring, and again in November, after SpaceX launched batches of 60 Starlink satellites
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BRICS nations working on framework deal to build remote-sensing satellites
The nations plan to set up a virtual constellation to access remote-sensing data, which could be used to monitor natural resources and manage disasters
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Govt working on satellite mechanism to monitor forestation, says Javadekar
In August this year, the Environment minister handed over Rs 47,436 crore of CAMPA funds to various states for the promotion of afforestation and achieving green objective of the country.
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Meet the 22-year-olds who are building earth imaging satellites for farmers
Images from their firm Pixxel's satellites track changes in farms and help improve productivity; these solutions are also useful in detecting crop diseases and pest infestation
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World's first self-styled space trader scopes out a $43-billion industry
Nagasaki's startup, Space BD Inc. wants to become a one-stop shop for companies looking for room on rockets, offering technical advice and matching them to launch operators
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Radar imaging satellites to enhance India's surveillance capabilities
So far, satellites could survey a specific area every 22 days. The GISAT satellites will scan an area every alternate day and provide nearly real-time pictures of large areas for border surveillance
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Launching 103 satellites in single mission no big deal: Madhavan Nair
On what Isro needs to do, he said the human spaceflight project should be revived and given a kickstart
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PSLV-C35 to inject eight satellites in different orbits
Total weight of all the eight satellites on-board PSLV C35 is about 675 kg
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India to launch eight satellites in two different orbits on September 26
This is the first mission of PSLV in which it will be launching its payloads into two different orbits
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President says Govt to focus on completing constellation of satellites
initiative to explore the modern scientific roots of the country's traditional wisdom
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