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Google Pixel 9 phones might have emergency satellite messaging
Rumor has it that Google's Pixel 9 and next-gen Fold are getting emergency satellite messaging.
Amazon boosts its satellite internet network with the help of space lasers
Project Kuiper plans to create a mesh network of high-speed laser cross-links.
Qualcomm's satellite texting plan is dead because phone makers aren't interested
Qualcomm's plan to let Android users send texts via satellite when cell service isn't available is dead for now.
Starlink's satellite cell service is set to launch in 2024, but only for SMS
Starlink is set to launch a satellite-based texting service in 2024 that will grow to include voice and data in the coming years.
SpaceX lands US Space Force contract for Starshield satellite communications
SpaceX has won a $70 million contract with the US Space Force to provide satellite communications for the US Space Force via its Starshield program.
IBM and NASA teamed up to build the GPT of Earth sciences
IBM, NASA and Hugging Face have teamed up to build an open-source geospatial foundation model.
Cellular satellite test successfully beams 4G data from space to a regular phone
AST SpaceMobile recently completed a series of tests where its engineers downloaded data at 10Mbps from an off-the-shelf smartphone connected to a satellite in low-Earth orbit.
NASA ends its Lunar Flashlight mission
The CubeSat failed to enter the moon's orbit on its ice-finding operation.
AT&T helps complete the first 'space-based voice call' using a standard smartphone
The successful test brings consumer access one step closer to reality.
Remembering Virginia Norwood, the ‘mother’ of NASA’s Landsat program
If you haven’t heard of Virginia Norwood, it’s about time you did. An aerospace pioneer whose career would have been historic even without its undercurrent of triumph over misogynistic discrimination, she invented the Landsat satellite program that monitors the Earth’s surface today.
FCC proposal would make it easier for smartphones to link to satellites
The FCC has proposed rules that would help satellite-to-phone services get started.
SpaceX is getting ready to test its Starlink satellite-to-cell phone service
Elon Musk previously announced the sat to cell feature would come to T-Mobile phones in 2023.
MediaTek is set to unveil its own phone-to-satellite communication system next week
MediaTek is set to demonstrate its new technology that can put two-way satellite communications on smartphones at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC).
SpaceX doesn't want Ukraine using Starlink to control military drones
SpaceX objects to Ukraine using Starlink satellite internet service to connect drones used in combat.
NASA satellite will use radar to map Earth's crust in extreme detail
NASA and India's space agency are teaming up to launch a satellite that uses radar to study even the tiniest details of Earth's crust.
Scientists found a new emperor penguin colony by tracking poo markings from space
Half of the 66 emperor penguin colonies humans know about have been found using satellite imagery.
Virgin Orbit clarifies the cause behind its 'Start Me Up' mission's failure to reach orbit
On Thursday, Virgin Orbit leaders provided a preliminary explanation as to just what went wrong during Monday's Start Me Up mission launch.
NASA's 38-year-old science satellite falls safely to Earth
NASA's dead 38-year-old satellite has plunged safely through the atmosphere — but you might not see many repeats in the future.
A dead NASA satellite is returning to Earth after 38 years in space
After nearly four decades in space, NASA’s retried Earth Radiation Budget Satellite is about to fall from the sky.
Watch NASA's ocean-monitoring satellite launch here at 6AM ET
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite will track the vast majority of water on Earth for the first time. It will help to improve flood forecasts, drought monitoring and models that predict rising sea levels.