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The sky is the canvas: Tokyo startup looks to launch world's first artificial meteor shower
It was literally an out-of-this-world idea that seemed unfeasible when it struck her nearly two decades ago: Made-to-order shooting stars. But Lena Okajima's audacious project to reproduce nature's fireworks for mass entertainment is getting ready for takeoff. "The concept dawned on me when I watched ...
Paul Allen's space firm Stratolaunch details plans for rockets, cargo vehicle
The space company of billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on Monday unveiled details of medium-lift rockets and a reusable space cargo plane it is developing, injecting more competition into the lucrative launch services market. With its rockets, Allen's Stratolaunch Systems Corp. is trying to cash ...
Shooting stars on demand: Tokyo-based startup plans 2020 meteor shower
A Japanese startup developing "shooting stars on demand" says it will be ready to deliver the world's first artificial meteor shower in a spectacular show over Hiroshima in early 2020. ALE Co., based in Tokyo, is in the final stages of developing two microsatellites the ...
In 2015, satellite images detected a fresh clearing of rain forest in an indigenous reserve deep in the Amazon. Within months, authorities in Peru had evicted the wildcat miners driving the deforestation, a rare victory in a region where a gold rush has laid waste ...
Kenya's first satellite released from Japan's Kibo module at ISS
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) released three foreign-made microsatellites, including the first Kenyan-developed satellite, from its Kibo experimental module at the International Space Station on Friday night. The Kenyan satellite, named 1KUNS-PF, was developed by the University of Nairobi. Another, called Irazu, is the first ...
SpaceX gets FCC chief's nod to launch satellite-based broadband network
Elon Musk's SpaceX, fresh off the successful launch this month of the world's most powerful rocket, won an endorsement on Wednesday from the top U.S. communications regulator to build a broadband network using satellites. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai proposed the approval of an ...
Japan successfully launches world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket
Japan successfully launched on Saturday the world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket following a failed attempt in January last year, the nation's space agency said. The rocket about the size of a utility pole, measuring 10 meters in length and 50 centimeters in diameter, lifted off from ...
Government to analyze satellite images with artificial intelligence for disaster reduction
The government plans to utilize artificial intelligence to constantly observe and analyze images of the Earth's surface and location data provided by satellites, mainly for disaster prevention, sources said Tuesday. Through the AI-based analysis, the internal affairs ministry aims to predict the risk of landslides ...
The government is set to offer disaster information to drivers through vehicle navigation systems using Japan's satellite system, a government source has said. Tokyo wants to introduce the service, which could start as early as fiscal 2018, after many people in vehicles were not able ...
With space being contested and congested, U.S. military not taking GPS for granted
With GPS-guided bombs, armed drones beaming footage via satellite and spy cameras scooping up intel from the heavens, America's military machine is growing ever more reliant on space-based technology. But what would happen if an enemy were to target the military's satellites, or somehow jam ...
Infostellar to improve satellite access with global antenna-sharing platform
Telling satellites what to do is expensive, complicated, and can only be done a few times a day. Infostellar Inc. is aiming to change that by getting satellite operators to share their antennae. By connecting dishes around the world to create a single network, everyone ...
Italian satellite launcher Avio gains 6.6% in IPO as it readies for next space race
Italian satellite launcher company Avio's successful public offering Monday will help fuel its ambitions to be a leader in the next space race, the company's CEO said in an interview. Avio, one of the largest satellite launchers in Europe and the first in its category ...
