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From Recovery Milestones to Routine Reuse: What Falcon 9 Can Teach China’s Reusable Rocket Industry
Read more →: From Recovery Milestones to Routine Reuse: What Falcon 9 Can Teach China’s Reusable Rocket IndustryAs the launch industry demands lower costs, higher flight rates and greater scale, reusability is making rockets function…
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Commercial, Industrial, Standard Military and Space: What These Component Labels Mean, and Where CAST and SAST Parts Lists Fit In
Read more →: Commercial, Industrial, Standard Military and Space: What These Component Labels Mean, and Where CAST and SAST Parts Lists Fit InA supplier describes a chip as “space grade.” A procurement specialist wants to know whether it appears on…
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Can Optical Satellites Keep Tracking Floods When Clouds Block the View?
Read more →: Can Optical Satellites Keep Tracking Floods When Clouds Block the View?In brief: Landsat and Sentinel-2 can capture flood details well, but they are most vulnerable to the very…
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From Imaging to Intelligence: How Smart Remote-Sensing Satellites Are Changing the Market
Read more →: From Imaging to Intelligence: How Smart Remote-Sensing Satellites Are Changing the MarketSeveral smart remote-sensing satellites have recently been launched in China and other countries, entering a rapidly expanding applications…
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How Do Engineers Choose Satellite Cables? Power, Signal, RF and High-Voltage Lines Have Different Requirements
Read more →: How Do Engineers Choose Satellite Cables? Power, Signal, RF and High-Voltage Lines Have Different RequirementsA satellite unit may work perfectly on a test bench, then develop problems after installation on the spacecraft:…
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Can SAR Map Floods Without Manual Labels or Threshold Tuning?
Read more →: Can SAR Map Floods Without Manual Labels or Threshold Tuning?In brief: Conventional SAR-based flood mapping often runs into two obstacles: thresholds must be adjusted repeatedly by hand,…
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Space-Based Optical Communications Move From Flight Demonstrations to Operational Networks
Read more →: Space-Based Optical Communications Move From Flight Demonstrations to Operational NetworksSpace-based optical communications are moving from experimental missions toward operational deployment as satellite operators seek higher-capacity alternatives to…
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What Really Caused Pakistan’s 2022 Floods: Extreme Rainfall, Snowmelt, or Glacial Lake Outburst Floods?
Read more →: What Really Caused Pakistan’s 2022 Floods: Extreme Rainfall, Snowmelt, or Glacial Lake Outburst Floods?In brief: Published in Remote Sensing of Environment, this study does more than use Sentinel-1 data to map…
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What Is “Burn-In,” and Why Do Satellites Need It?
Read more →: What Is “Burn-In,” and Why Do Satellites Need It?A piece of onboard electronic equipment has just come off the production line. It has passed visual inspection,…
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Ku, Ka and Q/V Bands in Satellite Internet: What Are They, and Why Are Different Bands Used?
Read more →: Ku, Ka and Q/V Bands in Satellite Internet: What Are They, and Why Are Different Bands Used?A ship is at sea. A phone connects to the vessel’s satellite terminal, and a webpage image finally…