Long-Theorized GPS Weakness Exploited on Large Scale
Close, but no cigar...
A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the #Starlink constellation
By Stephen Clark, June 15, 2026
#WorldPol #DarkSkies #KesslerSyndrome #KesslerEffect #LowEarthOrbit #LEO
SpaceX has officially pushed its Star link mega-constellation past 10,600 active satellites in low-Earth orbit following another flawless Falcon 9 deployment.
#spacex #starlink #falcon9 #elonmuskquotes #spaceexploration #satelliteinternet #astronomy #technews #rocketlaunch #LowEarthOrbit
Ooopsies! #BlueOrigin rocket explosion damages #NewGlenn launchpad in Florida
Everyone working in the area was “accounted for and safe" after the New Glenn explosion, according to Jeff Bezos.
By Emilee Speck, AccuWeather staff writer
Published May 29, 2026
#LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations
#RocketPollution #Grounded #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars
Creeping closer to #KesslerSyndrome...
#SpaceWeather News, May 19, 2026
PUTTING THE "MEGA" IN MEGACONSTELLATION
"Two months ago, headlines announced a Space Age milestone: #SpaceX now has more than 10,000 active #Starlink satellites circling Earth--two-thirds of all the working satellites in the sky. Analysts were gobsmacked by the pace of change.
Turns out, that's nothing. Back in January, SpaceX had already filed paperwork asking the FCC for permission to launch a million. The proposed #megaconstellation would become a solar-powered #AIDataDenter, requiring hourly rocket launches carrying a million tons of satellites per year."
Source:
https://spaceweather.com/
#Madness #TechBros #LowEarthOrbit #DarkSkies #KesslerEffect #Satellites #SpacePollution #LEO
BOOM! 💥 #BlueOrigin New Glenn rocket explodes on launch pad in Florida
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Updated on: May 29, 2026
"A powerful New Glenn rocket owned by #JeffBezos' Blue Origin exploded in a spectacular fireball Thursday, sending billowing clouds of fire, smoke and flaming debris into the night sky in a tremendous conflagration visible for miles around.
"The explosion occurred around 9 p.m. EDT as engineers were counting down to a brief test firing of the New Glenn's seven methane-fueled BE-4 first stage engines at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Blue Origin was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon #Leo internet #satellites into orbit.
"As the engines appeared to begin firing, something clearly went wrong at the base of the rocket. The 188-foot-tall first stage became enveloped in a rapidly growing fire and moments later, the 86-foot-tall upper stage could be seen tilting and starting to fall as the first stage apparently began collapsing.
"Then the vehicle suddenly exploded as its load of #methane fuel and liquid oxygen ignited in a roiling fireball."
Read more:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-explodes-launchpad-florida/
#LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations #RocketPollution #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars
Blue Origin, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, had successfully launched its third New Glenn Rocket last month.
Attack of the Atomic Oxygen
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/28/attack-of-the-atomic-oxygen/
The number of artificial satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is increasing at an exponential rate since 2019. Satellites are visible to both ground and space telescopes, and their bright emission in optical, infrared, and radio-wavelengths contaminate astronomical observations, degrading the data's scientific value. Recent simulations forecast that if all satellite constellations listed in current launch manifests are deployed to LEO, satellite trails will appear in up to 96\% of the images obtained by most space telescopes. In this article, we use the recently launched SPHEREx space telescope to corroborate these models. SPHEREx observations obtained between May and September 2025 indicate that $73.3^{+1.3}_{-1.2}\%$ of the images already show satellite trail contamination, with an average number of $N=2.18^{+0.11}_{-0.09}$ trails per exposure, providing observational validation of the published light contamination models. The observed satellite trails display highly inclined trajectories in agreement with the simulated ones. We discuss potential data reduction mitigation methods, and provide an updated satellite light pollution forecast for \emph{Hubble} and SPHEREx including the newer satellite constellations proposed in early 2026.
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