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Space junk vs space internet: Elon Musk has a 2027 deadline to surround Earth with 12,000 high-speed Starlink internet satellites

SpaceX plans is about to launch its first Starlink internet satellites. Starlink might bring cheap, fast internet to remote areas as well as moving vehicles like airplanes, ships, and cars. It would also make international teleconferencing and online gaming nearly lag-free. The plan calls for launching nearly 12,000 satellites into orbit, but Elon Musk said a fraction of that would […] More

by Strange Sounds May 22, 2019, 4:20 am
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This 19-year-old girl can keep astronauts safe from space junk

Space debris is a growing threat to space exploration. And this 19-year-old girl can keep astronauts safe from space junk. But there’s another big risk out there: asteroids. Roughly 16,000 near earth objects were detected by NASA to date. Here’s a video on how concerned you should be about a collision with Earth: And you know […] More

by Strange Sounds Apr 26, 2018, 1:43 pm
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Space junk re-enters Earth’s atmosphere in awesome fireworks

On May 18, 2017, a mysterious flying object left a bright trail in the sky over Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Although looking like a bright fireball disintegrating in the night sky, I do believe this is space junk re-entering the Earth’ atmosphere. What about you? It is too slow to be a fireball. Diintegration is also too […] More

by Strange Sounds May 22, 2017, 9:56 am
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Mysterious fireball strikes over Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee. Or space junk?

A mysterious fireball appeared in the sky of Georgia , South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee on June 29, 2015. The weird object was spotted around 1:30 a.m. with a long tail of bright colors. But I think it was too slow to be a fireball. Space junk re-entry? As described in the news: [quote_box_center]People described the weird object looking […] More

by Strange Sounds Jun 29, 2015, 9:17 am
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Mysterious Space Junk Fireball Goes Sonic Over Australia – July 10 2014

‘Meteor’ which lit-up the Australian sky may have been space junk from a weather satellite launched 10,000km away in Kazakhstan Shocked Australians believed they were witnessing a plane explosion as a bright light lit the skies from Sydney to Melbourne. A mysterious but fantastic bright and long-tailed ‘meteor’ fireball lit up the sky of eastern Australia […] More

by Strange Sounds Jul 11, 2014, 7:25 am
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Strange metallic balls crash in Chinese villages – UFO? Space junk?

Weird metallic balls have been found in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang (China) on May 16, 2014. But what are they? UFO or space junk? They are most probably satellite wreckage from a failed Proton-M rocket (component of a multi-stage booster, a pressure sphere or footer). Actually a common debris! Space junk is a growing […] More

by Strange Sounds May 19, 2014, 11:52 pm
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‘Space Debris I’ Shows Every Single Piece Of Junk In Earth’s Orbit

Has the space junk in Earth orbit really reached a dangerous tipping point? Space is a vast and often empty place, but within our own orbit, things are getting pretty crowded. There are millions of pieces of debris, from busted satellites to lost chunks of rockets, encircling our planet. And if you saw the movie Gravity, […] More

by Strange Sounds Jan 13, 2014, 3:19 am
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SpaceX Big Bang on the Moon

A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after spending almost seven years hurtling through space. The booster was originally launched from Florida in February 2015 as part of an interplanetary mission to send a space weather satellite on a million-mile journey. Part of a #SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket weighing 4 metric tons […] More

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SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites into orbit as Elon Musk steals us always more night sky

SpaceX expanded its constellation of low Earth orbit satellites on Saturday with the launch of 53 Starlink satellites from Florida. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:19 a.m. EST and deployed the satellites about 16 minutes after launch. The rocket’s reusable first stage, which has been used for […] More

by Strange Sounds Nov 13, 2021, 4:24 pm
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Asteroid hunters spot flurry of new space rocks headed towards Earth after identifying mysterious new ‘minimoon’

NASA is warning of yet another five asteroids headed our way in the first half of this week, as the agency’s leading asteroid expert claims to have solved the mystery of the ‘minimoon’ set to enter earth’s orbit. Amid a flurry of asteroidal activity as we enter the final few months of 2020, NASA’s asteroid […] More

by Strange Sounds Oct 12, 2020, 1:39 pm
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Samsung Space Selfie Satellite Crashes onto Michigan’s Property

A woman said she heard something crash onto her property on the Saginaw and Gratiot County line around 8:45 this morning. When Nancy Welke went outside, she found a device that appeared to be from outer space, still making some weird noise. And you could read “Samsung Space Selfie” on it. This story truly is […] More

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Mini ice age at the edge of space! The chill of solar minimum as our sun is entering one of the deepest Solar Minima of the Space Age

The sun is entering one of the deepest Solar Minima of the Space Age. Sunspots have been absent for most of 2018, and the sun’s ultraviolet output has sharply dropped. New research shows that Earth’s upper atmosphere is responding. WE SEE A COOLING TREND NEAR THE EDGE OF SPACE. “We see a cooling trend,” says […] More

by Strange Sounds Nov 15, 2018, 3:38 pm
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