A major boost to U. S. university research using satellite imagery has occurred in Santa Barbara, through a public-private partnership. Academic researchers can now scan the U.S. and Canada via a ...

SpaceX has detailed ambitious plans to bring fast Internet access to the entire world with a new satellite system that offers greater speeds and lower latency than existing satellite networks. The ...

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An illustration of the GOES-16 satellite located at the GOES-East orbital location. The GOES and JPSS satellite programs remain fully funded in the 2018 budget request, while follow-on programs are ...

Almost 40 years after making TV history by launching a pioneering satellite interconnection system, PBS is moving ahead with plans to return most of its distribution to ground level via a new ...

More than 700 imaging satellites orbit the Earth, and every day they beam vast amounts of information to databases on the ground. There’s just one problem: While the geospatial data could help ...

Stratospheric “space” balloons are expected to revolutionize the current satellite industry via an innovative cocktail of low-cost, rapid deployability, and ‘persistent’ geospatial coverage. And all ...

When the iPhone 14 launched, one of its key talking points was its satellite connectivity. In case of an emergency, the iPhone 14 series could connect to a low-orbit satellite and send an SOS message, ...

Correction: An earlier version of the article stated that Verizon’s Satellite messaging service was compatible with iPhones. It is in fact only compatible with select Android devices at this time.