We used satellite images to track the impact of the coronavirus on the economy and daily life around the world. Here’s what we found.
Tag: Satellites
Iran Again Fails to Put Satellite Into Orbit
Repeated failures with a communications satellite don’t halt an official’s assertions that the country is “UNSTOPPABLE!”
OneWeb Launches 34 Satellites as Astronomers Fear Radio Chatter
Like SpaceX, the company aims to build a constellation of internet satellites, but its orbiters could interfere with telescopes on Earth.
Iran Acknowledges Space Center Blast, Days After Trump Shares Revealing Image
A government spokesman said that a technical failure had prompted the fire at the Imam Khomeini Space Center.
In a Tweet Taunting Iran, Trump Releases an Image Thought to Be Classified
The president’s tweet, which included a high-resolution satellite image of the damage, was unusual because Iran had neither acknowledged the accident nor blamed the United States.
France Nudges Europe Into Space Race, Where It Lags Behind
Fifty years after the Apollo 11 mission, a new French plan for a space command must overcome the reluctance of its European allies to weaponize space.
Europe Billed Its Answer to GPS as More Robust. It’s Been Mostly Down for Days.
The European Union sees the service as a way to end the bloc’s reliance on GPS, which the American military controls.
A Burning Lava Lake Concealed by a Volcano’s Glacial Ice
Persistent pools of lava are quite rare on Earth, and it took years of satellite images to find this one.
Sarah Parcak Thinks We Need to Learn From the Fall of Egypt’s Old Kingdom
In a new book, the archaeologist makes the case that ancient history illuminates solutions to modern problems.
After SpaceX Starlink Launch, a Fear of Satellites That Outnumber All Visible Stars
Images of the Starlink constellation in orbit have rattled astronomers around the world.