Valve malfunction blamed for failure of Indian satellite to raise its orbit

Valve malfunction blamed for failure of Indian satellite to raise its orbit

• HOUSTON - India’s space agency says a valve failure prevented a navigation spacecraft launched more than a year ago from raising its orbit • 25statement, the Indian Space Researc

Space & Aerospace · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 235 words
First MetOp Second Generation-B satellite spreads its wing

First MetOp Second Generation-B satellite spreads its wing

• With launch planned for later this year, testing is well underway to ensure the MetOp Second Generation-B1 weather satellite is ready for its life in orbit around Earth • These c

Space & Aerospace · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 267 words
Iridium 9604 combines satellite, LTE-M and GNSS

Iridium 9604 combines satellite, LTE-M and GNSS

• Three-in-one IoT module cuts board space by up to 60% and supports dual-mode connectivity for global deployments • Iridium Communications Inc • unveiled theIridium 9604, a compac

Iridium 9604 3-in-1 IoT Module Combines Satellite Cellular GNSS

Iridium 9604 3-in-1 IoT Module Combines Satellite Cellular GNSS

• Iridium 9604 combines satellite, cellular, and GNSS in one module. • Supports Iridium Short Burst Data, LTE-M, and global GNSS positioning. • Single 26x16 mm package saves up to

Open Hardware · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 1 min · 173 words
ESA Space Safety Programme Aims to Detect and Mitigate Space Hazards

ESA Space Safety Programme Aims to Detect and Mitigate Space Hazards

• ESA Space Safety Programme aims to detect and mitigate space hazards. • Focuses on natural threats like asteroids and solar storms. • Also addresses human‑made debris and collisi

Space & Aerospace · February 24, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 152 words

SDA taps AST SpaceMobile to demo commercial satellite links to military radios

• The $30M award is the first under SDA’s Hybrid Acquisition for proliferated Low-earth Orbit (HALO) program. • The $30M award is the first under SDA’s Hybrid Acquisition for proli

Global greening: Study shows Earth's green wave is shifting northeast

• Scientists develop new method to track Earth’s greenness via center of mass calculation. • Approach uses satellite data to quantify vegetation health globally across regions. • F

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 179 words
Aalyria hits $1.3 billion valuation after raising funds for satellite mesh network

Aalyria hits $1.3 billion valuation after raising funds for satellite mesh network

• - Aalyria announced a $100 million funding round Feb. • 23 that values the Californian venture at $1.3 billion, supporting deployment of laser terminals and software for dynamica

Space & Aerospace · February 23, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 271 words

AI deep denoiser can remove clouds from satellite images

• Thick cloud cover can completely obscure the surface of the Earth from satellite view, while thinner haze and shadows distort the image of rural and urban regions. • As such, man

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 134 words
Probabilistic NDVI Forecasting from Sparse Satellite Time Series and Weather Covariates

Probabilistic NDVI Forecasting from Sparse Satellite Time Series and Weather Covariates

• Probabilistic NDVI forecasting tackles sparse, irregular satellite data due to cloud cover. • Transformer architecture separates historical NDVI dynamics from future weather cova

Research & Labs · February 23, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 196 words
How to send a message via satellite on iPhone

How to send a message via satellite on iPhone

• Trending: Apple event on March 4: What to expect Hands-on with Google’s Pixel 10a Tesla drops ‘Autopilot’ upsell in California Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 is Feb. • 25 iPhone Fo

Consumer Tech · February 22, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 261 words
Northern Glow Spans Iceland and Canada

Northern Glow Spans Iceland and Canada

• Aurora borealis illuminated Iceland and eastern Canada during a February 2026 geomagnetic storm. • Suomi NPP’s VIIRS captured grayscale images revealing colorful ribbons of light

Space & Aerospace · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 292 words
Vantor Archive Imagery Added to Satellite Data Explorer

Vantor Archive Imagery Added to Satellite Data Explorer

• NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program announces the addition of imagery from Vantor to its Satellite Data Explorer (SDX) data access and discovery tool. • T

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 349 words

NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program Releases Archived and Tasked Multispectral Data from Satellogic

• CSDA Menu CSDA Commercial Data Commercial Datasets Commercial Satellite Data Explorer Satellite Data Evaluation CSDA Vendors Airbus U.S. • BlackSky Capella Space GeoOptics GHGSat

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 320 words
CSDA Releases New Data Acquisition Request System

CSDA Releases New Data Acquisition Request System

• CSDA launches Data Acquisition Request System for future satellite data requests. • Authorized users submit proposals via dashboard, track status in real time. • System integrate

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 69 words

Digital forestry team combines AI with satellite data to monitor urban trees

• A Purdue University digital forestry team has created a computational tool to obtain and analyze urban tree inventories on public and private lands with record-breaking speed at

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 154 words
Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field

• NDVI uses visible and near‑infrared reflectance to gauge plant health from space. • Dr. Jim Tucker pioneered linking chlorophyll to specific light wavelengths in the 1980s. • Fir

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 77 words
Measuring the Big Bang with the COBE satellite

Measuring the Big Bang with the COBE satellite

• 4 min read Measuring the Big Bang with the COBE satellite Alicia Cermak The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE) went up on a Delta rocket on Nov. • 18, 1989, into a polar

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 196 words
Revealed: 10 new insights in climate science

Revealed: 10 new insights in climate science

• 2024 recorded hottest year, with record ocean temperatures, sea-level rise, glacier melt, and extreme weather. • Planet’s energy balance increasingly misaligned, accelerating oce

Space & Aerospace · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 281 words
ST Engineering iDirect partners with G&S SatCom on Intuition

ST Engineering iDirect partners with G&S SatCom on Intuition

• ST Engineering iDirect partners with G&S SatCom to embed SatConnect into Intuition. • Unified OSS/BSS and API layer centralizes multi‑vendor, multi‑platform network management. •

A satellite illusion hid the true scale of Arctic snow loss

A satellite illusion hid the true scale of Arctic snow loss

• A satellite illusion hid the true scale of Arctic snow loss For decades, assessments from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have tracked how Ea

Science · February 18, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 237 words

Satellite imagery and AI reveal development needs hidden by national data

• For years, Iceland, Switzerland, and Norway have ranked near the top of the United Nations’ annual index of countries based on indicators of well-being and quality of life. • Cou

Science · February 17, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 116 words
Week in images: 09-13 February 2026

Week in images: 09-13 February 2026

• ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot leads Crew‑12 walkout, showcasing astronaut training and teamwork. • εpsilon launch marks ESA’s first deep‑space probe, advancing planetary exploratio

Space & Aerospace · February 13, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 176 words
Starfish Space uses Google Cloud to accelerate satellite servicing in orbit

Starfish Space uses Google Cloud to accelerate satellite servicing in orbit

• Starfish Space uses Google Cloud to accelerate satellite servicing in orbit Field Sales Representative, Google Public Sector Essential public sector updates with Google Cloud ins

Satellites encased in wood are in the works

• Wood-based satellite casings reduce launch mass, cutting fuel requirements and launch costs. • Timber offers superior thermal insulation compared to traditional alloys, enhancing

NASA, Partners Share First Data From New US-European Sea Satellite

NASA, Partners Share First Data From New US-European Sea Satellite

• NASA, Partners Share First Data From New US-European Sea Satellite Sentinel-6B and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich captured data on Nov. • 26 of sea levels across a vast stretch of t

Space & Aerospace · December 17, 2025 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 197 words