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Why would Starlink launch appear as a blurred line?
I believe that I recently saw a Starlink launch (details below in case I am mistaken); what puzzled me was that it appeared as a blurred, hazy line or streak. I watched it move across the sky and at ...
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Was SpaceX's launch of Formosat-5 more vertical than normal for any particular reason?
Reading both the abstract and the plain language summary of the recent paper published in the journal Space Weather Gigantic Circular Shock Acoustic Waves in the Ionosphere Triggered by the Launch of ...
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What planning tools and techniques are used to avoid collisions in space during launches?
What tools and techniques are used to calculate as well as to ensure a collision free trajectory when space junk as well as real live useful satellites are so numerous? While the chances of hitting a ...
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A nicer way to download the positions of the Orbcomm-2 satellites
I'm trying to watch the Orbcomm-2 satellites evolve into a constellation. They were recently placed in orbit by SpaceX (their video here) and the details are discussed in this excellent question and ...
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