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Starlink: Broadband Everywhere

Fans of the space industry know that just about every week, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches another Falcon 9 rocket with 60 Starlink satellites on board. Starlink is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation of small satellites that are designed to...

A Visit from Near-Earth Asteroid 2011 ES4 – Is It Dangerous?

On September 1, 2020 (plus or minus a week), Earth will be visited by a celestial wanderer named Asteroid 2011 ES4. This asteroid is one of a class called Apollo asteroids. The name Apollo has nothing to do with the NASA Lunar Landing Program, but everything to do with Near-Earth Asteroids with orbits which cross the Earth's orbit similar to an asteroid named 1862 Apollo.

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