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- Low-earth orbit satellites threatened by debris from Indian anti-satellite test https://breakingdefense.com/2019/04/indian-asat-debris-threatens-all-leo-sats/ 99 comments
- NASA may alter Artemis III to have Starship and Orion dock in low-Earth orbit https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/nasa-may-alter-artemis-iii-to-have-starship-and-orion-dock-in-low-earth-orbit/ 4 comments
- Low Earth Orbit billboard for 7B people https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-startup-wants-to-launch-ads-in-the-sky-2019-1 10 comments
- Testing Precision Landing for Payload Return from Low-Earth Orbit https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/feature/low-earth-orbit-payload-landing-tests.html 2 comments space
- Low-earth orbit satellites threatened by debris from Indian anti-satellite test https://breakingdefense.com/2019/04/indian-asat-debris-threatens-all-leo-sats/ 28 comments worldnews
- Russian Startup Wants to Put Ads in Low-Earth Orbit to Ruin The Sky For Everybody https://www.sciencealert.com/a-russian-startup-wants-to-put-advertising-in-low-earth-orbit-because-they-re-capitalist-scum 35 comments worldnews
- Sierra Nevada Corporation to spin off space division to build a "Vibrant low-Earth orbit economy” https://spacenews.com/sierra-nevada-corporation-to-spin-off-space-division/ 6 comments space
- SpaceX on Twitter: Successful deployment of all 10 @IridiumComm NEXT satellites to low-Earth orbit confirmed. https://twitter.com/spacex/status/979742157580849152 207 comments spacex
- SpaceX on Twitter: Successful deployment of 10 @IridiumComm NEXT satellites to low-Earth orbit confirmed. https://twitter.com/spacex/status/879091392470933504 35 comments spacex
- NASA now has its first solar sail in low-Earth orbit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/news/releases/2011/11-010.html 6 comments politics
- NASA wants to manufacture spacecraft parts in low-Earth orbit https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/nasa-manufacture-servicing-low-earth-orbit/ 5 comments technology
- India shoots down a low-earth orbit satellite using Anti-Satellite missile. Becomes only the 4th nation after US, Russia and China to do so. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-narendra-modi-to-address-the-nation-soon-with-an-important-message/story-wuj0bvymw34h4ysjt5ntvl.html 5 comments worldnews
- Bigger than Saturn, at last... The "Space Launch System" will eventually be able to loft 130 tons into low-earth orbit. http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/09/rocketry?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/bl/biggerthansaturnatlast 34 comments space
- NASA Moving Forward to Enable a Low-Earth Orbit Economy https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-moving-forward-to-enable-a-low-earth-orbit-economy 11 comments space
- NASA mission slated for launch on Friday will place three tiny satellites into low-Earth orbit, where they will demonstrate how satellites might track and communicate with each other, setting the stage for swarms of thousands of small satellites that can work cooperatively and autonomously. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/cmu-nmt012121.php 3 comments space
- China is working to develop a new spaceship that can both fly in low-Earth orbit and land on the moon, the announcement comes shortly after the US announced plans to fly two private citizens around the Moon by late 2018, under private aerospace company SpaceX https://futurism.com/china-to-send-people-to-the-moon-by-2020/ 27 comments worldnews
- "I do not want to be reliant on the Russians to get my crews to the International Space Station," Bolden said. "I don't need a Space Launch System and Orion if I can't get my crews to low-Earth orbit... Commercial crew is the critical need for this nation right now." http://www.space.com/25254-nasa-needs-private-space-taxis.html 23 comments spacex
- SpaceX's StarHopper — a prototype spacecraft that plans to carry up to 100 passengers to low-Earth orbit, the Moon, and even Mars — was engulfed by a fireball Tuesday during a static engine test. Witnesses report that Starhopper still seemed to be physically intact after the fire. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/07/spacexs-starhopper-engulfed-by-fireball-during-test 6 comments worldnews
- Asgardia, the world’s first space nation, has 246,000 citizens and physically exists for now only in the form of satellite floating in low-Earth orbit, but plans to have a “space ark” orbiting our home world, a colony on the Moon, and perhaps even further in the future on other “celestial bodies”. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180803-asgardia-the-problems-in-building-a-space-society 24 comments space
- "The ability of space-suited human beings, flying in a spaceship carrying a very heavy cargo to low-Earth orbit, to then be able to go out and perform extraordinarily intricate operations ... and do it successfully is one of the most remarkable achievements that NASA has ever accomplished." http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts125/090519fd9/index3.html 23 comments space
- NASA official warns private sector: We’re moving on from low-Earth orbit. Top human spaceflight official says companies should take advantage of space station... the free ride in low Earth orbit for private industry may stop as soon as a decade from now. http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/nasa-official-warns-private-sector-were-moving-on-from-low-earth-orbit/ 83 comments space
- Sen. Cruz: "We must refocus our investment on the hard sciences, on getting men and women into space, on exploring low-Earth orbit and beyond, and not on political distractions that are extraneous to NASA’s mandate" http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-ted-cruzs-epic-plan-for-nasa-2015-1 22 comments technology
- [OT] Big crash in the Super Utes today. Driver walked away unscathed. Tyre reported to be in low earth orbit. https://www.facebook.com/supercars/videos/10155826324859506/ 22 comments formula1
- The challenges of commercializing research in low Earth orbit. http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2958/1 13 comments spacex
- Space companies propose ways to fill low Earth orbit with commercial habitats https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/28/18642653/nasa-commercial-space-low-earth-orbit-international-space-station-habitats 6 comments space
- The Moon from Gemini 7 in low Earth orbit (1965) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/pacific_ocean_seen_from_gemini_7.jpg 3 comments space
- SpaceX aims big with massive new rocket - 150-200t to low Earth orbit (Saturn V was 120t) http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/spacex-aims-big-with-massive-new-rocket-377687/ 18 comments science
- India has shot down a live satellite in low-Earth orbit as part of a successful test of new missile technology, prime minister Narendra Modi has announced. The operation, dubbed Mission Shakti, makes India part of a “super league” of nations to have achieved such a feat https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-satellite-missile-system-shakti-test-modi-space-a8841381.html?amp 24 comments worldnews
- NASA is inviting the public to send their names on a microchip to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars. Your name will begin its journey on a dime-sized microchip when the agency's Orion spacecraft launches Dec. 4 on its first flight, designated Exploration Flight Test-1. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-344&rn=news.xml&rst=4327 228 comments worldnews
- SpaceX has agreed to maneuver any of its Starlink satellites that come close to the International Space Station or other NASA spacecraft in low Earth orbit as part of an agreement between the agency and the company. https://spacenews.com/nasa-and-spacex-sign-agreement-on-spaceflight-safety/ 6 comments space
- SpaceX seeks to trademark the name ‘Starlink’ for satellite broadband network: 'The company’s satellite unit is working stealthily to develop a constellation of thousands of satellites that would be launched into low Earth orbit.' https://www.geekwire.com/2017/spacex-seeks-trademark-name-starlink-satellite-broadband-network/ 32 comments worldnews
- Dragon V2 spacecraft is unveiled by Elon Musk at SpaceX to ferry astronauts to/from low earth orbit. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/29/dragon-v2-spacecraft-elon-musk_n_5414908.html 20 comments technology
- Satellite mega-constellations create risks in Low Earth Orbit, the atmosphere and on Earth https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-89909-7 5 comments science
- Hi Reddit I'm astronaut Luca Parmitano and I want to answer your questions (But it might take me a little while, since I'm currently in low earth orbit) https://www.reddit.com/user/euronews-english/comments/djtzhu/hi_reddit_im_astronaut_luca_parmitano_and_i_want/ 5 comments europe
- Study of a Hall effect thruster working with ambient atmospheric gas as propellant for low earth orbit missions http://erps.spacegrant.org/uploads/images/images/iepc_articledownload_1988-2007/2011index/iepc-2011-142.pdf 9 comments space
- -We live in the future!- Own your own low earth orbit personal satellite complete with launch and onboard camera for $8000 http://spacefellowship.com/2009/08/01/interorbital-syatems-tubesat-personal-satellite-kit/ 43 comments science
- Low Earth orbit is reaching capacity due to flying space trash and SpaceX and Amazon’s plans to launch thousands of satellites. Physicists are looking to expand into the, more dangerous, medium Earth orbit. https://academictimes.com/earths-orbit-is-running-out-of-real-estate-but-physicists-are-looking-to-expand-the-market/ 1839 comments science
- Amazon tests space laser to transmit internet, aims 3,236 satellite web | Project Kuiper seeks to deploy a swarm of small satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) to enhance global broadband access, particularly to remote locations of the planet. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/amazon-tests-space-laser-to-transmit-internet 39 comments technology
- Targeting Monday, January 17 at 7:26 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of 49 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from LC-39A in Florida https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1482892396362752003 28 comments spacex
- RUDN University mathematician has developed a method for finding low-cost quasi-optimal trajectories of flight from Earth orbit to the moon for spacecraft with an electric propulsion engine. The trajectories calculated using this method reduce the fuel costs by 56% https://phys.org/news/2020-02-method-optimal-trajectories-flight-moon.html 5 comments space
