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Interesting Engineering on MSN.com · 4d

US builds 'spacecraft speedometer' to enhance satellite navigation without GPS

The new spacecraft speedometer can track satellite speeds, addressing the challenges of growing space traffic.
Icon for www.travelandleisure.comTravel + Leisure · Aug 8, 2023

How to Track a Flight in Real Time

So, whether you’re interested in knowing a plane’s location, speed, or even altitude, here’s how to track a flight in real time ... on the ground as well as satellite-based technology ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · 23d

What are those lights in the sky? Starlink satellites explained

Tools like Find Starlink and Night Sky can help people track future satellite flyovers in real-time. ATLANTA - A line of glowing lights streaking silently across the night sky left many residents ...
Icon for hackaday.comHackaday · Oct 1, 2011

Hacking SPOT Personal Satellite Tracker To Pass More Information

For less than $100 you can buy a little tracking module that will upload your location to a satellite. But you’ll only get latitude and longitude information. [Natrium42] spent some time reverse ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN.com · Mar 1, 2025

China successfully tests new 66-satellite space-based cargo tracking system

Trials of the technology demonstrated the satellite’s ability to collect real-time data from IoT sensors installed on cargo containers. Researchers claim this enables the system to track cargo ...
Icon for www.moreheadstate.eduMorehead State University · Nov 23, 2023

Satellite Tracking, Telemetry and Control Services

The Space Science Center conducts tracking, telemetry, and control services through our 21-meter and 12-meter (under construction) satellite tracking systems. The 21-M Space Tracking Antenna at MSU is a powerful research tool for students, but it also ...
Icon for spacenews.comSpaceNews · 24d

GomSpace and Neuraspace partner to advance satellite collision avoidance

Neuraspace combines data from public catalogs, partnerships with ground-based telescope providers and its own sensor infrastructure to deliver real-time satellite tracking information. Sign up for ...
South China Morning Post · 2d

China is developing an ‘Underwater BeiDou’ network for navigation and tracking

Research team under natural resources ministry says prototypes have been built and tested but it’s not clear what stage the project is at.
Icon for www.nature.comNature · Jul 25, 2020

Satellite Telemetry and its Impact on the Study of Animal Migration

Migrating animals have for a long time been tracked ... But if you want to track individual long-distance migrants, another technique opens amazing opportunities - enter satellite telemetry.