Tag: satellite
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AI-Driven Satellite Reorientation Marks Major Leap Toward Autonomous Spacecraft
Overview: AI Makes a Spacecraft Turn Toward Autonomy In a landmark achievement for space technology, researchers have demonstrated the ability to control a satellite’s orientation entirely with autonomous artificial intelligence. For the first time, a satellite in orbit adjusted its attitude without human intervention, using onboard AI to determine its maneuvers, execute thruster firings, and…
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CO2 Rise and Ionosphere: Threat to Space Communications
Rising CO2 and a Cooling Upper Atmosphere: Why Space Communications Could Be at Risk As global warming accelerates, researchers are turning their attention to how atmospheric changes affect the ionosphere, a region roughly 60 to 1,000 kilometers above Earth. A team from Kyushu University has found that higher carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, while warming Earth’s…