A micrometeorite slammed into a satellite and caused an internet outage in Australia, it has been revealed. Internet services provided by NBN Co in Australia were affected.

Micrometeorite slam to satellite caused internet outage in Australia

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched its earth observation satellite into orbit along with the observation satellite EOS 04 ISRO's polar satellite launch vehicle has also carried two other small satellites into the orbit.

India: ISRO launches EOS-04 satellite

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to launch its first satellite of this year. The launch of EOS-4 on 14th February through a PSLV rocket will also be the first launch by the ISRO after a hiatus of six months.

India's ISRO announces the launch of 'Earth Observation Satellite' EOS-4 on 14th February

SpaceX Falcon-9 two-stage rocket topped with Italian Cosmo-Skymed satellite successfully lifted off on Monday at 6:11 pm EST (Tuesday at 4.41 am as per IST.) The launch took place from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX successfully launches Italian satellite 

New satellite images show that Russia is still building up forces in Crimea and near Ukraine, reports Reuters. However, the agency claims that it could not independently verify the latest images from Maxar technologies.

Satellite images expose Russia's attempts of building up forces near Ukraine

A satellite captured several images showing the before and after situation of a volcanic eruption at the South Pacific island of Tonga. The images have been taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, around 12 hours after the eruption.

These satellite images show Tonga volcano before and after eruption

In a first, a plan seems to be underway in Japan to launch a "wooden" satellite in 2023. The team, which is developing it, looks to harness the environmental friendliness and low cost of wood in space development.

‘Wooden’ satellite in space by 2023? Explore ambitious plans of Japanese researchers

Iran has carried out a new space launch. It used a launch rocket to send three research devices into space. The development comes amid falling Nuclear deal talks.

Iran launches three research devices into space amid faltering Nuclear deal talks

In another show of technical prowess, China has claimed to have launched a satellite, which can take high resolution images of a large area in a US city while rotating in just a few seconds, said a report citing researchers.

Chinese satellite captures images of US city while rotating in few seconds, claims report

Following the Indian government’s warning, Starlink, the satellite internet division of Elon Musk-led SpaceX, has said that it will apply for a commercial licence early next year to provide broadband and other services.

Elon Musk’s Starlink caves in to Indian govt’s warning, to apply for licence by Jan 2022

On October 2, 1992, Essel Group chairman Dr Subhash Chandra launched India’s first satellite TV, which is now known by the name Zee TV. He is the founder of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited, which was founded on December 15, 1991.

October 2, 1992: Dr Subhash Chandra launched India’s first private satellite channel ‘Zee TV’

The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday successfully launched Landsat 9 which is a powerful satellite built to monitor Earth's land surface.

NASA launches Landsat 9 satellite to monitor Earth's surface

Satellites spotted a large plume of methane leaking from one of Pakistan’s largest cities last month. According to an estimate from geoanalytics firm Kayrros SAS, the cloud was seen over Lahore on August 6 and had an emissions rate of about 126 metric tons of methane an hour.

Methane plumes floating above Lahore spotted through satellite

The recent satellite images which have emerged show that North Korea is expanding a uranium enrichment plant at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex as experts say that the move shows an intent to boost the production of bomb materials.

Satellite images show North Korea expanding weapons-grade uranium plant

The European Space Agency on July 30 launched the world's first commercial fully re-programmable satellite. Named Eutelsat Quantum, the world's first commercial fully re-programmable satellite lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

World's first commercial re-programmable satellite blasts into space

NASA's official Instagram account published a photo of Mars Moon 'Phobos,' which resembles a potato. "This is an image of Phobos, the largest of Mars' two raggedy moons, as seen by our Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft's @UAHiRISE camera," NASA stated.

Mars' moon or potato? NASA shares image of ‘Phobos’, the largest of Mars' two raggedy moons

NASA will be launching two sounding rockets under its Dynamo-2 mission to team up with a satellite. This will help in studying the giant electric current in Earth’s ionosphere.

NASA rockets team up with satellites to study electric generator

Bharti group-backed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company OneWeb on Monday confirmed the successful launch of another batch of 36 satellites by Arianespace from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Bharti-backed OneWeb takes in-orbit constellation to 182 satellites

A group of researchers have found out that the much-talked-about space hurricanes do exist. Using satellite data, researchers from Shandong University identified a space hurricane and found that it was not simply a pattern of air but was a whirling pattern of plasma-ionised gas.

Scientists confirm existence of space hurricanes

To mark 50 years of India-Bangladesh ties and to motivate the next generation of scientific thinkers, the students of both countries will be jointly developing a satellite.

50 years of India-B’Desh ties: Students from both countries to jointly build Satellite, launch by ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organization or ISRO has started phase one of the training of 4 Bhutanese engineers. The engineers are being trained under a joint India and Bhutan project to develop a satellite for Bhutan.

India begins training of four Bhutanese space engineers for satellite launch

India's Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch a Bhutanese satellite next year and will train its engineers from December. Announcing the development at the launch of phase 2 of RuPay card in the country virtually, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said," I am happy to tell you, next year ISRO is planning to send a Bhutanese satellite to outer space next year and work is going on in full pace.

India to launch Bhutanese satellite; train its engineers 

Space debris is a serious issue. Pieces of defunct satellites and remains from previous space missions pose huge threat to satellites that are currently running.

This collision may increase space debris around Earth by 20 per cent

China launched an optical remote-sensing satellite, Jilin-1 Gaofen 02C, on Saturday. However, the satellite failed to enter the pre-set orbit. According to the Chinese state media, the satellite was launched aboard Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 1:02 pm (local time).

China's optical remote-sensing satellite fails to reach orbit

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