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--- transportation:satellites [2026/11/03 20:50] – [Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory] timb
+++ transportation:satellites [2026/11/12 03:56] (current) – [Anti-Satellite Weapons] timb
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 https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-found-a-hidden-swarm-of-space-junk-threatening-earths-most-valuable-orbit-2000785323
+== An Amateur Radio Operator Told a Satellite to Play ‘Doom.’ And It Listened ==
+The experiment marks the first known time a satellite has received and acted on a voice command from the ground.
+Passant Rabie - November 5, 2026, 9:35 am ET
+Satellite operators usually send commands as digital packets over radio, but one group of amateur radio operators tried something a little more conversational: They spoke the command into a microphone. Specifically, they verbally instructed an Earth-orbiting satellite to launch Doom, marking what appears to be the first time a spoken instruction has been successfully sent to and executed by a satellite.
+The Oslo-based group sent a voice command to the European Space Agency’s OPS-SAT PRETTY, an experimental cubesat launched in 2023. The message was simple: “PRETTY PLAY DOOM.” Sure enough, the satellite detected the command and launched the 1993 first-person shooter video game. It even downlinked a postcard image of the moment, according to Tanagra Space, which develops machine learning that runs on board spacecraft.
+While the experiment was a fun demonstration, it could also point toward more practical applications for satellite communications. The ability to recognize and respond to spoken commands could eventually help pave the way for more responsive satellites capable of listening for distress calls or emergency signals and reacting accordingly.
+https://gizmodo.com/an-amateur-radio-operator-told-a-satellite-to-play-doom-and-it-listened-2000835488
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+====== Anduril ======
+== Anduril says its first satellite can see adversaries maneuver in orbital night ==
+“What’s unique is it’s got a huge dynamic range. We can see things in full dark.”
+Stephen Clark – Nov 11, 2026 12:22 PM
+Anduril Industries has announced the successful demonstration of a new satellite-based sensor designed to track other spacecraft that may be hiding their maneuvers in Earth’s shadow.
+Funded with Anduril’s internal capital, the company’s oven-sized satellite launched on a SpaceX rideshare mission in July with a package of tech demo payloads: an edge-compute processor, a power-management system adaptable to different mission types, and a long-wave infrared space sensor capable of detecting other objects in orbit.
+Anduril reported on the success of the tech demo mission Tuesday. The company’s satellite, named Anduril-216, flies about 590 km (366 mi) above Earth, spending about one-third of each orbit in darkness. Anduril-216’s night passes allow its infrared imager to shine.
+“This is a unique sensor that allows us to take imagery in long-wave [infrared],” said Gokul Subramanian, Anduril’s senior vice president of engineering. “What’s unique about that is it’s got a huge dynamic range. It has very low solar exclusion, so we’re blocked by the Sun very rarely, and we can see things in full dark.”
+https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/11/anduril-demos-night-vision-sensor-for-tracking-satellites-in-darkness/
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 https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-11-03/nasa-swift-telescope-crash-landing/100018476
+== NASA's Swift Observatory Is Falling to Earth ==
+Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday November 04, 2026 05:00AM
+joshuark shares a report from Wired:
+<blockquote>
+After 22 years in orbit and a failed rescue mission this summer, it is highly likely that the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will crash into Earth sometime next week. It is not known where on the planet the spacecraft -- which is roughly as big as a large elevator -- will fall. Despite its size, experts say the risk to the public is relatively low. The observatory was designed to operate for a few years in low Earth orbit, but it far exceeded its expected lifespan, helping to make many important discoveries about the evolution of the cosmos, including the study of supernovas and the destruction of stars by black holes. However, in 2024, increased solar activity heated and expanded the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere, increasing the drag on the satellite and accelerating its descent. Without a propulsion system capable of correcting its orbit, its days were numbered.
+</blockquote>
+The U.S. Space Force now expects Swift to reenter Earth's atmosphere around November 6. Most of the spacecraft is expected to burn up, although some components could survive and reach the ground (but most likely the ocean).
+"The most likely survivors are its six heavy reaction wheels, the spinning flywheels it used to aim itself, along with tougher telescope parts such as lenses and mirrors," Dean Sladen, a quality manager and aerospace engineer at Accu Components, told Space.com. "Only a handful of small, scorched fragments are expected to make it down -- nothing recognizable as a telescope."
+https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/11/04/0616201/nasas-swift-observatory-is-falling-to-earth
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 https://satellitemap.space/
+====== Surveillance ======
+== Something watched you this week. ==
+Enter any place on Earth. See every satellite that passed over it in the last 7 days, and the actual pictures they took.
+https://www.watched.earth/
 ====== Swarm ======