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2026-07-12

FCC approves orbital space mirrors, first test satellites will launch this year — large spacecraft reflects sunlight to Earth’s surface for construction sites, search-and-rescue lighting, and more

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tomshardware.com 2026-07-12 Jowi Morales

Ambitious startup wants to deploy more than 50,000 of these satellites by 2035.

Orbital Satellites Space Mirrors FCC Approval Clean Energy Solar Energy Space Lighting Reflector Technology Astronomy Impact

2026-07-09

Voyager Spacecraft: The Ultimate Power Management Challenge?

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eetimes.com 2026-07-09

Voyager’s plutonium heart is fading, forcing NASA to kill instruments one by one; see how engineers ration watts 15B miles away.

Power Management Deep Space Exploration Spacecraft Design Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Voyager Spacecraft Power Degradation Thermoelectric Conversion Space Electronics

2026-07-01

Heat, Telemetry, and the Rise of the Self-Aware Spacecraft

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eetimes.com 2026-07-01

Satellites are getting brains...and fevers. See how telemetry, heat control, and AI are turning spacecraft into self-protecting machines.

Spacecraft autonomy Telemetry Thermal management Edge AI Satellite communication Spacecraft health monitoring Smart sensors Data-driven operations

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