#jonathanmcdowell — Public Fediverse posts
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#Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost
The post on Bluesky by #astronomer #JonathanMcDowell is a stark reminder that Hubble is heading back to Earth, possibly sooner than previously thought, as its orbit decays.
Hubble was launched into #LEO in 1990, in bay of Space Shuttle Discovery. While it remains capable of pointing its instruments and returns breathtaking imagery over more than three decades in orbit, it cannot raise its altitude
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#Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost
The post on Bluesky by #astronomer #JonathanMcDowell is a stark reminder that Hubble is heading back to Earth, possibly sooner than previously thought, as its orbit decays.
Hubble was launched into #LEO in 1990, in bay of Space Shuttle Discovery. While it remains capable of pointing its instruments and returns breathtaking imagery over more than three decades in orbit, it cannot raise its altitude
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/hubble_orbit_decay/ -
#Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost
The post on Bluesky by #astronomer #JonathanMcDowell is a stark reminder that Hubble is heading back to Earth, possibly sooner than previously thought, as its orbit decays.
Hubble was launched into #LEO in 1990, in bay of Space Shuttle Discovery. While it remains capable of pointing its instruments and returns breathtaking imagery over more than three decades in orbit, it cannot raise its altitude
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/hubble_orbit_decay/ -
#Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost
The post on Bluesky by #astronomer #JonathanMcDowell is a stark reminder that Hubble is heading back to Earth, possibly sooner than previously thought, as its orbit decays.
Hubble was launched into #LEO in 1990, in bay of Space Shuttle Discovery. While it remains capable of pointing its instruments and returns breathtaking imagery over more than three decades in orbit, it cannot raise its altitude
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/hubble_orbit_decay/ -
#Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost
The post on Bluesky by #astronomer #JonathanMcDowell is a stark reminder that Hubble is heading back to Earth, possibly sooner than previously thought, as its orbit decays.
Hubble was launched into #LEO in 1990, in bay of Space Shuttle Discovery. While it remains capable of pointing its instruments and returns breathtaking imagery over more than three decades in orbit, it cannot raise its altitude
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/hubble_orbit_decay/ -
10, 9, 8 … rocket test puts China neck and neck with US in moon race
China’s latest rocket test has put the country neck and neck with the US in the race to…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #Alabama #Amazon #ArtemisProgram #AU #Australia #BlueMoon #BlueOrigin #China #HainanIsland #harvard #JeffBezos #JonathanMcDowell #Mengzhou #NASA #RandSimberg #Science #SpaceX #UnitedStates
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/195759/ China’s Shenzhou 20 debris crisis: a catalyst for space war – or peace? #AlvinDrew #Beijing #China #ChineseAstronauts #ColdWar #Earth #Éire #GeorgiaTech #Guowang #IE #InternationalAstronauticalCongress #Ireland #JonathanMcDowell #Kaiyun1 #nasa #Qianfan #Science #Shenzhou20 #Space #SpaceX'sStarlink #Tiangong #USSpaceForce #Washington #WestFord
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China’s Shenzhou 20 debris crisis: a catalyst for space war – or peace?
A tiny piece of debris triggered the most serious mishap at China’s Tiangong space station since it b…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AlvinDrew #Beijing #CA #Canada #China #Chineseastronauts #ColdWar #Earth #GeorgiaTech #Guowang #InternationalAstronauticalCongress #JonathanMcDowell #Kaiyun-1 #NASA #Qianfan #Science #Shenzhou-20 #SpaceX'sStarlink #Tiangong #USSpaceForce #washington #WestFord
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China’s Shenzhou 20 debris crisis: a catalyst for space war – or peace?
A tiny piece of debris triggered the most serious mishap at China’s…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #AlvinDrew #Beijing #China #Chineseastronauts #ColdWar #Earth #georgiatech #Guowang #InternationalAstronauticalCongress #JonathanMcDowell #Kaiyun-1 #NASA #Qianfan #Science #Shenzhou-20 #SpaceX'sStarlink #Tiangong #USSpaceForce #Washington #WestFord
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China’s Shenzhou 20 debris crisis: a catalyst for space war – or peace?
A tiny piece of debris triggered the most serious mishap at China’s…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #AlvinDrew #Beijing #China #Chineseastronauts #ColdWar #Earth #georgiatech #Guowang #InternationalAstronauticalCongress #JonathanMcDowell #Kaiyun-1 #NASA #Qianfan #Science #Shenzhou-20 #SpaceX'sStarlink #Tiangong #USSpaceForce #Washington #WestFord
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/586917/ China’s Shenzhou 20 debris crisis: a catalyst for space war – or peace? #AlvinDrew #Beijing #China #ChineseAstronauts #ColdWar #Earth #GeorgiaTech #GuoWang #InternationalAstronauticalCongress #JonathanMcDowell #Kaiyun1 #Nasa #Qianfan #Science #Shenzhou20 #Space #SpaceX'sStarlink #Tiangong #UK #UnitedKingdom #USSpaceForce #Washington #WestFord
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Elon Musk’s Starlink fleet is burning up in orbit, scientists say
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth, with up to four burning up in the atmosphere…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #deorbit #Earth’sAtmosphere #ElonMusk #JonathanMcDowell #Musk #satellites #spacedebris #SpaceX #Starlink
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US Earth imaging satellite fleet is creating ‘low-cost orbital landmines’, China team says
A team of Chinese researchers has criticised the world’s largest Earth-imaging s…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #ChineseAcademyofSciences #CubeSats #Doveconstellation #Dovesatellites #Earthobservation #Earth-imagingsatellites #InternationalSpaceStation #JonathanMcDowell #lowEarthorbit #PlanetLabs #SanFrancisco #Science #USSpaceForce
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US Earth imaging satellite fleet is creating ‘low-cost orbital landmines’, China team says
A team of Chinese researchers has criticised the world’s largest Earth-imaging s…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #ChineseAcademyofSciences #CubeSats #Doveconstellation #Dovesatellites #Earthobservation #Earth-imagingsatellites #InternationalSpaceStation #JonathanMcDowell #lowEarthorbit #PlanetLabs #SanFrancisco #Science #USSpaceForce
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Gizmodo: Iran Launches Third Military Satellite to Orbit, Raising Tensions on the Ground https://gizmodo.com/iran-launch-third-military-satellite-orbit-tensions-1850883964 #militarysatellites #iranianspaceagency #jonathanmcdowell #issazarepour #spaceflight #satellite #politics #twitter #salman #qased #noor2 #noor
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Gizmodo: Space Force Taps SpaceX for $70 Million Starshield Contract https://gizmodo.com/space-force-spacex-for-70-million-starshield-contract-1850882525 #starlinkintherussoukrainianwar #satelliteinternetaccess #spacexlaunchvehicles #spacexsatellites #jonathanmcdowell #gwynneshotwell #usspaceforce #falconheavy #starshield #hyperloop #starlink #elonmusk #falcon9 #spacex
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Gizmodo: Enhanced Space Access Means Remarkable New Science Is on the Horizon https://gizmodo.com/enhanced-space-access-means-remarkable-new-science-is-o-1850782571 #discoveryandexplorationofthesolarsystem #lunarcraterradiotelescope #nasalunaroutpostconcepts #saptarshibandyopadhyay #samplereturnmission #technologyinternet #spacearchitecture #spaceexploration #jonathanmcdowell #angelovermeulen #paulgoldsmith #ethanschaler #astronautics #environment #spaceflight #spacecraft #spaceage #spacex #moon