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  1. "Nivelir (Russian: Нивелир; 'dumpy level'; Project 14K167) is a class of Russian military low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites widely believed to be co-orbital anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) with secondary space surveillance missions. The spacecraft are often compared to Matryoshka 'nesting dolls,' as each contain a smaller inspector subsatellite, which can themselves deploy one or more kinetic kill vehicles (KKV)."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivelir #lowearthorbit

  2. "Nivelir (Russian: Нивелир; 'dumpy level'; Project 14K167) is a class of Russian military low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites widely believed to be co-orbital anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) with secondary space surveillance missions. The spacecraft are often compared to Matryoshka 'nesting dolls,' as each contain a smaller inspector subsatellite, which can themselves deploy one or more kinetic kill vehicles (KKV)."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivelir #lowearthorbit

  3. "Nivelir (Russian: Нивелир; 'dumpy level'; Project 14K167) is a class of Russian military low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites widely believed to be co-orbital anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) with secondary space surveillance missions. The spacecraft are often compared to Matryoshka 'nesting dolls,' as each contain a smaller inspector subsatellite, which can themselves deploy one or more kinetic kill vehicles (KKV)."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivelir #lowearthorbit

  4. "Nivelir (Russian: Нивелир; 'dumpy level'; Project 14K167) is a class of Russian military low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites widely believed to be co-orbital anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) with secondary space surveillance missions. The spacecraft are often compared to Matryoshka 'nesting dolls,' as each contain a smaller inspector subsatellite, which can themselves deploy one or more kinetic kill vehicles (KKV)."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nivelir #lowearthorbit

  5. Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?

    Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

    “Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.

    While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.

    SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: techaptitude.substack.com/p/sa

    #Space #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #EarthOrbit #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #SSA #SpaceSituationalAwareness #Satellites #Deorbit #FCC #Regulations

  6. Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?

    Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

    “Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.

    While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.

    SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: techaptitude.substack.com/p/sa

    #Space #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #EarthOrbit #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #SSA #SpaceSituationalAwareness #Satellites #Deorbit #FCC #Regulations

  7. Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?

    Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

    “Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.

    While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.

    SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: techaptitude.substack.com/p/sa

    #Space #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #EarthOrbit #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #SSA #SpaceSituationalAwareness #Satellites #Deorbit #FCC #Regulations

  8. Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?

    Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

    “Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.

    While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.

    SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: techaptitude.substack.com/p/sa

    #Space #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #EarthOrbit #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #SSA #SpaceSituationalAwareness #Satellites #Deorbit #FCC #Regulations

  9. Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?

    Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

    “Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.

    While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.

    SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: techaptitude.substack.com/p/sa

  10. #SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

    New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction

    Tom Perkins
    Thu 23 Jul 2026

    Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.

    "Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/A9F07

    #ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution

  11. #SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

    New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction

    Tom Perkins
    Thu 23 Jul 2026

    Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.

    "Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/A9F07

    #ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution

  12. #SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

    New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction

    Tom Perkins
    Thu 23 Jul 2026

    Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.

    "Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/A9F07

    #ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution

  13. #SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

    New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction

    Tom Perkins
    Thu 23 Jul 2026

    Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.

    "Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/A9F07

    #ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution

  14. #SpaceDatacenters proposed by #Musk and #Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn

    New US petition demands review of plans from #TechCompanies amid fears of #EnvironmentalDestruction

    Tom Perkins
    Thu 23 Jul 2026

    Excerpt: "The number of active #satellites in orbit has grown exponentially from about 1,400 in 2015 to about 15,000 currently. As many as 100,000 are expected to be in orbit within the decade, not including the #datacenter networks. As of now, the bulk of the satellites’ pollution is thought to come from #Starlink and Amazon’s '#MegaConstellations' that provide broadband internet made up of about 10,000 satellites.

    "Spacecraft can cause problems on their way up and down. Launches emit a range of emissions like #BlackCarbon, #NitrogenOxides, #CarbonMonoxide, #AluminumOxide, #ChlorineGases and, once in orbit, #mercury. When satellites are decommissioned five to 15 years later, they release metals as they vaporize. That’s injecting #pollutants into previously pristine parts of the #stratosphere, a highly sensitive system, and there’s very little understanding of the consequences."

    Read more:
    theguardian.com/science/2026/j

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/A9F07

    #ElonSucks #TechBros #BezosSucks #BigData #Datacenters #WorldPol #USPol #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #KesslerSyndrome #LightPollution

  15. @tuban_muzuru @kibcol1049 So who will be paying for that? Not Elon Jeff or their ilk to be sure. #Space #LowEarthOrbit

  16. @tuban_muzuru @kibcol1049 So who will be paying for that? Not Elon Jeff or their ilk to be sure. #Space #LowEarthOrbit

  17. @tuban_muzuru @kibcol1049 So who will be paying for that? Not Elon Jeff or their ilk to be sure. #Space #LowEarthOrbit

  18. @tuban_muzuru @kibcol1049 So who will be paying for that? Not Elon Jeff or their ilk to be sure. #Space #LowEarthOrbit

  19. @tuban_muzuru @kibcol1049 So who will be paying for that? Not Elon Jeff or their ilk to be sure. #Space #LowEarthOrbit

  20. This Startup Wants to Use Space Mirrors to Light Up Earth at Night. Feds Just Said Go Ahead

    California startup Reflect Orbital received clearance to launch its first satellite, aiming to build a constellation to illuminate…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #FCC #lowEarthorbit #Satellites
    newsbeep.com/us/761369/

  21. This Startup Wants to Use Space Mirrors to Light Up Earth at Night. Feds Just Said Go Ahead

    California startup Reflect Orbital received clearance to launch its first satellite, aiming to build a constellation to illuminate…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #FCC #lowEarthorbit #Satellites
    newsbeep.com/us/761369/

  22. Elon Musk Says Space Is ‘the Only Way to Scale at Scale’ for AI Computing Amid Earthbound Bottlenecks

    Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Elon…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #Artificialintelligence #DataCenters #elonmusk #lowEarthorbit #Science #spaceX
    newsbeep.com/us/747665/

  23. Elon Musk Says Space Is ‘the Only Way to Scale at Scale’ for AI Computing Amid Earthbound Bottlenecks

    Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Elon…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #Artificialintelligence #DataCenters #elonmusk #lowEarthorbit #Science #spaceX
    newsbeep.com/us/747665/

  24. Amazon confirms it now has enough satellites (currently 396) in orbit to begin “initial service” of its Leo internet-from-space network later this year. Last launch = liftoff at 12:30:15 a.m. EDT on July 2, using ULA Atlas V launch vehicle.

    No formal start date for LEO other than "later this year". cnbc.com/2026/07/02/amazon-has #Amazon #Leo #Space #Satellite #Internet #ULA #AtlasV #LowEarthOrbit

  25. Amazon confirms it now has enough satellites (currently 396) in orbit to begin “initial service” of its Leo internet-from-space network later this year. Last launch = liftoff at 12:30:15 a.m. EDT on July 2, using ULA Atlas V launch vehicle.

    No formal start date for LEO other than "later this year". cnbc.com/2026/07/02/amazon-has #Amazon #Leo #Space #Satellite #Internet #ULA #AtlasV #LowEarthOrbit

  26. Amazon confirms it now has enough satellites (currently 396) in orbit to begin “initial service” of its Leo internet-from-space network later this year. Last launch = liftoff at 12:30:15 a.m. EDT on July 2, using ULA Atlas V launch vehicle.

    No formal start date for LEO other than "later this year". cnbc.com/2026/07/02/amazon-has #Amazon #Leo #Space #Satellite #Internet #ULA #AtlasV #LowEarthOrbit

  27. Amazon confirms it now has enough satellites (currently 396) in orbit to begin “initial service” of its Leo internet-from-space network later this year. Last launch = liftoff at 12:30:15 a.m. EDT on July 2, using ULA Atlas V launch vehicle.

    No formal start date for LEO other than "later this year". cnbc.com/2026/07/02/amazon-has #Amazon #Leo #Space #Satellite #Internet #ULA #AtlasV #LowEarthOrbit

  28. Amazon confirms it now has enough satellites (currently 396) in orbit to begin “initial service” of its Leo internet-from-space network later this year. Last launch = liftoff at 12:30:15 a.m. EDT on July 2, using ULA Atlas V launch vehicle.

    No formal start date for LEO other than "later this year". cnbc.com/2026/07/02/amazon-has

  29. ASTS Stock Rally Puts Japan Satellite Subsidy and Launch Cadence in Focus

    The roller coaster ride continues for AST SpaceMobile NASDAQ: ASTS shareholders. After space stocks were battered in the…
    #EuropeSays #Japan #JP #ASTSpaceMobile #ASTS #ASTSanalystratings #BlueBirdsatellites #direct-to-devicesatellite #Japansatellitesubsidy #LowEarthOrbit #Rakutenpartnership #satellitebroadband #spacestocks
    europesays.com/japan/52634/

  30. Is it just me - or is about to get a bit crowded up here!

    Orbital Compute just filed a plan to launch ~ 100,000 data-center satellites into Low Earth Orbit.

    This is just latest such filing, to date plans to launch approx. 1,235,000 satellites into Low Earth orbit have been files with the FCC and ITU. Yes, that is million! The number of satellites that actually get deployed will vary from these numbers - but still!

    In addition to Orbital Compute, filers include: SpaceX, Amazon, Oneweb, and assorted Chinese entities (14 different constellations). msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ #Space #Satellites #SpaceDataCenters #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #FCC #ITU #SpaceX #Amazon #OneWeb

  31. Is it just me - or is about to get a bit crowded up here!

    Orbital Compute just filed a plan to launch ~ 100,000 data-center satellites into Low Earth Orbit.

    This is just latest such filing, to date plans to launch approx. 1,235,000 satellites into Low Earth orbit have been files with the FCC and ITU. Yes, that is million! The number of satellites that actually get deployed will vary from these numbers - but still!

    In addition to Orbital Compute, filers include: SpaceX, Amazon, Oneweb, and assorted Chinese entities (14 different constellations). msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ #Space #Satellites #SpaceDataCenters #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #FCC #ITU #SpaceX #Amazon #OneWeb

  32. Is it just me - or is about to get a bit crowded up here!

    Orbital Compute just filed a plan to launch ~ 100,000 data-center satellites into Low Earth Orbit.

    This is just latest such filing, to date plans to launch approx. 1,235,000 satellites into Low Earth orbit have been files with the FCC and ITU. Yes, that is million! The number of satellites that actually get deployed will vary from these numbers - but still!

    In addition to Orbital Compute, filers include: SpaceX, Amazon, Oneweb, and assorted Chinese entities (14 different constellations). msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ #Space #Satellites #SpaceDataCenters #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #FCC #ITU #SpaceX #Amazon #OneWeb

  33. Is it just me - or is about to get a bit crowded up here!

    Orbital Compute just filed a plan to launch ~ 100,000 data-center satellites into Low Earth Orbit.

    This is just latest such filing, to date plans to launch approx. 1,235,000 satellites into Low Earth orbit have been files with the FCC and ITU. Yes, that is million! The number of satellites that actually get deployed will vary from these numbers - but still!

    In addition to Orbital Compute, filers include: SpaceX, Amazon, Oneweb, and assorted Chinese entities (14 different constellations). msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ #Space #Satellites #SpaceDataCenters #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #FCC #ITU #SpaceX #Amazon #OneWeb

  34. Is it just me - or is about to get a bit crowded up here!

    Orbital Compute just filed a plan to launch ~ 100,000 data-center satellites into Low Earth Orbit.

    This is just latest such filing, to date plans to launch approx. 1,235,000 satellites into Low Earth orbit have been files with the FCC and ITU. Yes, that is million! The number of satellites that actually get deployed will vary from these numbers - but still!

    In addition to Orbital Compute, filers include: SpaceX, Amazon, Oneweb, and assorted Chinese entities (14 different constellations). msn.com/en-us/news/technology/

  35. SpaceX has officially pushed its Star link mega-constellation past 10,600 active satellites in low-Earth orbit following another flawless Falcon 9 deployment.

    #spacex #starlink #falcon9 #elonmuskquotes #spaceexploration #satelliteinternet #astronomy #technews #rocketlaunch #LowEarthOrbit

  36. SpaceX has officially pushed its Star link mega-constellation past 10,600 active satellites in low-Earth orbit following another flawless Falcon 9 deployment.

    #spacex #starlink #falcon9 #elonmuskquotes #spaceexploration #satelliteinternet #astronomy #technews #rocketlaunch #LowEarthOrbit

  37. SpaceX has officially pushed its Star link mega-constellation past 10,600 active satellites in low-Earth orbit following another flawless Falcon 9 deployment.

    #spacex #starlink #falcon9 #elonmuskquotes #spaceexploration #satelliteinternet #astronomy #technews #rocketlaunch #LowEarthOrbit

  38. SpaceX has officially pushed its Star link mega-constellation past 10,600 active satellites in low-Earth orbit following another flawless Falcon 9 deployment.

    #spacex #starlink #falcon9 #elonmuskquotes #spaceexploration #satelliteinternet #astronomy #technews #rocketlaunch #LowEarthOrbit

  39. Ooopsies! #BlueOrigin rocket explosion damages #NewGlenn launchpad in Florida

    Everyone working in the area was “accounted for and safe" after the New Glenn explosion, according to Jeff Bezos.

    By Emilee Speck, AccuWeather staff writer
    Published May 29, 2026

    accuweather.com/en/space-news/

    #LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations
    #RocketPollution #Grounded #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars

  40. Ooopsies! #BlueOrigin rocket explosion damages #NewGlenn launchpad in Florida

    Everyone working in the area was “accounted for and safe" after the New Glenn explosion, according to Jeff Bezos.

    By Emilee Speck, AccuWeather staff writer
    Published May 29, 2026

    accuweather.com/en/space-news/

    #LowEarthOrbit #Megaconstellations
    #RocketPollution #Grounded #AmazonSucks #TechBrosInSpace #SendTechBrosToMars