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Satellite Pics Show Extent Of Damage By Iran Drones At Saudi Aramco Refinery
High-resolution satellite photographs accessed by NDTV Tuesday morning reveal the extent of damage at four key energy and transport facilities in the Middle East, including the Natanz nuclear reactors.
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Failing Starlink Satellite Photographed in Orbit Before Fiery Reentry
A SpaceX Starlink satellite suffered a major in-orbit failure in December 2025, losing communication after venting its fuel tank and beginning an uncontrolled orbital descent. The malfunction caused the satellite’s altitude to drop and produced minor debris, prompting close tracking by SpaceX, NASA and the U.S. Space Force. High-resolution imager...
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Mysterious 1950s Sky Flashes Re-Examined in New Astronomical Study
Thousands of unexplained sky flashes captured in 1950s Palomar Observatory photos are being reanalysed. Scientists suspect they may have resulted from sunlight reflecting off early satellites or atmospheric changes after nuclear tests, which increased flash rates by up to 68%. Still, photographic artifacts remain a possible explanation.
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Antarctica's Newest Emperor Penguin Colony Discovered From Space
Satellite photographs of one of the most remote and inaccessible parts of Antarctica have revealed a recently discovered emperor penguin colony.
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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Satellite Photographs Of Events That Defined The Year
The year 2022 soon draws to a close after being marked by extraordinary upheaval caused by war in Ukraine, the impacts of climate change and pressures of rising inflation.
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Ukraine Thanks Elon Musk For Starlink Amid Russian Invasion, His Reply
Ukraine on Monday received Starlink satellite internet terminals from Elon Musk's SpaceX. Taking to Twitter, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov shared a photograph of a truck loaded with the terminals.
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Foreign Media On Chennai Engineer Who Helped Locate Moon Lander's Debris
A software engineer in Chennai who pored over satellite images in his spare time helped NASA locate the debris of India's ill-fated mission to the moon.
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Iranian Tanker Photographed Off Syrian Port Tartus: US Satellite Firm
The Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 at the centre of a dispute between Tehran and Western powers, which went dark off Syria earlier in the week, has been photographed by satellite off the Syrian port of Tartus, Maxar Technologies Inc., a U.S. space technology company said on Saturday.
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SpaceX Says Its Internet Satellites Won’t Ruin Our View of the Cosmos
SpaceX said that the first 60 satellites in its "Starlink" constellation, which is intended to provide internet from space, will be less and less visible from Earth as they reach their final orbit.
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"You're Next": As Baahubali Soared, A Picturesque Wink To The Moon
When India's heaviest rocket -- nicknamed Baahubali -- soared into the sky from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota to place a sophisticated communications satellite in the Earth's orbit on Wednesday, it made for a pretty picture that captured the imagination of space enthusiasts the world over. Particularly telling was a photograph of the rocket alongsid...
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Satellite Pics Show Extent Of Damage By Iran Drones At Saudi Aramco Refinery
High-resolution satellite photographs accessed by NDTV Tuesday morning reveal the extent of damage at four key energy and transport facilities in the Middle East, including the Natanz nuclear reactors.
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Failing Starlink Satellite Photographed in Orbit Before Fiery Reentry
A SpaceX Starlink satellite suffered a major in-orbit failure in December 2025, losing communication after venting its fuel tank and beginning an uncontrolled orbital descent. The malfunction caused the satellite’s altitude to drop and produced minor debris, prompting close tracking by SpaceX, NASA and the U.S. Space Force. High-resolution imager...
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Mysterious 1950s Sky Flashes Re-Examined in New Astronomical Study
Thousands of unexplained sky flashes captured in 1950s Palomar Observatory photos are being reanalysed. Scientists suspect they may have resulted from sunlight reflecting off early satellites or atmospheric changes after nuclear tests, which increased flash rates by up to 68%. Still, photographic artifacts remain a possible explanation.
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Antarctica's Newest Emperor Penguin Colony Discovered From Space
Satellite photographs of one of the most remote and inaccessible parts of Antarctica have revealed a recently discovered emperor penguin colony.
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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Satellite Photographs Of Events That Defined The Year
The year 2022 soon draws to a close after being marked by extraordinary upheaval caused by war in Ukraine, the impacts of climate change and pressures of rising inflation.
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Ukraine Thanks Elon Musk For Starlink Amid Russian Invasion, His Reply
Ukraine on Monday received Starlink satellite internet terminals from Elon Musk's SpaceX. Taking to Twitter, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov shared a photograph of a truck loaded with the terminals.
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Foreign Media On Chennai Engineer Who Helped Locate Moon Lander's Debris
A software engineer in Chennai who pored over satellite images in his spare time helped NASA locate the debris of India's ill-fated mission to the moon.
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Iranian Tanker Photographed Off Syrian Port Tartus: US Satellite Firm
The Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 at the centre of a dispute between Tehran and Western powers, which went dark off Syria earlier in the week, has been photographed by satellite off the Syrian port of Tartus, Maxar Technologies Inc., a U.S. space technology company said on Saturday.
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SpaceX Says Its Internet Satellites Won’t Ruin Our View of the Cosmos
SpaceX said that the first 60 satellites in its "Starlink" constellation, which is intended to provide internet from space, will be less and less visible from Earth as they reach their final orbit.
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"You're Next": As Baahubali Soared, A Picturesque Wink To The Moon
When India's heaviest rocket -- nicknamed Baahubali -- soared into the sky from Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota to place a sophisticated communications satellite in the Earth's orbit on Wednesday, it made for a pretty picture that captured the imagination of space enthusiasts the world over. Particularly telling was a photograph of the rocket alongsid...
