Want a last-minute concept for a Halloween costume contest? Attempt dressing up as area junk.
If anybody asks why your costume is so scary, inform them that based on NASA, “as of January 2022, the quantity of fabric orbiting the Earth exceeded 9,000 metric tons.”
That’s over 19 million kilos of orbital particles—and an enormous drawback. Nonetheless, the FCC has begun cracking down on the problem, not too long ago issuing its first tremendous on the matter.
FCC points first-ever tremendous for leaving junk in area
After failing to correctly deorbit its EchoStar-7 satellite tv for pc, Dish Community has been hit with a $150,000 penalty.
Head over to this text by The Verge to study extra about how Dish’s plan for the satellite tv for pc fell by means of, and why it’s such an enormous deal.
Nokia Bell Labs makes submarine cables go blinkin’ quick
Earlier this month, Nokia Bell Labs set two new submarine cable pace data utilizing a know-how that will increase an optical community’s Baud charge.
Telecoms.com has the total scoop on this breakthrough, and its sustainability implications.
Microsoft’s information facilities are going nuclear
This Computerworld piece provides a clue that Microsoft could also be shifting to combine small nuclear reactors into its information facilities.
Curiously, the clue stems from a public job posting.
Additionally value testing: Analysis Director Alan Mauldin’s 2023 Submarine Networks World presentation.
Utilizing the very newest TeleGeography information, Alan’s “Subsea Chilly Struggle”-centered slides reply three large questions:
- How shut are we to seeing two separate networks (one Chinese language-aligned and one U.S.-aligned)?
- Is China turning into much less of an interconnection hub?
- Are Chinese language capability costs behaving otherwise than different nations/routes?
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