October 2023
The impact of weather on Ka-band frequencies
... higher data transmission rates and increased bandwidth. To put it simply, signals travelling at higher frequencies make more wave oscillations per second of time, so they can carry more data. This enables satellite operators to provide faster...
May 2026
Mars exploration – the nuclear option
... avoids dependence on experimental technologies such as the wave rotor topping cycle, currently being studied by NASA and the ...University of Florida. While promising, wave rotors remain complex and new for integration into space-...
06 January 2017
NASA selects three new missions to study the early solar system and energetic X-rays from black holes
... magnetic fields generated by these phenomena can be gleaned from the polarisation of the X-rays they emit. Polarised waves are waves in which the vibrations occur in a single plane as opposed to unpolarised light which vibrates in more than one...
26 January 2018
NASA launches GOLD to study Earth-space boundary
... events themselves, but incidents such as hurricanes or tsunamis can create waves that travel all the way up to this interface to space, ...little as an hour. As communication signals, like radio waves and signals that make our GPS systems work, also ...
