Have you ever felt a pause in a satellite phone call, or noticed lag when you try to play online over a satellite link? That delay is signal delay in satellite communication, meaning the time it takes for data to go from sender to receiver and back. It affects more than calls, you’ll also see … Read more
The next time your car navigation updates smoothly, or your phone loads a map in seconds, remember this. Satellites make that happen. But the same space around Earth now has a hidden problem: space debris and signal interference. As of March 2026, there are tens of thousands of tracked objects larger than 10 cm (over … Read more
You can lose service or trust the wrong location in minutes, even when nothing seems “broken” on the ground. In 2025, Starlink saw two major outages (one from a software error on July 24, and one from a space weather storm on September 14 to 15), and people on multiple continents reported sudden drops in … Read more
A satellite can look peaceful from the ground. But in March 2026, about 14,000 active satellites are orbiting Earth, alongside a growing cloud of debris. Even small bits can be dangerous, because fast objects can hit like bullets at orbital speeds. That’s why maintain satellites in space is more than a repair job. It’s also … Read more
Your GPS can go blank mid-trip, your TV can cut out during the big game, or your weather app can miss the next storm. That feels like a software issue, but often it starts with a satellite failure far above you. Satellites act like space-based “infrastructure,” beaming signals for navigation, communications, Earth observation, timing, and … Read more