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SpaceX preparing salvo of polar Starlink launches from West and East coasts

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Known as Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4), SpaceX last used its Vandenberg Air/Space Force Base (VAFB) pad to launch a joint primarily European Earth observation satellite in November 2020 – itself the site’s first launch since June 2019. Here's the drone ship recovery location.

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Climate Talks End In Copenhagen Accord; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ºC Warming Limit

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In the end, 188 countries voted in favor of the motion, with Cuba, Bolivia, Sudan, and Venezuela voting against it. Support for such measures is defined in the accord as “approaching USD 30 billion” during the 2010-2012 period, and scaling up to USD 100 billion per year by 2020. degrees Celsius.

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Ham Radio Jamming, Wireless Industry Battlegrounds, and IoT in Space

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Despite—or perhaps because of—the global pandemic, 2021 saw plenty of new innovations for communications technologies. Here are the highlights of what went down in telecom this year: Cuba Jamming Ham Radio? billion in 2020). Why Did It Take a Global Pandemic to Trigger the WFH Revolution?

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The European Union (EU) is committed to a 20% cut in emissions by 2020.