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Meadowlands, the follow-up to the CCS, can jam in S-band and X-band and be remotely operated; I wonder how it differs from the RMT system (another jammer) that Space RCO may have also fielded by now

breakingdefense.com/2025/04/spac...
Space Force takes ownership of first Meadowlands satellite jammer - Breaking Defense
The program was designed to both to increase mobility and improve the jamming capabilities of the Space Force's legacy Counter Communications System, to include providing multi-frequency jamming in S-...
breakingdefense.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Nouvelle découverte : les grenouilles peuvent aussi être des espèces pollinisatrices.

Lors des nuits chaudes du Brésil, la rainette Xenohyla truncata envahit des arbres fruitiers exotiques pour en aspirer le nectar et se couvre de leurs grains de pollen collants.

www.science.org/content/arti...
This Brazilian frog might be the first pollinating amphibian known to science
Nectar-loving tree frog likely moves pollen from flower to flower
www.science.org
March 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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The 2nd Ariane 6 launch, VA263, carrying the French CSO-3 spy satellite has been scrubbed for today. Arianespace has not yet provided an update why, however the "Ensemble De Lancement" (launchpad) turned red on the status panel shortly before the scrub was called.
March 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Why Bluesky isn’t really decentralised or federated

This is the best explainer I’ve read anderegg.ca/2024/11/15/m...

Does this matter?

If Bluesky Social PBC enshittifies there’s not much users can do currently other than quit
Maybe Bluesky has “won”
November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky. I’ve seen a bunch of takes about this recently, but I keep seeing things I...
anderegg.ca
November 16, 2024 at 6:44 AM
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January 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM
December 30, 2023 at 3:50 PM
December 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
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Voilà l'excellente nouvelle de l'après-midi : l'ESA va diffuser en direct le test de mise à feu longue d'Ariane 6 !

8 minutes d'allumage moteur.
8 minutes où tout le monde va espérer jusqu'au bout que ce soit long et chiant.
November 20, 2023 at 2:15 PM