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Awesome facts you didn’t know about Satellites

How many satellites are orbiting Earth?

Thousands. There are about 1,265 active satellites, and a further 2,600 that are no longer active but that are still up there.

Who owns most of them?

Satellites are owned by private companies and governments alike. Of the active satellites today, the vast majority are US owned or affiliated (about 528). Russia and China have about 130 active satellites apiece. Of those 528 American satellites, 18 are for civil purposes, 229 are commercial, 160 are for the military, and 121 belong to the government.

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Family of lost bushman will force him to carry a satellite phone

October 14, 2015

A hunter survived for six days by eating ants after getting lost in the Australian outback, and his story is now making international headlines. According to FOX Denver, Reginald Foggerdy, age 62, went on a hunting trip with his brother last week. The two were hunting in the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia.

His story took a turn when he went off to hunt animals on Wednesday. At the time, he was wearing t-shirt, shorts, a cap, and flip flops. He was not dressed for a six-day journey in the desert. When he did not return to camp, a massive search by land and air began.

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Rowing For a Good Cause

Oct 21st, 2015

Pete Fletcher & Tom Hudson departed from New York in their row boat, the Macpac Challenger, on Thursday, May 21 to begin what would become an unforgettable 98-day, 14-hours and 44-minutes ‘Dare to Dream’ journey across the Atlantic Ocean to London.

The trip, a staggering 3,000-plus nautical miles of rowing, was set upon in support of the McGrath Foundation, one of Australia’s leading breast cancer support organizations.

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Mexico’s Pacific coast on high alert

Oct 23rd, 2015

Patricia — the strongest hurricane ever recorded — barreled closer and closer Friday morning to Mexico’s Pacific coast, where residents have been told to brace for its 200-mph sustained winds and torrential rains.

The Miami-based meteorological center, in its 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET) advisory, warned of a “potentially catastrophic landfall … in southwestern Mexico” late that afternoon or early evening. While its strength could fluctuate, “Patricia is expected to remain an extremely dangerous Category 5 hurricane through landfall.

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Helping People in Crisis Stay in Touch With Family

Oct 28th, 2015

Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE MKT:GSAT) and its partner, first responder communications specialist Disaster Tech Lab, are working together to assist the victims of the European and Middle East refugee crisis by dispatching satellite communications solutions to the Greek island of Lesbos, which has received over 20,000 refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq and other nations in the last month alone. Globalstar products and services are also helping to keep the humanitarian aid specialists from Disaster Tech Lab connected and safe as they travel to and between deployment locations.

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Icy race to the South Pole

Henry Worsley’s voice has the frayed quality of sound that’s traveled a long, long way.

“We are underway at last,” he huffs into a satellite phone, sounding tired after a day out on the snow. “The surface is kind, soft in places, but firm enough not to be totally demoralizing. My sledge is about 150 kilograms (about 330 pounds) in weight and I have to heave her over lumps and bumps.”

Then he brightens, saying, “Lots of familiar noises returned as I set off: the squeak of the ski poles driving into the snow, the thud of the sledge over each bump and the swish of the the skis gliding along.”

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Connecting a Window to the Arctic

by Cory Trépanier

Seven weeks into my nine week Into The Arctic: The Last Chapter expedition and I found myself sitting on a desolate beach on Devon Island, along the famed Northwest Passage. I had covered over 16,000 kms so far through some of the most remote and spectacular corners of the Canadian North.

As an artist who came here to paint and film wild landscapes, I have been humbled and blown away at the same time.

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Deep in the Amazon Jungle of Brazil

11 December 2015

Seasoned adventurer James Ketchell’s latest challenge took him deep into the Amazon jungle of Brazil in search of the latest off-the-beaten-track experience for travel company Rare Adventures.

Throughout the two-week trip James wanted to share the amazing sights of the Amazon via social media, but with no connectivity in the area, he needed a satellite communications service that could work in the tough conditions of the jungle and cope with the intense and constant humidity.

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Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth after 340 days in space

Welcome back to Earth, Astronaut Scott Kelly!

After a monumental 340 days circling 200 miles above Earth, Kelly touched down in Kazakhstan after accruing more time in space than any American before him.

Recovery crews hoisted Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov out of the cramped Soyuz capsule after it successfully landed at 11:26 p.m. ET Tuesday.

He spent nearly a year on board the International Space Station during his fourth mission, sharing his home away from home with Kornienko.

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