Space Station 22 🛰️

Update: the Satellite Tracking app can now show the Umbra and Penumbra as well as give a notification (shown lower right) when the sun is below the horizon and the satellite is still illuminated for night-time viewing. Go to Settings -> Night-time viewing to select these options.

@tomitakamaa Is it possible to get some amateur radio transponder on that package pleeeeeese ?

Finns are usually very modest, but sometimes we brag about stuff. 😎 Finland is behind a planned cellular network on the Moon. 📡 The key player •Nokia is building a 4G/LTE network for the lunar surface 🚀 The mission •The system is planned to be deployed via NASA’s Artemis program, tied to missions like Artemis program •It’s part of NASA’s push to build a long-term presence on the Moon 🌕 What it will do •Provide wireless communication between landers, rovers, and possibly astronauts •Replace short-range radios with something more like Earth-style networking •Enable HD video, telemetry, and command/data transfer ⚙️ Why LTE (not something exotic)? •4G is: ◦proven and reliable ◦energy-efficient ◦already well understood and compact enough to adapt for space 🧠 Challenges •Extreme temperatures (−170°C to +120°C) •Radiation •No atmosphere → different signal behavior •Must be fully autonomous (no technicians on-site) ✅ Bottom line:
Finland (via Nokia) isn’t just contributing components — it’s helping build what could become the first mobile network on another world.

@blind_via Is this really suppose to happen ? Seems a bit dangerous for the lines there.

This thermal view of the Orion capsule coming down to splash down while on parachutes. Shows that thrusters are still firing even while gliding in on chutes.

@ecom_joseph Did something change in the last couple of weeks ? It doesn't seem to be as good finding things as it did few weeks ago...

Yeah Claude Opus 4.6 is nuked RIP

@BG5JVM ok, no problem, good luck, let me know if you have any questions.

@SpaceStation22 OK THANK YOU I'm a middle school student,so I may can't tell you my question on time

Who can teach me how to use linear transmitter I try it again again and again but I can't use it true😭😭😭

@Mayhem4Markets The delta for like apps and those apps not being memory leaks is enormous.

Windows continues to get worse. Linux keeps getting better. The choice is clear. 🐧

@RomppainenJari Tosi kivaa !

At 3 am on Saturday morning I was driving to home and suddenly the sky exploded🔥I stopped my car to film it ofc.

@BG5JVM Let me know if you have any configuration or set-up questions with the app.

@BG5JVM Yes, use our app karhukoti.com/satellitetrack…

@BG5JVM What radio are you using ? Well with RS-44 mid-frequency is the following, so I would first tune at these to start with and see if you can hear yourself +/- a little doppler:

@SpaceStation22 I don't know how to control my frequency so I can't use this satellite true. I tried to work on RS44 and JO97 and FO29

@ElectronicsbyJH yes ! getting a new built-in map for the Satellite Tracking program that works when there is no internet service available.

Anyone working on cool Ham Radio Projects this weekend?

@shotgunner101 @tomshardware How do you do that ?

@tomshardware This is why you block updates from Microsoft so they cant force this shit on you

Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older OS versions — 'intelligent' update system uses machine learning to determine when a device is ready tomshardware.com/software/windo…

@AndySaunders_1 The land masses are different in the pics.

Left - Apollo 17, 1972 Right - Artemis II, 2026 Two photographs taken by one of us, of all of us, over half a century apart. What's changed?

@atrupar wow, that is really sad - with the average waiter making only about $37,000 per year getting an additional $3000 to $10,000 still has them below the poverty level. It helps, but a far cry for making a real difference.

Hassett: "Last night, I was in a restaurant and I asked every waiter, 'How much money did you make?' now that they're doing their taxes because of the no tax on tips. The lowest answer was $3,000 and the highest was $10,000. This is really an economy that can't be slowed down."

@DanEastman2023 @haugejostein You have been drinking some kool-aid.

If you’ve ever been to Norway you’d realize it’s a very lovely place but the people live very utilitarian lives and there is nowhere near the quality of life you find in the US. It’s a nice, basic place to live with no urban turmoil, an homogeneous culture and not a lot of sunlight…

It’s a myth that the state doesn’t create wealth. While a thriving private sector was important, Norway became rich through state ownership in strategic sectors, strong public education, coordinated wage bargaining, universal healthcare, and productive tax rates.

@dom_lucre I do not recognize this actress - what show(s) has she been in that I have likely seen ?

🔥🚨JUST IN: Hollywood actress Laura Benanti was in complete disbelief as not nobody recognized her on a plane. Benanti: “Not a single one of them recognized me and I could not tolerate that obviously.”

@lambdaprog Wow, and it actually admitted it was lying to you.

These coding "AI"s are only good to produce webslop, not intelligent DSP code, however straightforward it is. I asked ChatGPT and Claude Code to produce a LUT from a function I supplied. They never ran any code, and pretended their results were rock solid.

@shazcodes What is "48 LPA" ?

Just got off a call with a friend who got laid off from Oracle yesterday. His package was 48 LPA. Principal Software Engineer. 14 years at Oracle. He shifted his aging parents to live with him in Bangalore last year. Took a bigger house on rent. 85k per month. Two weeks ago, his VP gave him a spot bonus for exceptional leadership. Yesterday morning. No call. No warning. Just an automated HR email. He has two kids. One in college. One preparing for JEE next year. He didn't cry. He just sat silent for 5 minutes. Then said What do I tell my father? 14 years of loyalty. 48 LPA to zero in one email. And they still put People First in their job postings. Hypocrites.

@expat_kingy @Jonatha59337719 @CountryFirstRep Why is he so on Putin's side though ?

@Jonatha59337719 @CountryFirstRep You're right. Without America NATO is nothing more than a glorified "kids club". With it's a force that holds Russia & China in check, at least for the most part. Russia and China would LOVE to see NATO gone. Europe isn't a threat to them, so they would both look towards America.

Dear NATO, Most Americans and many CONSERVATIVES support you over the Putin-puppet in the White House. Sincerely, A sane American

Yes*, but not everyone get's it off, so it is not a country-wide holiday, just federal workers. *Christmas has been a federal holiday since 1870, when President Ulysses S. Grant signed it into law (along with New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Washington's Birthday). All federal government offices, banks, the U.S. Postal Service, and many businesses are closed on Christmas Day. Federal employees get a paid day off. It is one of the 11 official federal holidays observed nationwide. Even though the U.S. has a separation of church and state, Christmas is recognized as a federal holiday primarily for its cultural and historical significance, not as an endorsement of religion.

@SpaceStation22 @mikjcal Is Christmas a federal holiday?

I’m actually really surprised to learn that for the United States that bangs on so much about Christianity that Good Friday and Easter Monday are not federally mandated public holidays for the whole country 🤔 Here in Australia the whole country gets a 4 day long weekend, and those who have to work get paid penalty rates for it.