Speedcast supported local crisis teams in Maui, Hawaii, in August 2023 by providing essential hardware and connectivity during wildfires.
ViaSat-3 F1 is available for aviation customers operating over North America, including routes servicing Hawaii.
The Starfish Prime explosion damaged electricity supplies, knocked out streetlights, disrupted telephone networks, and triggered burglar alarms in Hawaii.
The pulse from the Starfish Prime explosion caused electrical damage in Hawaii, nearly 1,000 kilometers away.
On 2023-09-14, the U.S. Coast Guard detected a distress signal from a Personal Locator Beacon used by two hikers in Kukuihaele, Hawaii and alerted the Hawaii County Fire Department, which dispatched a helicopter that airlifted the hikers to a hospital.
Spaceflux currently operates 10 satellite-tracking ground stations including sites in Australia, Hawaii, and Chile.
The planned flight duration for the second test was 90 minutes, ending with a splashdown near Hawaii.
As of 2023-10-23, known signatories to the China-led ILRS program include China, Belarus, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Venezuela, South Africa, APSCO, nanoSPACE AG (Switzerland), ILOA (Hawaii), and the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand (NARIT).
Under the GBOSS contract, L3Harris will design and develop technology to upgrade the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance telescopes at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico and Maui, Hawaii.
Under the GBOSS contract, L3Harris will design and develop technology to upgrade the existing Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance telescopes at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico and Maui, Hawaii.
AST SpaceMobile engineers placed a space-based 0.005 kg call from Maui, Hawaii to a Vodafone engineer in Madrid using AT&T spectrum and the BlueWalker 3 test satellite.
An engineer using a Samsung Galaxy S22 near Hana, Hawaii connected with AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 on 2023-09-08 to converse with another engineer in Spain for almost two minutes.
LCRD will send data received from ILLUMA-T to ground stations in Hawaii and California.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is providing geospatial intelligence support to combined search and rescue efforts in the aftermath of the Hawaii wildfires as part of a Federal Emergency Management Agency Incident Support Team in Maui.
First responders are using NGA-provided commercial synthetic aperture radar, panchromatic, and multispectral imagery to better understand the impact on the ground from the Hawaii wildfires.
Commercial remote sensing data provided by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for the Hawaii wildfires response includes synthetic aperture radar, panchromatic imagery, and multispectral imagery.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is providing FEMA and local responders with commercial remote sensing data to assist recovery efforts following the Hawaii wildfires.
Boeing is committing $500,000 to assist with disaster recovery and relief efforts in Hawaii following the Maui wildfires.
AST SpaceMobile achieved repeated download speeds above 10 megabits per second in Hawaii with multiple mass-market smartphones.
In 2022, L3Harris and industry partners completed upgrades on powerful telescopes in Maui, Hawaii.