Australia news LIVE: Liberal leaders face fresh pressure over Nationals’ dumping of net zero; Eleven injured, one still fighting for life after UK train mass stabbing
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Australia news LIVE: Liberal leaders face fresh pressure over Nationals’ dumping of net zero; Eleven injured, one still fighting for life after UK train mass stabbing

Key posts1 of 2Latest posts7.53am‘Australians shouldn’t pay the price of Coalition chaos’, says PM By Emily KainePrime Minister Anthony Albanese has this morning said that the government will “leave the to their chaos and infighting”, as division within the opposition over net zero reaches a fever pitch. The PM’s comments follow Nationals leader David Littleproud’s announcement yesterday that his party would abandon net zero by 2050 climate targets. “My government is focused, it’s disciplined, it’s orderly, and the Coalition, I’ll leave them to their chaos and infighting,” the PM told reporters in Canberra this morning. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Credit: Getty Images“Australians shouldn’t pay the price of Coalition chaos when we are looking at the reforms, including environmental reforms, that are before the Parliament at the moment.” Pressed on whether he was concerned about the shift...
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ViaSat-3 F2 Satellite Confirmed to Launch November 5, 2025
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ViaSat-3 F2 Satellite Confirmed to Launch November 5, 2025

Expected to more than double Viasats current network capacity, ViaSat-3 F2 is designed to fuel customer growth, supporting next-generation connectivity platforms such as Viasat Amara, NexusWave, and Government Hybrid SATCOM ArchitectureCARLSBAD, Calif. – WEBWIRE – Monday, November 3, 2025 Viasat, Inc.(NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, confirmed the scheduled launch date of its ViaSat-3 F2 satellite is November 5, 2025, during a window opening at 10:24PM ET. The satellite will be launched aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V551 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Following launch, the satellite will spend several months traveling to geostationary orbit and will provide broadband services from an orbital slot located at 79 west longitude. It will go through rigorous in-orbit testing of both the bus and payload before entering...
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NASA spacecraft reveal interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS brightened rapidly as it swooped behind the sun
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NASA spacecraft reveal interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS brightened rapidly as it swooped behind the sun

Researchers and amateur astronomer Worachate Boonplod kept track of 3I/ATLAS using GOES-19 weather satellite data. (Image credit: Image: CCOR-1/GOES-19/NOAA. Processed and annotated by Worachate Boonplod.)Comet 3I/ATLAS is rapidly brightening as it swings behind the sun, spacecraft observations have revealed. The comet has been flying around the sun, obscuring it from Earth’s view, to reach perihelion (its closest point to our star) on Thursday (Oct. 29).Yet, while most of the world has been waiting for it to re-emerge, some researchers and amateur astronomers have been using spacecraft to follow its path.On Oct. 18, amateur astronomer and seasoned comet hunter Worachate Boonplod spotted the comet in images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES-19 weather satellitewhich uses an instrument called CCOR-1 to observe the sun as part of its regular space weather monitoring. Boonplod noted...
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