{"id":242861,"date":"2026-08-18T18:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/researchers-found-a-new-use-for-starlink-turning-1200-satellites-into-atmospheric-sensors"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:05:11","slug":"researchers-found-a-new-use-for-starlink-turning-1200-satellites-into-atmospheric-sensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/researchers-found-a-new-use-for-starlink-turning-1200-satellites-into-atmospheric-sensors","title":{"rendered":"Researchers Found a New Use for Starlink, Turning 1,200 Satellites Into Atmospheric Sensors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/researchers-found-a-new-use-for-starlink-turning-1200-satellites-into-atmospheric-sensors.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A part of Earth\u2019s atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe may have an unexpected new set of eyes. Researchers are tapping into an enormous source of orbital data, with potential benefits for satellite tracking and space safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A part of Earth\u2019s atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe may have an unexpected new set of eyes. Researchers are tapping into an enormous source of orbital data, with potential benefits for satellite tracking and space safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}