Satellite
Earth-imaging satellite, GeoEye-1, launched with best resolution: 16 inches
By: William Atkins
On September 6, 2008, a two-ton Earth-imaging satellite called GeoEye-1 was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California (U.S.A.) for a polar orbit about 423 miles above the surface of the Earth. Google has secured exclusive online mapping rights.
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By: William Atkins
On September 6, 2008, a two-ton Earth-imaging satellite called GeoEye-1 was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California (U.S.A.) for a polar orbit about 423 miles above the surface of the Earth. Google has secured exclusive online mapping rights.
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Iran announces manned space program within ten years
By: William Atkins
The Iranian National Space Agency (ISA) intends to send Iranian astronauts into space within ten years. The announcement was made only days after Iran blasted a rocket into space as a test for its first domestically made satellite it hopes to launch sometime in the “near future.”
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By: William Atkins
The Iranian National Space Agency (ISA) intends to send Iranian astronauts into space within ten years. The announcement was made only days after Iran blasted a rocket into space as a test for its first domestically made satellite it hopes to launch sometime in the “near future.”
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Iran launches second satellite-carrier Safir rocket into space
By: William Atkins
On Sunday, August 17, 2008, the Iranian government announced that it "successfully" launched, for the second time, its Safir two-stage “satellite-carrier” rocket into space. It supposedly lifted a “dummy” satellite into orbit.
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By: William Atkins
On Sunday, August 17, 2008, the Iranian government announced that it "successfully" launched, for the second time, its Safir two-stage “satellite-carrier” rocket into space. It supposedly lifted a “dummy” satellite into orbit.
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NASA determines what puts the "dance" into Northern Lights
By: William Atkins
According to the July 24, 2008 news release, NASA confirms that the THEMIS spacecraft have found that stressed out magnetic field lines are causing the colorful lights shows of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) here on Earth.
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By: William Atkins
According to the July 24, 2008 news release, NASA confirms that the THEMIS spacecraft have found that stressed out magnetic field lines are causing the colorful lights shows of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) here on Earth.
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When satnav and stupidity mix, the results are not pretty
By: Davey Winder
Just how stupid can motorists be when it comes to satnav? The answer, according to a new survey, is very stupid indeed. How about so stupid that one motorist drove onto railway tracks and caused a train crash, or the lorry driver delivering goods from Turkey to Gibraltar who went on a 1,600 mile detour via the UK? We reveal the most stupid satnav drivers ever...
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By: Davey Winder
Just how stupid can motorists be when it comes to satnav? The answer, according to a new survey, is very stupid indeed. How about so stupid that one motorist drove onto railway tracks and caused a train crash, or the lorry driver delivering goods from Turkey to Gibraltar who went on a 1,600 mile detour via the UK? We reveal the most stupid satnav drivers ever...
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Lost GPS signals now verified as caused by Northern Lights
By: William Atkins
U.K./U.S./Finland researchers conclude—in the first-of-its-kind study—that satellite navigation systems can fail due to the magnetic activity of the Northern Lights.
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By: William Atkins
U.K./U.S./Finland researchers conclude—in the first-of-its-kind study—that satellite navigation systems can fail due to the magnetic activity of the Northern Lights.
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Google Earth helps teens party in other people's pools
By: Davey Winder
A new craze driven by Google Earth and Facebook is keeping UK police forces busy. Teenagers are locating houses with swimming pools and arranging illegal parties known as dips.
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By: Davey Winder
A new craze driven by Google Earth and Facebook is keeping UK police forces busy. Teenagers are locating houses with swimming pools and arranging illegal parties known as dips.
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Two more satellites boosted by Ariane 5
By: Stephen Withers
A successful Ariane 5 ECA launch has placed a pair of telecommunications satellites into orbit.
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By: Stephen Withers
A successful Ariane 5 ECA launch has placed a pair of telecommunications satellites into orbit.
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Track satellites anywhere in the world with NASA Flybys
By: William Atkins
NASA has announced that it now has available a Global Satellite Tracker system for anyone anywhere in the world to use. It’s as easy to use as going to SpaceWeather.com.
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By: William Atkins
NASA has announced that it now has available a Global Satellite Tracker system for anyone anywhere in the world to use. It’s as easy to use as going to SpaceWeather.com.
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Space, Australia’s final frontier – Andy’s right!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Andy Thomas, Australia’s very first man in space, has implored PM Kevin Rudd to thrust Australia into the space race. Andy says it’s vastly more affordable than before and Australia’s children should get serious about science and technology. Is he right?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Andy Thomas, Australia’s very first man in space, has implored PM Kevin Rudd to thrust Australia into the space race. Andy says it’s vastly more affordable than before and Australia’s children should get serious about science and technology. Is he right?
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India launches 10 satellites at once
By: Stephen Withers
The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully put ten satellites into orbit with a single rocket.
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By: Stephen Withers
The Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully put ten satellites into orbit with a single rocket.
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Can’t keep Galileo down: Second one successfully launched
By: William Atkins
Mission managers at the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome announced Sunday, April 27, 2008, that a second satellite, GIOVE-B, for the European Space Agency’s Galileo global navigation satellite system was launched from a Soyuz-FG/Fregat launch vehicle.
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By: William Atkins
Mission managers at the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome announced Sunday, April 27, 2008, that a second satellite, GIOVE-B, for the European Space Agency’s Galileo global navigation satellite system was launched from a Soyuz-FG/Fregat launch vehicle.
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NASA Ames and M2MI team up for nanosatellites
By: William Atkins
NASA’s Ames Research Center announces that it will be developing tiny space-based satellites with M2MI Corporation for fifth-generation telecommunications and networking systems for the Internet.
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By: William Atkins
NASA’s Ames Research Center announces that it will be developing tiny space-based satellites with M2MI Corporation for fifth-generation telecommunications and networking systems for the Internet.
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Vietnam’s first space satellite Vinasat-1 launches
By: William Atkins
After well over a decade of preparations, Vietnam’s first satellite, Vinasat-1, was launched successfully at 6:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Friday, April 18, 2008 (5:17 a.m. Vietnamese time Saturday April 19, or 2017 GMT Friday).
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By: William Atkins
After well over a decade of preparations, Vietnam’s first satellite, Vinasat-1, was launched successfully at 6:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Friday, April 18, 2008 (5:17 a.m. Vietnamese time Saturday April 19, or 2017 GMT Friday).
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New bush broadband comms network to save lives in Western Australia
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The state of Western Australia (WA) is Australia’s largest, covering an enormous area that truly brings to life the “tyranny of distance”. But now, a new broadband communications network in WA aims to bring comms in the bush firmly into the 21st century – at last!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The state of Western Australia (WA) is Australia’s largest, covering an enormous area that truly brings to life the “tyranny of distance”. But now, a new broadband communications network in WA aims to bring comms in the bush firmly into the 21st century – at last!
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Space Junk: Maybe we need Andy Griffith’s Salvage 1?
By: William Atkins
On late-1970s U.S. television, Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith) ran a space salvage operation (Salvage-1), in which he and partners used a spaceship made from junk to reclaim NASA Apollo debris left on the Moon and junk satellites in orbit about the Earth. Maybe we need an Andy Griffith-type Salvage-1 operation to clean up space around the Earth?
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By: William Atkins
On late-1970s U.S. television, Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith) ran a space salvage operation (Salvage-1), in which he and partners used a spaceship made from junk to reclaim NASA Apollo debris left on the Moon and junk satellites in orbit about the Earth. Maybe we need an Andy Griffith-type Salvage-1 operation to clean up space around the Earth?
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First weather satellite, TIROS I, launched 48 years ago
By: William Atkins
The Television Infrared Observation Satellite I (TIROS-I) was launched on April 1, 1960, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was the world’s first weather observation satellite, providing proof that weather forecasting could be accurately performed in space.
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By: William Atkins
The Television Infrared Observation Satellite I (TIROS-I) was launched on April 1, 1960, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was the world’s first weather observation satellite, providing proof that weather forecasting could be accurately performed in space.
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