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NASA Successfully Launches Three Smartphone Satellites
Three smartphones destined
to become low-cost
satellites rode to space
April 21, 2013 aboard the
maiden flight of Orbital
Science Corp.'s Antares
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For the Very First Time, Two Spacecraft Will Fly in Formation With Millimeter Precision
A new project aims to
demonstrate that two
satellites can move as one
single object with
sub-millimeter precision.
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New Live Bi-Ocular Animations of Two Oceans Now Available
NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15
weather satellites sit 60
degrees apart in a fixed
orbit over the eastern and
western U.S., respectively,
providing forecasters with a
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First Images Released from Newest Earth Observation Satellite
NASA and the Department of
the Interior's U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS)
have released the first
images from the Landsat Data
Continuity Mission (LDCM)
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Space Race Underway to Create Quantum Satellite
February 28, 2013 — A new article describes how a quantum space race is under way to create the world's first global quantum-communication ... > full story -
NOAA and NASA's Next Generation Weather Satellite May Provide Earlier Warnings
February 28, 2013 — A new satellite that will detect the lightning inside storm clouds may lead to valuable improvements in tornado detection. The GOES-R satellite is currently being built with new technology that may ... > full story -
Landsat 5 Sets Guinness World Record for 'Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite'
February 12, 2013 — Landsat 5 successfully set the new Guinness World Records title for 'Longest-operating Earth observation satellite' as stated in an e-mail from Guinness World Records sent to NASA Goddard Space ... > full story -
NASA Launches Next-Generation Communications Satellite
January 30, 2013 — The first of NASA's three next-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), known as TDRS-K, launched at 8:48 p.m. EST Wednesday (Jan. 30) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. ... > full story -
Satellite Image Shows Eastern U.S. Severe Weather System
January 30, 2013 — A powerful cold front moving from the central United States to the East Coast is wiping out spring-like temperatures and replacing them with winter-time temperatures with powerful storms in between. ... > full story -
Satellite Visualization Tool for High-Resolution Observation Review (Thor) Accessible from Any Location With Internet Access
January 29, 2013 — With minimal coding effort an Earth-observing satellite tool can be converted into a practical web-based application. In addition, a 3-D visualization technique has been ... > full story -
NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System Offers Upgrade to Vital Communications Net
January 27, 2013 — NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, also known as the Space Network, will get an upgrade this month when the agency launches the first of a new generation of communications satellites to ... > full story -
NASA Beams Mona Lisa to Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at the Moon
January 17, 2013 — As part of the first demonstration of laser communication with a satellite at the moon, scientists with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter beamed an image of the Mona Lisa to the spacecraft from ... > full story -
NASA's Robotic Refueling Demo Set to Jumpstart Expanded Capabilities in Space
January 10, 2013 — In mid-January, NASA will take the next step in advancing robotic satellite-servicing technologies as it tests the Robotic Refueling Mission, or RRM aboard the International Space Station. The ... > full story -
CubeSats in Orbit After Historic Space Station Deployment
December 11, 2012 — Typically satellites launch from Earth, requiring dedicated launch vehicles to propel them into the proper orbit. The cost for this launch scenario could be reduced considerably if there was another ... > full story
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