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  Satellite Communications By Laser Looks Promising

  May 13, 2008 — Satellites currently use radio waves to exchange data. Now the data rate has been increased a hundredfold by using lasers instead of radio signals. Two test satellites each carried a diode laser pump ... > full story
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  GIOVE-B Transmitting Its First Signals

  May 7, 2008 — Following a successful launch on April 27, GIOVE-B began transmitting navigation signals May 7. This is a truly historic step for satellite navigation since GIOVE-B is now, for the first time, ... > full story
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  How Dry We Are: European Space Agency To Test Earth's Soil Moisture Via Satellite

  April 24, 2008 — Europeans want to peek into the world's soil and see how dry various regions are. The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to launch the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite this fall as ... > full story
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  Secure Communications Via Space

  April 22, 2008 — The exchange of information between distant sources is the basis of all communications, but quantum mechanics may open up this distant exchange as never before. Quantum key distribution, for ... > full story
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  Tourist Information Wherever You Are, On Your Phone

  April 11, 2008 — Would you like instant access to information on the buildings and scenery you see on your travels? A novel mobile phone program is able to provide information on what you see when you see ... > full story
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  Airborne Study Of Arctic Atmosphere, Air Pollution Launched

  April 1, 2008 — This month, NASA begins the most extensive field campaign ever to investigate the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere. The mission is poised to help scientists identify how air pollution ... > full story
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  Quantum Channel Between Earth And Space? Firing Photons Makes Advance In Space Communication

  March 28, 2008 — For the first time, physicists have been able to identify individual returning photons after firing and reflecting them off of a space satellite in orbit almost 1,500 kilometers above the earth. The ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  Arctic Sea Ice Still At Risk Despite Cold Winter, NASA Says

  March 18, 2008 — Using the latest satellite observations, NASA researchers and others report that the Arctic is still on "thin ice" when it comes to the condition of sea ice cover in the region. A colder-than-average ... > full story
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  Artemis Provides Communications For Jules Verne ATV

  March 14, 2008 — ESA's Artemis data relay satellite, controlled from Fucino (Italy) and with its mission control center and Earth terminal located at Redu (Belgium), is providing communications between the Jules ... > full story
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  Vanguard I Celebrates 50 Years In Space

  March 13, 2008 — The Vanguard I satellite celebrates its 50th birthday this year. Its launch on March 17, 1958 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., culminated the efforts of America's first official space satellite program ... > full story

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