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  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
• Earth Science
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  NASA-NOAA Satellite Reveals New Views of Earth at Night

  December 5, 2012 — Scientists have unveiled an unprecedented new look at our planet at night. A global composite image, constructed using cloud-free night images from a new NASA and NOAA satellite, shows the glow of ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  Weather and Ice Data Help Secure Winter Shipping in the Arctic

  December 5, 2012 — Climate change brings changes to the Arctic region. The opening of new shipping routes creates needs for weather and marine safety services. Jouni Vainio, Senior Ice Expert at the Finnish ... > full story
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  Planet Rings Could Be Behind the Formation of Solar System Satellites

  December 4, 2012 — Two researchers have recently proposed the first ever model explaining how the great majority of regular satellites in our solar system were formed out of planet rings. The model, the only one of its ... > full story
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  GOCE’s Second Mission Improving Gravity Map

  November 16, 2012 — ESA’s GOCE gravity satellite has already delivered the most accurate gravity map of Earth, but its orbit is now being lowered in order to obtain even better results. The Gravity field and ... > full story
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  Tracking Post-Sandy Sewage

  November 9, 2012 — With millions of gallons of raw sewage dumping into New Jersey waterways following Hurricane Sandy, scientists are using satellites to help predict the sludge’s track into the ... > full story
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  2012 Antarctic Ozone Hole Second Smallest in 20 Years

  October 24, 2012 — The average area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole this year was the second smallest in the last 20 years. Scientists attribute the change to warmer temperatures in the Antarctic lower ... > full story
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  NASA's Kennedy Space Center Supporting Effort to Develop Satellite Servicing Capabilities

  October 19, 2012 — With satellites playing increasingly important roles in everyday life, NASA is developing the technology to build Earth-orbiting, roving "service stations" capable of extending the life of these ... > full story
• Solar System
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  Giant Impact Scenario May Explain the Unusual Moons of Saturn

  October 17, 2012 — Among the oddities of the outer solar system are the middle-sized moons of Saturn, a half-dozen icy bodies dwarfed by Saturn's massive moon Titan. According to a new model for the origin of the ... > full story
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  Focus on Space Debris: Envisat

  October 11, 2012 — Space debris came into focus last week at the International Astronautical Congress in Naples, Italy. Envisat, the European Space Agency's largest Earth observation satellite, ended its mission last ... > full story

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