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  Polar Explorers Use Satellite Broadband To Stay In Touch

  May 5, 2006 — A team of young explorers from the Climate Change College are on a ten day field trip, participating in ESA's CryoSat validation experiment on the Greenland Ice Sheet. To stay in touch, the team is ... > full story
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  NASA Launches Satellites For Weather, Climate, Air Quality Studies

  April 28, 2006 — Two NASA satellites were launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on missions to reveal the inner secrets of clouds and aerosols, tiny particles suspended in the air. Each spacecraft ... > full story
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  NASA Data Combined To Improve Hurricane Landfall Forecasts

  April 24, 2006 — Data gathered from last year's NASA hurricane research mission and a NASA satellite have improved tropical storm landfall and storm strength forecasts in computer ... > full story
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  US-Taiwan Constellation Of Satellites Will Track Hurricanes, Monitor Climate Change And Accelerate Space Weather Research

  April 12, 2006 — A globe-spanning constellation of six satellites expected to improve weather forecasts, monitor climate change, and enhance space weather research will head into orbit on Fri. April 14, 2006. Barring ... > full story
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  Microscopic Radiator Flying On 'Skin' Of NASA Spacecraft To Launch

  March 13, 2006 — Researchers have developed a radiator so small its components are only visible under a microscope. The temperature control device goes into space March 14 on the "skin" of one of NASA's Space ... > full story
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  ESA Joins Forces With Japan On New Infrared Sky Surveyor

  February 23, 2006 — A high-capability new infrared satellite, ASTRO-F, was successfully launched last night by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). In a collaborative effort involving ESA and scientists across ... > full story
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  NASA Satellites Yield Best-Ever Antarctic Maps

  January 26, 2006 — Scientists using satellite data have now created the most detailed maps ever produced of the vast snow-covered Antarctic continent. The maps reveal unprecedented views of surface features that ... > full story
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  First Galileo Signals Transmitted By GIOVE-A

  January 15, 2006 — The GIOVE-A satellite is in good health and started transmitting the first Galileo signals from medium Earth orbit on 12 January. GIOVE-A is the first element of the Galileo In-Orbit Validation ... > full story
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  First Galileo Demonstrator Reaches Orbit, Paving Way For Europe's New Global Navigation Satellite System

  December 29, 2005 — The first Galileo demonstrator is in orbit, marking the very first step to full operability of Europe’s new global navigation satellite system, under a partnership between ESA and the European ... > full story
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  Micro-Satellites Shipped To Launch Site

  December 29, 2005 — NASA 's Space Technology 5 (ST5) micro-satellites have arrived at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., launch site and are in the beginning stages of final launch preparation. ST5 is scheduled to ... > full story

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