Satellite News

• Galaxies
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  How the Milky Way Killed Off Nearby Galaxies

  October 18, 2011 — Researchers have revealed for the first time the existence of a new signature of the birth of the first stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. More than 12 billion years ago, the intense ultraviolet ... > full story
• Severe Weather
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Weather
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  NASA Gets an Icy Cold Wink from Hurricane Jova's Eye

  October 11, 2011 — Several NASA satellites have been following Hurricane Jova since birth and over the last day, Jova's eye has "winked" at ... > full story
• Aviation
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  U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Launches TacSat-4 to Augment Communications Needs

  September 27, 2011 — A less expensive, small-sat class system satellite with newer and more flexible technologies, TacSat-4's highly elliptical orbit augments existing geosynchronous satellites by providing near ... > full story
• Geography
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  Atmosphere
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  Pollution
   

  NASA's UARS Satellite Re-Enters Earth's Atmosphere

  September 24, 2011 — NASA's decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. Sept. 24, 20 years and nine days after its launch on a ... > full story
• Geomagnetic Storms
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  Solar Activity Can Affect Re-Entry of UARS Satellite

  September 23, 2011 — The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is headed toward Earth, but it hasn't been easy to precisely determine the path and pace of UARS because space itself changes over time -- in response ... > full story
• Satellites
  Space Probes
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  NASA
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  NRL TacSat-4 Spacecraft Encapsulated

  September 20, 2011 — Encapsulated into the nose cone of an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur-IV+ launch vehicle, TacSat-4 is scheduled to launch from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation's Kodiak Launch Complex into a ... > full story
• Weather
  Earth Science
  Geography
  Geology
  Environmental Issues
  Earthquakes
   
  

  NASA Earth-Observing Satellite Arrives in California for Launch

  September 1, 2011 — On Tuesday, Aug. 30, NASA's next Earth-observing research satellite arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to begin preparations for an October launch. The National Polar-orbiting ... > full story
• Ozone Holes
  Environmental Issues
  Satellites
  Air Quality
  Atmosphere
  Geography
   
  

  Monitoring Ground-Level Ozone from Space

  August 29, 2011 — Satellite views of the Midwestern United States show that ozone levels above 50 parts per billion along the ground could reduce soybean yields by at least 10 percent, costing more than $1 billion ... > full story
• Space Policy
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  Civil Engineering
  Energy Technology
   
  

  U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Set to Launch Experimental TacSat-4 Spacecraft

  August 22, 2011 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory TacSat-4 spacecraft is scheduled to launch, Tuesday, September 27 from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation's Kodiak Launch Complex. TacSat-4 is a Navy-led joint ... > full story
• Space Station
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Satellites
  Space Telescopes
  Space Missions
   
  

  Robotic Refueling Module, Soon to Be Relocated to Permanent Space Station Position

  August 17, 2011 — NASA's groundbreaking Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) will reach a key milestone in September when the International Space Station (ISS) robots transfer the module to its permanent home on space ... > full story

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