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(Newser) - Fireballs streaking across Kentucky, Texas, and New Mexico are likely debris from two satellites that collided last week, Space.com reports. Since Friday, residents have been calling police and weather offices reporting loud blasts that FAA officials are attributing to debris entering the atmosphere. The FAA also warned airplane pilots... More »

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GLOSSIES

 Satellites Eye Climate Change  

Japan, US to monitor carbon emissions from orbit

Feb 14, 09 3:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Japan and the US are using satellites to study global warming, the Economist reports. Last month Japan launched Ibuki—meaning breath—a satellite that will gather data from 56,000 points around the globe. America’s equivalent, the Orbital Carbon Observatory, will launch at the end of the month. Researchers... More »

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climate change • global warming • carbon • satellite • power plant • carbon emissions

(Newser) - In a space first, two fully intact satellites have collided about 500 miles above Siberia, the Washington Post reports. Yesterday's collision—between a commercial satellite owned by the US company Iridium and a Russian one thought to be defunct—puts the International Space Station at a "very small" but... More »

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satellite • International Space Station

 Iran Launches 
 First Satellite 

Says it will be used for research, telecom

Feb 3, 09 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Iran last night sent its first domestically built satellite into orbit, the BBC reports, timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of its revolution. The program's aims are peaceful, said state TV, with the satellite intended for research and telecommunications. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said it was meant to promote... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • nuclear program • research • satellite • telecommunications

OPINION

 Leave Space to Robots

President Obama would be well-served by removing costly manned exploration goals

Jan 24, 09 2:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is poised to chart a new direction for America’s exploration of the final frontier, writes the Economist. While George W. Bush supported continuing manned space exploration in the tradition of the previous century, Obama is considering scrapping some of NASA’s planned upgrades to the space shuttle... More »

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Barack Obama • NASA • space exploration • Mars • methane • satellite • robots • Obama administration • President Obama

All of Antarctic
Is Heating Up, Study Says

Finding debunks perceived cooling in most of continent

Jan 21, 09 6:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Antarctica is warming up after all, scientists say. New research contradicts previous findings that parts of the continent were actually cooling and thus giving ammunition to skeptics of global warming, reports National Geographic. The new study in Nature uses satellite information to fill in spotty weather station data over the... More »

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climate change • global warming • Antarctica • satellite • western Antarctic ice sheet • weather data

(Newser) - NASA will soon launch a satellite that can measure carbon dioxide concentrations near the surface of the Earth, giving scientists an accurate picture of where the gas is produced and absorbed, the BBC reports. "This is NASA's first spacecraft specifically dedicated to mapping carbon dioxide," said a project... More »

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NASA • carbon dioxide • space • fossil fuel • satellite • carbon emissions • spectrometer

Experiment Raises Hope
of Solar Power From Space

Successful test opens the possibility of humanity getting its energy from space

Sep 13, 08 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - An experiment in beaming solar power has raised hopes that humanity can harness huge amounts of solar energy from satellites, Space.com reports. Researchers sent the energy about 90 miles between two Hawaiian islands via radio waves. The transmission of energy a hundred times further than earlier experiments proves the... More »

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NASA • alternative energy • sun • satellite • solar power

 Iran Aims to Put a Man in Space 

State also hopes to aid other Muslim countries via satellite program

Aug 21, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran plans to send a manned mission into orbit within the next 10 years, the CBC reports. The news comes on the heels of a recent, and disputed, rocket launch the Iranians claim put a satellite, its first, into space. The country says its space presence would monitor weather and... More »

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Iran • astronauts • satellite • rocket • spaceflight • space program

 Britain to Test Car Satellite Toll 

Controversial plan will charge up to $2.40 per mile for British autos

Aug 17, 08 7:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain plans to test a toll system that tracks drivers by satellite and charges them by the mile, the Daily Telegraph reports. Dubbed "spy in the sky," the controversial plan was floated by the Labour government and was considered dead under PM Gordon Brown. "It seems that... More »

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United Kingdom • Driving • satellite • Britain • cars • tolls • spy in the sky

 There's a New
 Space Race,
 and US Is Losing 

Rest of the world collaborates while fearful US falls behind

Jul 9, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - While the rest of the world cooperates incessantly on all matters extraterrestrial, the US, hampered by self-imposed regulations meant to keep weapons out of enemies' hands, is swiftly losing dominance of the final frontier, the Washington Post reports. The US’ military space program is still gargantuan, but the civil... More »

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China • NASA • space exploration • European Space Agency • space • space shuttle • satellite • rocket • space program

 Air Force Pulls Misleading Ad 

Service will rework spot for 'Above All' campaign, release with new story line

May 29, 08 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Air Force commercial that shows a US communications satellite exploding and implies a single missile could knock out cell phones, GPS navigation, banking transactions, and TV broadcasts has been pulled for being misleading, the Military Times reports. The ad, part of the Air Force’s “Above All” campaign... More »

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missile defense system • satellite • GPS • recruiting • US Air Force • advertising campaign • ASAT

 South Korea's 
 First Astronaut 
 Docks at ISS  

Nation paid $25M to shoot her to the space station

Apr 10, 08 6:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - South Korea’s first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station today, and her country must be relieved—having paid $25 million to get her there, Space.com reports. The South Korean president called So-yeon Yi’s mission a “stepping stone” in that country’s fledgling space program; lacking... More »

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NASA • South Korea • astronauts • satellite • International Space Station • Russian Space Agency

 Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead at 90 

'2001' author shaped space-age thought

Mar 18, 08 8:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arthur C. Clarke, the sci-fi author who helped shape 20th-century scientific imagination, is dead at 90, the New York Times reports. The co-creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey faced post-polio syndrome in recent decades and died at his home in Sri Lanka due to breathing trouble. “No one can... More »

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Sri Lanka • obituary • literature • satellite • space travel • author • book • science fiction • Arthur C. Clarke • polio • Stanley Kubrick • 2001: A Space Odyssey

Russian Rocket Fails to Put US Satellite in Orbit

Booster failure leaves it short of the altitude telecom device needed

Mar 16, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Russian rocket was unable to launch a US telecommunications satellite into its designated orbit yesterday, the AP reports. The rocket fell 5,000 miles short of its goal of 22,400 miles when the rocket's second booster turned off too early. The satellite could have reached its destination on... More »

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space • satellite • Kazakhstan • Russian Space Agency • telecommunications • orbit • Proton • International Launch Project

China's Military Boost Angers US

Beijing eyes space, cyberspace and Taiwan

Mar 4, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The US and China are clashing over Beijing's increasing defense expenditures, its posture toward Taiwan and its threat to US space hardware, reports the BBC. Beijing officials say they plan to up defense spending by 18% to $59 billion—but a Pentagon report claims the true amount of Chinese military... More »

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China • Pentagon • Taiwan • Beijing • National People's Congress • satellite • computer network • military spending • cyberspace

Satellite Shot Destroyed
Toxic Fuel

General: 'By all accounts this was a successful mission'

Feb 25, 08 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The missile fired at the errant spy satellite on Wednesday succeeded in destroying a tank full of toxic fuel, the Defense Department has concluded after analyzing the debris from the shootdown. The tank was said to have held 1,000 pounds of toxic hydrazine, which could have been released into... More »

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Department of Defense • satellite • James Cartwright • hydrazine

Questions Trail After Satellite

American politicians, Asian powers fret over missile capability

Feb 22, 08 11:59 AM CST
(Newser) - The US Navy's destruction of a spy satellite on Wednesday continues to stir doubts both domestically and internationally, reports the New York Times. China issued an explicit warning yesterday, and Russia has raised questions. “The geopolitical fallout of this intercept could be far greater than any chemical fallout that... More »

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China • military • Robert Gates • Navy • satellite • spy satellite • Edward Markey

Navy Hits Errant Satellite

US says it needed to act before it crashed to Earth with toxic fuel

Feb 20, 08 9:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The Navy tonight struck an errant spy satellite with its first missile shot, the AP reports. A ship in the Pacific hit the satellite as it passed about 130 miles above the ocean. The military says it needed to destroy the satellite before it crashed to Earth because the toxic... More »

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military • Navy • deep space • satellite • spy satellite

Atlantis Lands Safely in Fla.

Landing clears way for military to shoot down satellite

Feb 20, 08 8:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Space shuttle Atlantis landed safely at Kennedy Space Center this morning, capping a successful 13-day mission in which it delivered Europe's first permanent lab to the International Space Station after months of delay, reports Space.com. The shuttle's return clears the way for the US Navy to shoot down a... More »

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NASA • Navy • space shuttle • Kennedy Space Center • satellite • International Space Station • Cape Canaveral • Daniel Tani • Atlantis Space Shuttle • Columbus laboratory • spy satellite

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