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  • August 2008

    • Britain to Test Car Satellite Toll

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 17, 08 7:38 PM CDT

      Britain to Test Car Satellite Toll

      (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 Labour's unpopular plans for a national road pricing scheme are alive and well," one official said. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • cars  • satellites  • Driving

  • May 2008

    • Air Force Pulls Misleading Ad

      Military Times  |  May 29, 08 10:09 AM CDT

      Air Force Pulls Misleading Ad

      (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 will get a new story line and be re-released. More »

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      GPS  • advertising campaign  • missile defense system  • US Air Force  • satellites  • recruiting

  • March 2008

    • Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead at 90

      New York Times  |  Mar 18, 08 8:55 PM CDT

      Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead at 90

      (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 predict the future,” Clarke maintained, but he couldn’t resist trying—and often succeeded. More »

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

    • China's Military Boost Angers US

      BBC  |  Mar 4, 08 12:00 PM CST

      China's Military Boost Angers US

      (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 spending is at least twice that. More »

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

  • December 2007

    • Russia Completes GPS Rival

      Reuters  |  Dec 27, 07 10:31 AM CST

      Russia Completes GPS Rival

      (Newser) - Russia launched three additional satellites for its GLONASS positioning system today, Reuters reports. The Russian positioning system is similar to the American GPS network, and currently consists of 18 satellites operated by the country's military. GLONASS already provides ground coverage for most of Russia itself, and is expected to expand to 24 satellites—and global coverage—by 2009. More »

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      Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • GPS  • satellites

    • Source of Northern Lights Seen

      National Geographic  |  Dec 12, 07 6:54 AM CST

      Source of Northern Lights Seen

      (Newser) - Scientists are getting closer to understanding what causes the vivid display of the Northern Lights, National Geographic reports. New satellite research indicates that charged particles from the sun are flowing toward Earth’s upper atmosphere in magnetic streams. The waves of charged particles, called solar wind, likely provide energy for the bright geomagnetic storms and auroras. More »

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      NASA  • satellites  • satellite images  • northern lights

  • October 2007

    • After Sputnik: Satellites Today

      Wired  |  Oct 4, 07 4:47 PM CDT

      After Sputnik: Satellites Today

      (Newser) - Satellites have lost a bit of their star power since Sputnik blasted into orbit. But 50 years later, its grandkids continue to look down at the Earth and out into deep, deep space. Here are some of the coolest, according to Wired : James Webb Space Telescope: Putting the Hubble to pasture, this planned telescope will monitor the infrared spectrum to detect new planets. Envisat: Making Al Gore proud, this environmental lab monitors sea-ice coverage and changes to glaciers. More »

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      list  • science  • International Space Station  • space  • Defense Department  • satellites

    • DHS Delays Domestic Spy Sat Plans

      InformationWeek  |  Oct 2, 07 6:45 PM CDT

      DHS Delays Domestic Spy Sat Plans

      (Newser) - Amid a privacy hullaballoo in Congress, the Department of Homeland Security has postponed the opening of an office that would share domestic spy satellites images with law enforcement, InformationWeek reports. House committee members overseeing DHS had threatened to block funding until better civil liberties safeguards are in place. More »

  • July 2007

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