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 Britain to Test Car Satellite Toll 

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

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

More about:  Great Britain • United Kingdom • cars • satellites • Driving

 Air Force Pulls Misleading Ad 

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

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

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

 Arthur C. Clarke Is Dead at 90 

'2001' author shaped space-age thought

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

More about:  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

Beijing eyes space, cyberspace and Taiwan

BBC BBC 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 spending is at least twice that. More »

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

Russia Completes
GPS Rival

Final satellite for orbital positioning network launched

Reuters Reuters Dec 27, 07 10:31 AM CST
(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 »

More about:  Russia • Vladimir Putin • GPS • satellites

Source of Northern Lights Seen

National Geographic National Geographic Dec 12, 07 6:54 AM CST
(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 »

More about:  NASA • satellites • satellite images • northern lights

After Sputnik: Satellites Today

Fifty years later, thousands of descendants have made a home in space

Wired Wired Oct 4, 07 4:47 PM CDT
(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 »

More about:  list • science • International Space Station • space • Defense Department • satellites

DHS Delays Domestic
Spy Sat Plans

House forces privacy review before local cops can get photos

InformationWeek InformationWeek Oct 2, 07 6:45 PM CDT
(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 »

Meet Frank, Saturn's 60th Moon

Planet's latest addition sparks search for more

BBC BBC Jul 20, 07 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have discovered Saturn’s 60th moon, and are hinting that more could exist. In May, cameras aboard the Cassini spacecraft captured the “extremely faint object,” which scientists have officially designated a moon and tentatively named Frank. Composed mostly of ice and rock, Frank is about a mile wide and orbits between two other Saturnian moons, Methone and Pallene. More »

More about:  NASA • space • European Space Agency • Saturn • satellites • Jupiter • Cassini • moons • International Astronomical Union

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