An experimental satellite for a much-delayed European Union rival to the United States' GPS navigation system blasted into orbit Sunday after a successful launch atop a Russian rocket, the Russian and ...
Two different teams of ocean adventurers set records this winter crossing the Tasman Sea. Both used maps of ocean currents made possible by ocean-observing satellites.
JPL's Explorer 1 site features archival video footage, an interactive peek inside the satellite and a downloadable, in-depth book about the era and the mission.
New findings from NASA's CloudSat and other Earth observing satellites offer
important insights into this year's record reduction of Arctic sea ice,
global rainfall patterns and the effects of ...
... European GMES programme. As prime contractor, Astrium is responsible for the design, development and integration of the satellite, which will perform a high-end multi-spectral optical imaging mission.
... In the context of this project, field trials were held in Chartres, France, focusing on satellite solutions to improve cooperation between civil protection agencies in crisis theatres - whether they ...
... . The rescue operations have only one means at their disposal that has not been affected by the quake - a satellite which, from its altitude of 36 000 kilometres, can immediately link the locations ...
... PR 34-2007. ESA and Inmarsat Global Ltd announce on Friday 23 November in Paris the formal signature of the contract for Alphasat satellite, one of the world's largest telecommunications satellites.
China launched a new relay satellite to aid its first planned spacewalk this year.
(AP) -- A startup is betting that people are tired enough of their cable and satellite bills to take a look at an alternative pay TV system that combines a number of different technologies to deliver ...
OTTAWA, May 2 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers are working on a tiny satellite that will alert the world to the potential of asteroid strikes.
Chinese satellites will cover Asia by 2010, but frequencies aren't set.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence analysts are examining spy satellite images of China's Sichuan province, where a powerful earthquake is believed to have killed 3,000 to 5,000 people, a ...
... that data transmissions can be directed more accurately.
The communication lasers on board the satellite are actuated by pump modules, which were developed to a large extent by researchers at the ...
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Imagery from Earth Observing 1 and Landsat satellites obtained over three years will help Middleton ... your eyes look the same,” Middleton says.
Satellite imagery covering more than 30,000 square ...
