Science news articles about 'spy satellite'

  • Pentagon OKs Spy Satellite Program

    The U.S. Defense Department has approved plans to buy and launch two commercial-class imagery satellites to complement its classified constellation of spy satellites.
  • Pentagon OKs Spy Satellite Program

    The U.S. Defense Department has approved plans to buy and launch two commercial-class imagery satellites to complement its classified constellation of spy satellites.
  • U.S. examining satellite images of China quake area

    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 ...
  • Satellite shooting unneeded says scientist

    BOSTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's February missile shoot down of a spy satellite was unnecessary, a Harvard scientist and former NASA employee said.
  • Russians Track Troubled U.S. Spy Satellite

    The U.S. Air Force apparently has a malfunctioning Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite on its hands.
  • Ten ancient observatories spied from space

    Flying 423 miles above Earth, the Ikonos satellite offers a space-age peek at ten ancient observatories built by cultures from long ago.
  • Spacewatch

    ISS forced into lower orbit to dodge piece of debris from defunct Russian spy satellite
  • Congress Nixes Novel Satellite Program

    ... looming, Congress this month canceled Pentagon plans to buy and launch two commercial imagery satellites to complement its network of classified spy craft, military and space industry officials said.
  • Britain threatens to cut Kopernikus programme funding for climate spy in space

    ... the European Space Agency and funded by European member states to the tune of more than €1bn, it features satellites and a network of ground stations to monitor the effects of climate change, such as ...
  • How like Earth are alien planets?

    ... the ground, where fluctuations in the Earth’s atmosphere can interfere with the observations. A few satellites are capable of watching for a transit, among them the Canadian MOST satellite. This is ...
  • Pentagon Buying More Eyes In The Sky

    ... will buy and operate one or two commercial imagery satellites and plans to design and build another with more sophisticated spying capabilities, according to government and private industry officials.
  • Wildfires result in loss of forests reserved by Northwest Forest Plan

    ... Washington and parts of the range of the northern spotted owl. The team used a 30-year satellite record to identify trends in the loss of large-diameter trees—on private and public land—to harvest ...

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