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Hobbyists track secret orbits of spy satellites Ottawa (AFP) Feb 20, 2008 
When the United States shoot down one of its wayward top-secret spy satellites this week, a global group of 20 hobbyists keen to unearth heavenly mysteries were watching closely. They routinely track satellites in secret orbits and publish their findings online, rattling spy agencies that would rather not tip off their targets when an eye in the sky is watching them. "We're all childr ... read more |
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NASA And Northrup Grumman Partner To Measure The Immeasurable
Annapolis, MD (SPX) Feb 22, 2008Answering bold questions about life and climate on Earth and other planets is the goal behind a new Space Act Agreement signed between NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector in a ceremony in the Miller Senate Building, Presidential Conference Center West at the Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis. Through the agreement, researchers from the two Ma ... more Shenzhou VII Spaceship Airlock Module, Spacesuit Pass Initial Ground Tests 
Beijing (XNA) Feb 22, 2008China has passed initial ground tests for its Shenzhou VII spaceship airlock module and an extravehicular spacesuit, Thursday's China daily quoted a top scientist as saying. "Both the airlock module and the extravehicular spacesuit passed the tests, which simulated the zero-gravity environment of space," said Yang Baohua, head of the China Academy of Space Technology. "This boosts our conf ... more US DoD Succeeds In Intercepting Non-Functioning Satellite 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 22, 2008A network of land-, air-, sea- and spaced-based sensors confirms that the U.S. military intercepted a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite which was in its final orbits before entering the earth's atmosphere. At approximately 10:26 p.m. EST, a U.S. Navy AEGIS warship, the USS Lake Erie (CG-70), fired a single modified tactical Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) hitting the sate ... more Amazing Miniaturized SIDECAR Drives Webb Telescope's Signal 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 22, 2008Many technologies have become so advanced that they've been miniaturized to take up less space and weigh less. That's what happened to detector controls and data conversion electronics on the James Webb Space Telescope being built by Northrop Grumman. The electronics will convert analog signals to digital signals and provide better images to Earth. These components, called a "SIDECAR" have ... more BAE Systems reports 45-percent profit slump in 2007 
London (AFP) Feb 21, 2008BAE Systems, a leading maker of military planes, said Thursday that net profit slumped by almost half in 2007 but the result was skewed by a big exceptional gain in 2006 from the sale of its stake in Airbus. Pre-tax profits surged more than a fifth as the British group benefited from rapid expansion in the United States, where it makes Bradley armoured fighting vehicles used by American forces ... more |
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Chandler AZ (SPX) Feb 22, 2008ProLink Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising, today announced that Woodlake Golf Club (San Antonio, Tex.) now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system used at many of the world's most ... more New 3M Locator Is Optimized For Finding Pipe 
Austin TX (SPX) Feb 22, 2008Finding underground pipes just got easier. The new 3M Dynatel Advanced Pipe/Cable Locator 2220M harnesses the time-tested technology of other Dynatel locators but is specially designed to locate underground pipes simply and accurately. The easy-to-use locator is rugged enough to stand up to the worst field conditions, yet is highly sensitive to deliver accurate results. The locator's two ... more BMD Focus: Killing NROL-21 -- Part 1 
Washington (UPI) Feb 21, 2007 The successful shooting down of a dying U.S. satellite Wednesday was an important step forward in U.S. ballistic missile defense capabilities against real threats. The massive, 5,000-pound intelligence satellite -- USA-193 or NRO launch 21 -- was as large as a bus and had been operated by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. It had been losing altitude in its orbit since being launch ... more Satellite strike shows US missile defense works: Gates 
Honolulu, Hawaii (AFP) Feb 21, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that the successful shoot-down of a rogue US spy satellite demonstrated that America's missile defense system works. "I think the operation speaks for itself in that respect," Gates told reporters here after touring one of the warships that supported the operation in the Pacific ocean. "I think the question over whether this capability work ... more |
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Jakarta (AFP) Feb 21, 2008Tens of thousands of people camped outside their homes on the Indonesian island of Simeulue after a 7.5-magnitude quake that killed three, an official said Thursday. The quake hit just off the remote island located near Sumatra on Wednesday, triggering panic across the region lashed by the earthquake-triggered 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed 168,000 people in Indonesia. ... more Hydrogen-fueled cars stuck at the gate 
Washington (UPI) Feb 21, 2007 Analysts say hydrogen fuel cells have major hurdles to overcome before U.S. consumers will accept the technology in their cars. The fuel cells create electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen in a chemical reaction, with water and heat the only byproducts. While every major car company is exploring fuel-cell technology, most hydrogen-powered vehicles are still in testing or development ... more Darkest material developed in lab 
Troy, N.Y. (UPI) Feb 20, 2007 U.S. researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rice University said they've created the darkest material ever made by man. The material, a thin coating comprised of low-density arrays of loosely vertically aligned carbon nanotubes that absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light, could one day be used to boost the efficiency and effectiveness of solar energy conversion, infrared ... more NASA Partners With Orbital Sciences For Space Transport Services 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 21, 2008NASA selected Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., to develop and demonstrate commercial orbital transportation services that could open new markets and pave the way for contracts to launch and deliver crew and cargo to the International Space Station. NASA and Orbital Sciences signed a funded Space Act Agreement under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Project, known a ... more
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