Satellites

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• Japan Thinks Solar Satellites

  
  Thinking Outside — Authority: 131
  I guess when you’re a small country it pays to think big . Japan is aiming to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth using laser beams or microwaves. It involves an array of photovoltaic dishes, reaching across several square miles, that hover in geostationary orbit outside the Earth’s ...
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• Artificial satellites are helping farmers boost crop yields

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 437
  Image via Wikipedia FOR farmers, working out the optimal amount of seed, fertiliser, pesticide and water to scatter on a field can make, or break, the subsequent harvest. Regular laboratory analyses of soil and plant samples from various parts of the field can help—but such expertise is costly, and often ...
  22 hours ago

• U.S. military expands efforts to track satellites

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 963
  The U.S. military said last week that it is tracking 800 maneuverable satellites on a daily basis for possible collisions and expects to add 500 more non-maneuvering satellites by years end.
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• Satellite Cos. Pitch Their Spectrum to the FCC and Eventually Carriers

  
  IT Professionals Database (ITPD) - The European IT Professionals Database Networking Platform — Authority: 139
  The FCC has had conversations with Qualcomm and Skyterra in the last few weeks about an effort to use a combination of satellites and a terrestrial network known as ATC (Ancillary Terrestrial Component), which could make 100 MHz of spectrum available for mobile broadband. Given that both the wireless industry and the ...
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• Close Encounters of the Trash Kind

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 736
  A piece of space junk originally thought to pose a threat to the International Space Station passed harmlessly by last Friday night, NASA spokesperson Robert Navius told Discovery News. But not before Mission Control had alerted the six-member crew of ...
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• Seattle Space Elevator Teams Wins NASA Prize

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 736
  A Seattle team collects a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space.
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• Boom Boom Satellites feat. Tahj Mowry & Flo-Rida – “Kick It Out”

  
  Grown Folks Musik — Authority: 152
  more about “ Boom “, posted with vodpod   Tagged: Boom Boom Satellites, Flo Rida, Tahj Mowry
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• Space Sector Unaffected by Global Meltdown

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 489
  Ariane 5 Space markets post strong growth, defy economic crisis Spaceflightnow.com Markets for commercial communications satellites, Earth observation spacecraft and their launchers, all remarkably unaffected by the global economic crisis, continue to soar toward yearly double digit growth, generating billions ...
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• The Big Pictures of Saturn, Mars and Ares I-X

  
  My Dark Sky — Authority: 486
  Recently, the Big Picture at boston.com does quite a number of astronomy theme collections. Check them out below. I especially love those from Mars by HiRISE showing familiar landscapes (sand dunes, craters, ice caps) on an alien world.Saturn at EquinoxMartian LandscapesLaunch of the Ares I-XIf you never visit the ...
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• Satellite Imaging to Predict Disease

  
  Sound Medicine — Authority: 126
  Now, how satellites are being used to detect climate change, and by extension how public health experts are using them to predict future disease outbreaks.Sound Medicines Dr. Kathy Miller speaks with Dr. Tim Ford of the University of New England. He explains how warmer temperatures could lead to increased rates of ...
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• Were Not So Different, Earth and Mars [Landscapes]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 897
  Here are two galleries for you, both of photos taken from space. One is of islands here on Earth, the other of landscapes on Mars. Its amazing, the similarities between the two places when you look from a certain distance. [ Wired Science and Big Picture ]
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• Red Sea Poker Cup 09 with Full Tilt Poker

  
  The Poker Blog — Authority: 108
  Win a trip of a lifetime to Egypt and the Red Sea Poker Cup 09 courtesy of Full Tilt Poker . If you fancy a visit to the famously glorious Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, with some 1st class poker action thrown in, then this is the competition for you! With winter upon us lift your spirits with a seat for the ...
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• Virgin and Chinese Space Concepts

  
  Dad2059's Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica — Authority: 124
  From the recent Space Exposition in South Korea, some photo concepts from Virgin Galactic’s potential micro-satellite launcher and the future Chinese Spacelab and cargo module: …       … Branson got a huge influx of cash from the Saudis to alter the WK2 to carry the launcher: ...
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• Boom Boom Satellites featuring Tahj Mowry and Flo-Rida – Kick It Out video

  
  MVRemix Urban — Authority: 153
  Boom Boom Satellites featuring Tahj Mowry and Flo-Rida – Kick It Out video With the COMBINATION of three musical forces coming together to forge one new sound, Kick It Out, the latest release from platinum selling recording artists Boom Boom Satellites featuring Tahj Mowry and Flo-Rida has already began to ...
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• GPS Basics

  
  GPSReviewsBlog.com — Authority: 141
  GPS consists of a minimum of 24 satellites operating within six medium earth orbits. They circle the earth every 12 hours and transmit continuous navigation signals on two different L-band frequencies. The satellites are not geosynchronous (stationary over a fixed point on the earth) as some believe.
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• EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Virgin Galactic LauncherOne designs revealed

  
  Hyperbola — Authority: 538
  credit: Virgin Galactic / caption: why the straigth wing and v-tail? This design for Virgin Galactics mini satellite launching rocket LauncherOne was shown by the companys small satellite launch general manager Adam Baker at the 60th International Astronautical Congress in Daejeon, Korea in October. For a more ...
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• Why would you vote for a man that wants to eliminate our missile defense shield?

  
  http://diddy.name — Authority: 165
  It just doesn’t seem to make any sense. Why would you want to weaken our countries defense? There is one negative effect to having a nuclear defense shield.(money) GOOD THINGS: -Protection from missiles saving millions of lives -Other countries would not wont to waste nukes on us -If we develop our shield well ...
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• U.S. Military Tracking 1,300 Satellites For Collisions

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 573
  Reuters is reporting that: The U.S. military said on Tuesday it is now tracking 800 maneuverable satellites on a daily basis for possible collisions and expects to add 500 more non-maneuvering satellites by year’s end. The U.S. Air Force began upgrading its ability to predict possible collisions in space after ...
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• Space is Crowded: Pentagon Eyes 1,300 Potential Satellite Collisions

  
  got geoint? — Authority: 473
  Our readers may recall back in February we did a post about how space is becoming an ever crowded place — based on the news that the Air Force tracks more than 18,000 objects in our orbit. In addition, around that time, an Iridium communications satellite collided with a Russian military satellite, underscoring ...
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• Learn More About the Many Applications for Covert GPS Tracking Devices

  
  GPSReviewsBlog.com — Authority: 141
  Covert GPS Tracking Devices has developed at lightning speed, since the first experimental GPS satellite was launched in 1978. Starting out with just a few satellites, there is now at least 24 GPS sat...
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