Satellites

ROSAT Satellite has Re-Entered; No Reports of Debris

[/caption] It's official: the ROSAT satellite has come down. The Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), the German Space…

13 years ago

This latest video rendering from from Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) shows ROSAT's current orbit, the satellite's ground track, and the…

13 years ago

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I was waiting for this, and I know our readers have been looking forward to seeing astrophotographer Thierry Legault's images…

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[/caption] The United States Air Force has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding or MOU with the National Reconnaissance Office…

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[/caption] The recent re-entry of the UARS satellite was not the end of falling satellite debris, as the German ROSAT…

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Every couple of weeks or so a strange flash appears on an all-sky camera that searches for meteors. What could…

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[/caption] As reported online at Space.com, the Boeing Company is already working on the CST-100 space taxi as a means…

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The European Union and European Space Agency (ESA) will launch the first components next week of the €20 billion Galileo…

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[/caption] Here we go again: A satellite without a propulsion system is set to crash to Earth later this month,…

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[/caption] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – While the Horizontal Integration Facility or HIF might sound similar to the Vertical Integration Facility…

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