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Express.co.uk
February 17, 2018
One such fascinating sighting is in footage taken from Arizona, which seems to showcase a UFO crash landing. Situated in the deserted Arizona mountains, the footage shows a mysterious round black shape. Pointed blobs are seen on the top of the suspected spacecraft, in a formation that resembles theÃÂ ...
Florida Today
February 17, 2018
Update, 11 a.m.: All lanes on Hopkins Avenue in Titusville have been reopened following a crash near St. Johns Street Thursday morning. Titusville police ... Traffic is being rerouted down St. Johns Street as police work to clear the crash. Motorists ... More: Drunk driver crashes into wall in Satellite Beach.
Bend Bulletin
February 17, 2018
SpaceX is preparing to hit another orbital milestone with the launch of a pair of experimental satellites on Sunday that's designed to beam an ultra-fast, lag-free internet connection to Earth. The test satellites, dubbed Microsat-2a and Microsat-2b, are a part of a years-long plan by Chief Executive Elon MuskÃÂ ...
Alphr
February 16, 2018
Given the potential for such phenomena to disrupt GPS and communications networks, cause radio blackouts and destroy satellites – it's thought the solar panels of the $450 million ADEOS II research satellite may have been knocked out by a solar flare in 2003 – an effective early-warning system isn't justÃÂ ...
Popular Mechanics
February 16, 2018
All these anti-satellite weapons and meant to offset America's advantage in orbit. U.S. military forces, often operating thousands of miles from home, use satellites for navigation (GPS), communications, and collecting information on potential adversaries. U.S. forces are reliant on satellites for day-to-dayÃÂ ...
WBAY
February 15, 2018
No, a satellite didn't just crash land in Weyauwega ... A device described as a GPS tracker crash landed on the Wolf River on Feb. ... afternoon, two Waupaca County sheriff's deputies on a snowmobile patrol found what they initially described as a weather station had crash landed on the frozen Wolf River.
Space.com
February 14, 2018
It will use a Falcon 9 rocket to launch the Paz Earth monitoring satellite into orbit for Spain. At least two more Falcon Heavy missions are on the docket for this year, along with the many Falcon 9 missions for satellite customers and NASA, which uses SpaceX's Dragon cargo ships to deliver supplies to theÃÂ ...
Yahoo News UK
February 1, 2018
The remaining parts of the satellite were discovered by peasants in southeastern Peru, who immediately contacted the Peruvian Air Force. ... descent to earth comes after 60 years of space exploration – which has led to the atmosphere being clogged with pieces of debris from various crafts and satellites.
Express.co.uk
January 31, 2018
A HUGE fireball seen blazing across the skies of South America before crash landing in southeastern Peru has been identified as the remains of a ... It is believed the satellite burnt up upon entering the Earth's atmosphere with some of the remaining parts left to smash into ground in southeastern Peru.
CNET
January 18, 2018
A collision with a satellite could create a whole mess of orbital space junk that then collides with other satellites. In the worst case scenario, cascading collisions could trigger something called Kessler Syndrome, which essentially cuts off our access to space and presumably has major impacts on ourÃÂ ...
Economic Times
January 11, 2018
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 11 (IANS) India began countdown early Thursday for launching 31 satellites in a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from its spaceport here, said the space ... ISRO would be adopting an optimum separation sequence of all its satellites so as to avoid any collisions.
BizNews
January 11, 2018
In the brave new world of algorithm-based trading and fake news, it seems that emerging market currencies like the rand are vulnerable to sudden spikes. Yesterday, for example, the rand spiked when a fake news report emerged claiming that president Jacob Zuma had unexpectedly resigned. AccordingÃÂ ...
Outer Places
January 10, 2018
Scientists generally agree that, for typical satellites, a collision with an energy-to-mass ratio exceeding 40 J/g would be catastrophic." Catastrophic satellite fragmentation is just what's about to happen to China's Tiangong-1 Space Station, the 8.5 metric ton non-operational space station that first beganÃÂ ...
Express.co.uk
January 10, 2018
... Chinese space station crash into Earth? THE burning wreckage of Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is on a dramatic collision course with Earth, authorities have revealed. But when will the giant space lab slam into Earth? By Sebastian Kettley. PUBLISHED: 22:28, Tue, Jan 9, 2018 | UPDATED: 22:55, Tue, Jan 9, 2018ÃÂ ...
Express.co.uk
January 10, 2018
"Information published that is contrary to this statement is categorically false. "Due to the classified nature of the payload, no further comment is possible." A US official confirmed that the satellite fell back down to Earth crashing somewhere in the Indian Ocean. It was reported that the “secret spy satellite”à...
Popular Mechanics
January 9, 2018
For almost two decades, the International Space Station (ISS) has been a shining example of international cooperation in the name of scientific research. But a former astronaut warns that the space station, which has been continually inhabited since November 2, 2000, could be abandoned and deorbited ifÃÂ ...
Vanity Fair
January 9, 2018
Though a new entry for a U.S. satellite was made on Space-Track.org following the launch, U.S. Strategic Command, which tracks satellites and other space ... Bloomberg's congressional sources also say that Zuma was lost, adding that the second-stage booster section of the Falcon rocket crash-landedÃÂ ...
Outer Places
January 4, 2018
After freaking out over that hazardous asteroid that slipped by NASA (and nearly impacted the Earth) yesterday, we were reassured by the assumption that it would be the last major thing to potentially come crashing through our atmosphere for a while. Boy, were we wrong. A 9.5-ton Chinese space stationÃÂ ...
Express.co.uk
January 2, 2018
The satellite was launched in 2011 and had been designed to crash safely into the ocean. However, the “space lab” went offline in 2016, and now the huge chunk of metal could land anywhere on its return. Experts have managed to retrace the giant object, and say it will come crashing to Earth in March thisÃÂ ...
Independent Tribune
December 31, 1999
Q. Hey, Scott, I'm worried about being crushed by a Chinese satellite. What are the odds I walk out to the mailbox to find a postcard from my neighbor Brenda who is driving out to the Grand Canyon in March with her boyfriend Jeff – you know, that fellow who works down at the asbestos plant and has kind ofÃÂ ...
wreg.com
November 9, 2017
“The crew was on its way to the dispatch center to go over the new satellite tracking capabilities Air Evac provided to them,” Woody said.
The Keene Sentinel
November 2, 2017
Claiming the lives of 17 sailors, the crashes in the busy waters of the western Pacific Ocean ... Vowing to ensure that such collisions never occur again, Richardson ... updates in real time of commercial vessels that are tracked by satellites. ... 21 collision of the destroyer McCain east of Singapore, the bridge ...
Gears Of Biz
October 29, 2017
Nasa has a 'spacecraft cemetery' where it buries used satellites by crashing them into ... wrote that the spot's remoteness helps agencies avoid dangerous crashes. ... space debris could lead to catastrophic collisions with satellites. ... 'We're losing three or four satellites a year now to space debris collision.
Space.com
October 26, 2017
China's Fall Guy: Tiangong-1 Space Lab to Crash in Early 2018 ... some of that is based on characteristics of the satellite, including its attitude, ...
Railway Gazette International
October 24, 2017
NORWAY: Satellite technology has been developed to try to reduce ... In the event of a collision, the precise GPS location is available to the ...
Fortune
October 23, 2017
Launched in 2011, it was originally planned for a controlled crash on Earth in ... one in 135, and about 40,000 Americans die from car crashes every year. ... We need to find an answer to this question before large satellites ...
ScienceAlert
October 21, 2017
... 10 times faster than a speeding bullet and takes a long time to crash back to earth. ... Just one collision in space can create thousands of new high-speed, ... 2007 destroyed one of its own satellites in an anti-satellite weapons test. ... is in space, one collision leads to several others, and those crashes lead ...
National Geographic
October 21, 2017
A Chinese space station could crash to Earth anytime between now and ... out of control on a collision course with Earth—and it could come crashing ... for space agencies and satellite companies are in-orbit collisions, ... for the risk of satellites hitting each other than for things falling out of the sky,” he says.
New Scientist
October 20, 2017
About 1.7 seconds later, NASA's Fermi satellite detected a gamma-ray burst (GRB). The instruments had seen the collision of two neutron stars, ...
Markets Insider
October 20, 2017
More than 4,600 satellites orbit Earth, along with more than 14,000 old rocket ... space debris could lead to increasing numbers of collisions and a runaway ... faster than a speeding bullet and takes a long time to crash back to earth. ... is in space, one collision leads to several others, and those crashes lead ...
CBC.ca
October 19, 2017
China launched the eight-tonne Tiangong-1 satellite in 2011. Tiangong means "Heavenly Palace" in Chinese. The satellite, which is 12 metres ...
Engadget
October 18, 2017
In 2007, China destroyed its Fengyun-1C weather satellite with a ballistic ... This cascade of collisions is known as the Kessler Syndrome, named for ... That 2009 collision between the Russian and American satellites forced ...
Aerospace Technology
October 18, 2017
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Integral satellite and Nasa's Fermi probe have detected the emission of gravitational waves by the ...
The Independent
October 17, 2017
Scientists have observed two stars slamming into each other deep in space, sending out huge amounts of gold in an alchemical explosion.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
October 17, 2017
China's Tiangong-1 space station will crash into Earth within months ... for Tiangong-1 in your night sky at Space.com's Satellite Tracker Map.
Sputnik International
October 13, 2017
Two hundred-pound pieces of a rogue Chinese satellite are on track to make a hard landing when they strike earth in the coming months.
Orlando Sentinel
October 12, 2017
UCF students building satellite destined for space ... Among the experiments will be low-velocity particle collision in space, which will help ...
Ars Technica
October 4, 2017
SpaceX alone plans a launch of 4,425 operational satellites between 2019 ... Each collision exponentially increases the likelihood of another collision, ... In the last decade, two major satellite collisions dramatically increased ...
The Atlantic
October 4, 2017
On October 4, 1957, a beach ball-shaped satellite launched into space .... set off a series of collisions that damage any satellites in their path.
Ars Technica
October 4, 2017
SpaceX alone plans a launch of 4,425 operational satellites between 2019 ... Each collision exponentially increases the likelihood of another collision, ... In the last decade, two major satellite collisions dramatically increasedÃÂ ...
Space Intel Report
October 3, 2017
Space remains the ultimate Big Sky, and the likelihood of a collision in orbit is ... as the FCC considers licensing mega-constellations of thousands of satellites. ... In the last decade, two major satellite collisions dramaticallyÃÂ ...
gulfnews.com
September 28, 2017
India launches its first fully operational satellite aboard a locally ... 2006 A Brazilian jetliner clips a smaller jet in midair and crashes into theÃÂ ...
ISRAEL21c
September 28, 2017
Valuable lessons to learn from the crash of Better Place ... working on the Lavi helped kick-start Israel's satellite program (the first Ofek satelliteÃÂ ...
Queens Chronicle
September 28, 2017
In wake of bus crash, pol proposes reform ... The late Raymond Wong, who died after the collision, had ... And aside from having some other bad collisions on its record, the bus company, ... “As we did with the Main Street fire last year, SBS set up a satellite office in our office to help the businesses,” he said.
Smithsonian
September 27, 2017
... Gravitational Wave, Homing in on an Ancient Black Hole Collision ... in the same way GPS satellites pinpoint a device's location on Earth,ÃÂ ...
Space.com
September 15, 2017
... big hydrocarbon lakes on the hazy Saturn moon Titan and geysers of water vapor blasting from the south pole of the icy satellite Enceladus.
The News Minute
September 15, 2017
Cassini crashes: It's time for a mission to explore the possibility of life on ... and even managed to land a probe on the satellite Titan (the Huygens probe). .... telescopes to help us explore Saturn and its fascinating satellites.
Deseret News
September 14, 2017
According to a statement by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Cassini team chose to crash the satellite in order to avoid a collision withÃÂ ...
SpaceNews
September 12, 2017
... show how commercial data helps satellite operators avoid collisions ... Planet with additional information on debris threatening its satellites.
Space.com
September 8, 2017
Mission scientists have determined that this stuff is coming from a huge ocean of liquid water beneath the satellite's shell — and that this oceanÃÂ ...