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11/23/2008
Despite billions spent, weather satellites may not fly (Houston Chronicle)
The problem provides a vivid if complex example of how bureaucracy, budget cuts and broken promises have driven many of the government's weather and climate satellites into costly and unprecedented decline.
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11/20/2008
Russia to put 3 Glonass satellites into orbit December 25 (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will put into orbit three Glonass navigation satellites on December 25 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency said on Thursday.
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11/21/2008
Network Security Breaches Plague NASA (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
America's military and scientific institutions -- along with the defense industry that serves them -- are being robbed of secret information on satellites, rocket engines, launch systems, and even the Space Shuttle. The thieves operate via the Internet from Asia and Europe, penetrating U.S. computer networks. Some of the intruders are suspected of having ties to the governments of China and ...
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11/21/2008
Africa: Low-Orbiting Satellites to Slash Internet Costs (AllAfrica.com)
As East Africa awaits the expanded high-speed Internet connectivity that new submarine cables will bring the region, another endeavor is aiming higher – targeting all of the continent’s population from the skies.
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11/19/2008
Ariane-5 with 2 satellites to lift off from Kourou center Dec. 11 (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - An Ariane-5 rocket with two communications satellites will be launched from the Kourou space center in French Guiana on December 11, the Russian space agency said Wednesday.
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11/21/2008
Titan's Rival: Enceladus (Scientific American)
Saturn's small, snow and ice–covered moon, Enceladus, only 310 miles (500 kilometers) across, has made a big impact on astronomers. On a series of close flybys in 2004, the Cassini spacecraft revealed a great deal of unexpected activity bursting forth from this frozen world, which travels with 33 other satellites in Saturn's domain over 740 million miles from Earth. [More]
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11/22/2008
Bush Appointees Land Career Science Jobs With Seemingly Unrelated Backgrounds (Washington Post)
The president of the nation's largest general science organization yesterday sharply criticized recent cases of Bush administration political appointees gaining permanent federal jobs with responsibility for making or administering scientific policies, saying the result would be "to leave wreckage...
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11/21/2008
First Looks: SoundOn Media-i210 2.1 Digital Wireless iPod Speakers (iLounge)
Employing similar 2.4GHz wireless technology to the company's headphones, SoundOn's Media-i210 ($249) is a 2.1-channel speaker system with wireless iPod connectivity. You get a subwoofer and two satellites, all glossy black with fabric grilles, and the wires to connect the speakers to each other, power, and an auxiliary audio device if desired. The wireless part is the link between the speakers ...
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11/22/2008
Russian leader makes defiant Latin America tour (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is embarking on a four-nation Latin American tour seen as sending a defiant message to the United States at the close of the George W. Bush presidency.
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11/23/2008
Family rebuilds home destroyed by Suffolk tornado (The Virginian-Pilot)
SUFFOLK Ken Alvarado sizes up two rooms of boxes stacked precariously high in places. He is eager to get going. In the corner, his wife, Lesvia, takes her time, carefully wrapping a hand-painted Nativity from the old life. The tornado that tore their neighborhood to bits in late April left these delicate figures intact, mostly.
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| AstroSpider - Solar system and deep sky galleries, remote images, images of satellites, and equipment information.The Falcon's Nest - Personal notes from an enthusiast, images, and radio frequencies and voice.Iridium Flares - Article containing information, predictions, and further links.Jonathan's Space Report - Issued twice a month, and describes all space launches, including piloted missions and automated satellites.Mike McCants Satellite Tracking Web Pages - Visual satellite tracking TLEs and software with predictions for the Austin, TX area.NASA SkyWatch - A tool that helps a person know when or where to look to see the station or other spacecraft in the night sky.ON6MU Space and Satellite - Satellite information, ISS information, ISS software, NASA Live TV, images, Kepler data, and links.Orbitessera - Spacecraft information, orbital data and Keplerian elements, radio frequencies, software information, orbital mechanics background information, radio and antenna tracking interfaces, and links.SoCal Sky Lights - Schedule for rocket launches with information for iridium flares, meteor showers, ISS and space shuttle, and delta launches.Tiger Map Server - Map service to find their exact latitude and longitude of observing area location.
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