Rocket launches Air Force satellite from Fla.

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Dec 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- A rocket carrying an Air Force satellite that will be used by the military has launched from Cape Canaveral.

Japan launches 5th spy satellite

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 28, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (9) | 3

(AP) -- Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said.

Russian rocket to launch from French Guiana in 2010

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Nov 07, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 4

A Russian rocket will next year for the first time blast off from a European launch pad in South America, officials said Saturday, as the first rockets headed for the site on board a ship.

Nida getting knocked by winds, and 97W piquing interest

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Nida is now a tropical storm, and is being knocked around by wind shear in the Western Pacific. Satellite imagery has confirmed Nida's center of circulation is exposed and the storm is losing its circular ...

Hylas payload shipped to India

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Nov 06, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hylas, a flexible, broadband Ka-band satellite, is steadily moving towards completion. The communications payload has been shipped from England to India for integration with the platform, ...

DirecTV to appoint PepsiCo executive as CEO

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Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc. is naming the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive.

QuikScat and Aqua providing important data on Tropical Storm Anja

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Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Anja has continued to weaken over the last 24 hours, and NASA's QuikScat satellite has confirmed that the once mighty Category 4 Cyclone is now a tropical storm in the southern Indian Ocean. Two instruments ...

TRMM Satellite sees Cyclone Cleo coming to a close

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Dec 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Rainfall in the once-known Cyclone Cleo has really diminished over the last 24 hours, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite has confirmed it. Cleo is fading and the Joint Typhoon Warning ...

Galileo satellite platform tests under way

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Dec 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The engineering model of the first Galileo satellites has completed platform integration tests at the Thales Alenia Space facility in Rome. The platform is now undergoing functional testing. ...

System 97W's 'castle wall' breached, and opened up to dissipation

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Dec 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The "walls" of System 97W have been breached, and residents in the Western Pacific Ocean no longer have a tropical cyclone to worry about today. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center cancelled their "formation ...

Microwave satellite imagery shows an eye developing in Mirinae

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Oct 27, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

Microwave satellite imagery has revealed that Tropical Storm Mirinae is strengthening enough to develop an eye, and that's what it's doing. Mirinae was formerly Tropical Depression 23W, but became a tropical ...

NASA satellites see Ida spreading out before landfall

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Nov 09, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites are keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Ida, and both have instruments aboard that show her clouds and rains are already widespread inland over the U.S. Gulf coast states. ...

Aqua satellite sees Tropical Storm Bongani approaching Mozambique Channel

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Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Cyclone Bongani today and provided some important data that have helped forecasters figure out where the storm is headed, and helped them see that it has changed course.

El Nino Picking Up Steam

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 13, 2009 | 4 / 5 (6) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest image from the U.S./French Jason-2 satellite finds a strong wave of warm water heading toward the Americas, fueling El Nino.

Terra satellite spots Tropical Cyclone Anja, the first of the southern season

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Nov 16, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

NASA's Terra satellite captured a stunning image of Anja, the first tropical cyclone of the southern Hemisphere cyclone season. When Anja formed on Saturday, November 14, in the Southern Indian Ocean, about ...