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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory arrives at Kennedy Space Center

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory arrives at Kennedy Space Center

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created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA's upcoming mission to study the sun in unprecedented detail and its effects on Earth, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on July 9.





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India abandons satellite after losing contact

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created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- India's space agency has abandoned the country's only satellite orbiting the moon after efforts to revive communication with it failed, an official said Monday.


Secure Communication via Space

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created Apr 22, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 0

The exchange of information between distant sources is the basis of all communications, but quantum mechanics may open up this distant exchange as never before.


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NASA, NOAA set to launch NOAA-N Prime satellite

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created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA is preparing to launch NOAA'S latest polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite, called NOAA-N Prime, providing an essential resource for NOAA's weather forecasts and improving the U.S. search ...


Weather satellite blasts off from SoCal coast (AP)

New Environmental Satellite Successfully Launched

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created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new environmental satellite that will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events around the world soared into space this morning after a picture-perfect launch from Vandenberg ...


Lincoln Lab successfully tests new satellite communications system

Lincoln Lab successfully tests new satellite communications system

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created Jul 29, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The enhanced capabilities of a new global satellite communications (SATCOM) system were successfully tested recently by MIT Lincoln Laboratory, representing a major step forward in improving communications ...


Satellite's return breaks ground for India

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created Jan 22, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

India joined the world's advanced international space community Monday by successfully bringing an orbiting satellite back to Earth.


NASA mission sends germs into space

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created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Millions of microbe astronauts will travel into space Tuesday aboard a NASA satellite. These germs are part of a mission led by the NASA Ames Research Center at California's Moffett Field to study how floating in space alters ...


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NOAA-N prime satellite arrives at Vandenberg for launch

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created Nov 04, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The latest polar-orbiting operational environmental weather satellite developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, called NOAA-N Prime, arrived Tuesday by C-5A military ...


ESA's MetOp launch again aborted

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created Oct 18, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The launch of the European Space Agency's MetOp satellite was postponed Wednesday for the fifth time with 2 minutes, 35 seconds left in the countdown.


Naval Research Laboratory's ANDE-2 deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour

ANDE-2 satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour

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created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009.



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