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11 Nov 2007, 5:42 am
" In January China carried a successful missile test, shooting down a satellite in orbit for the first time. - Garry J. [read post]
8 Nov 2007, 9:35 am
.* * *IMAGE: TopSat, launched on a Kosmos 3M rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia into a polar low orbit on Oct. 27, 2005 and declared operational in Dec. 2005. [read post]
6 Nov 2007, 5:45 am
(Hat tip: NASA Watch, which has the space curry video.)Out of his lane: Dennis Kuchinich gets 24.3 light years per gallon.A few accolades:Congratulations to China on Chang'e-1 entering lunar orbit: the nation's first circumlunar satellite.Congratulations to SpaceX on ground breaking at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, "opening a new era in commercial space operations. [read post]
5 Nov 2007, 2:35 am
Meanwhile, over the UK space policy side, we see a lot of action underway and documents orbiting. [read post]
2 Nov 2007, 10:15 am
One issue was how much focus Commerce would place on established sectors such as communications, GPS and remote sensing, versus our emerging space and sub-orbital industries.From some of the proposed language including the mandate to "promote the advancement of United States' geospatial technologies related to space commerce" we see why geospatial industry folks love the proposal. [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 5:46 am
Debris Generated by On-Orbit Collisions4. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 9:17 am
Next year they win), along with payloads of news from New Mexico including Rocketplane Global's unveiling of the reshaped, roomier and beefier XP suborbital spaceplane, Orbital Outfitters voguing of the first commercial spacesuit (strike a space pose; and I might know a few subway riders who'd like to wear it for their commute to the office), Rocket Racing League's announcement of new teams, and lots more.A few additional highlights:Space Angels Network: check out the newly… [read post]
28 Oct 2007, 6:50 pm
Written by 2spare.com Events «We will bury you. [read post]
24 Oct 2007, 1:33 pm
Do you have any interest in taking one of these sub-orbital space flights, if and when they become commercially viable? [read post]
24 Oct 2007, 11:12 am
"(By the way, for those who need a refresher, the report includes a bit of background on geostationary and polar-orbiting environmental satellites -- both used by the US for weather observation, research and forecasting since the 1960's -- along with a brief overview of prior GOES series. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 11:35 am
And never mind the K-1 orbital vehicle, there's still space tourism and the XP spacecraft for Rocketplane. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 6:53 am
However, it also has a big risk, for example, when the satellite or spaceship explodes before or after launching or it loses its orbit, investors lose their money and efforts. [read post]
17 Oct 2007, 10:06 pm
How it works The Super Trackstick receives signals from twenty four satellites orbiting the earth. [read post]
17 Oct 2007, 10:26 am
The slippery slope argument goes that once the able minded are able to enlist the help of others to end their lives, folks within the orbit of the not-so-able minded will be able to pervert the process to end the lives of the inconvenient. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 6:55 am
Zimmerman (editorial page, Oct. 1): Just as the Soviets beat the U.S. in launching a satellite into orbit in 1957, foreign academic institutions beat U.S. law schools in offering degrees in space law. [read post]
10 Oct 2007, 6:06 am
(A few months later, on April 24 cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov also lost his life when his Soyuz 1 parachute failed on reentry).But the world saw a lot of great space action in '67, including launches in the Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor programs; Russia's Venera 4 and Cosmos 167, Mariner 5, and Apollo 4.And space history rockets on.So far there is nothing on the horizon to replace the Outer Space Treaty. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 11:40 pm
The treaty was forged from drafts submitted by the United States and the Soviet Union; its key components include a ban on "placing nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in orbit," as well as on the claim by any state to "sovereignty over the Moon or other celestial bodies. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 11:37 am
No one — with the possible exception of a few highly placed folks at the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department — can be sure if regulators will approve the proposed hook-up between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 3:59 am
Google logo tweak sends critics into orbit — pdf Should the world’s most-used search engine be more of a Yankee Google Dandy? [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 5:26 pm
The Soviets' successful launch and consequent 18,000-mph Earth-orbit of a 180-or-so-pound metal orb the size of a basketball, named Sputnik (model above). [read post]
