Satellites
Soyuz Rocket Crashes With Satellite on Board
[/caption] A day of highs and lows for the Russian space program: while the Soyuz TMA-03M capsule docked safely at…
Satellite Captures Unusual “Cloud Streets”
[/caption] I love looking at unusual cloud formations, and these have to be some of the most intriguing. These long,…
Satellite Image of the ‘Snowtober’ Storm
[/caption] An unusual October storm dumped wet heavy snow across much of the Northeast US over the weekend, as much…
NASA’s New Climate and Weather Satellite Launches
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project, or NPP, launched successfully on a Delta 2 rocket early today…
Next Generation Climate and Weather Satellite Ready for Friday Launch
A new satellite that will test key technologies and instruments for the next generation of climate and weather-monitoring satellites is…
ROSAT’s Crash Site Determined
[/caption] The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has identified the ROSAT’s satellite final resting place as the Bay of Bengal, off…
ROSAT Satellite has Re-Entered; No Reports of Debris
[/caption] It's official: the ROSAT satellite has come down. The Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), the German Space…
Latest Update on ROSAT Satellite: Uncontrolled Re-Entry on Oct. 22 or 23
This latest video rendering from from Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) shows ROSAT's current orbit, the satellite's ground track, and the…
All-Sky Camera Captures Mysterious Flashes
Every couple of weeks or so a strange flash appears on an all-sky camera that searches for meteors. What could…
A 3-D Look At Europe’s New Galileo Satellite Navigation System
The European Union and European Space Agency (ESA) will launch the first components next week of the €20 billion Galileo…