Satellites
Mount Merapi Still Blowing off Steam
[/caption] For about three weeks, Indonesia's Mount Merapi has been belching out lava, as well as ash and gas, clouding…
‘Secret’ X-37B Space Plane Disappears Again
[/caption]The game between the United States Air Force and amateur satellite trackers continues: the unmanned X-37B space plane - a…
So, You Want to Build a Satellite?
A light-hearted look from the upcoming MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission to Mars of what it takes to…
No Glory: NASA Delays Climate Change Satellite Mission
[/caption] A satellite mission to study climate change on Earth has been delayed due to problems with its solar arrays.…
New Satellite Launches to Track Space Junk
[/caption] The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the Space Based Space Surveillance spacecraft, a first-of-its-kind satellite that can detect and…
Satellite Images Show Hurricane Igor Likely to Make Direct Hit on Bermuda
[/caption] The massive Hurricane Igor is now a Category One storm, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 140 km per…
Students Send ICESat to a Fiery Deorbit Death
[/caption] NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation (ICESat) mission is now on ice, so to speak, or perhaps we should…
Two Chinese Satellites Rendezvous in Orbit
[/caption] Data from the US military shows that two Chinese satellites likely performed multiple rendezvous 600 kilometers above Earth this…
New Satellite for Monitoring Space Debris To Launch
[/caption] The U.S. Air Force will launch the first-ever satellite dedicated solely to tracking the positions of other satellites and…
Shutdown of ‘Zombie’ Satellite Unsuccessful
[/caption] A geostationary satellite that had its "brains fried" by a solar flare (love that description by our pal Ian…