Posted in Technology on Jul 15th, 2009 No Comments »
SpaceX successfully launched a Malaysian satellite into orbit late Monday night, the second successful launch for the private space exploration company, which aims to reduce the cost of orbital transport tenfold.
After a series of expensive failures, SpaceX had its first successful launch last September, but that mission carried a dummy payload. Before, on [...]
Posted in Technology on Apr 30th, 2008 No Comments »
This weekend a second satellite for European GPS-like project Galileo has launched to the Earth’s orbit carrying a very accurate two rubidium atomic clock.
The satellite’s build atomic clock is accurate to a 10 nanoseconds a day that is the most accurate clock on orbit.
In the near future by 2010 the European Union will extend the [...]
Posted in Technology on Jan 27th, 2008 No Comments »
A big U.S. spy satellite has lost power and might hit the Earth in late February or early March, government officials said Saturday.
The satellite, which no longer can be controlled, might contain dangerous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it may come down, they said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity [...]
Posted in Technology on Jan 12th, 2008 No Comments »
A year ago China has destroyed a weather satellite out of orbit, and threw the international community into panic. Some figured the satellite-killer test was the indication of a future war in space, the type of conflict that might cripple a tech-dependent United States military.