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Science & Tech News tagged with satellite

Eerie Red Glow Traces Ocean Plant Health
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, technology, satellite, phytoplankton, photosynthesis, ocean plants )

Beatrice
- 177 days ago - science.nasa.gov
A unique signal detected by NASA's Aqua satellite is helping researchers check the health and productivity of ocean plants around the world. Fluorescent red light emitted by ocean phytoplankton and detected by Aqua reveals how efficiently the microsco
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Earth-Observing Landsat 5 Turns 25
Science & Tech  (tags: space, satellite, technology, science, world, research )

Kekuhouma
- 262 days ago - nasa.gov
Still observing the Earth after 25 years -- 22 beyond its three-year primary mission lifetime -- Landsat 5 collects valuable scientific data daily. Some attribute the satellite's longevity to over-engineering. Others say it's a long run of good luck.
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NASA Global Warming Satellite Lands in Ocean After Failed Launch
Science & Tech  (tags: NASA, satellite, Environmental Research, failure, Antarctica )

Rosemary
- 274 days ago - ca.news.yahoo.com
By The Associated Press VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A rocket carrying a NASA global warming satellite splashed into the ocean near Antarctica early Tuesday after a failed launch.
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Crash of US, Russian Satellites a Threat in Space
Science & Tech  (tags: science, crash, satellite, space, interesting, news )

Maria
- 286 days ago - news.yahoo.com
MOSCOW - U.S. and Russian officials traded shots Thursday over who was to blame for a huge satellite collision this week that spewed speeding clouds of debris into space, threatening other unmanned spacecraft in nearby orbits.
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NASA Sees The 'Dark Side' Of The Sun
Science & Tech  (tags: Sun, solar physics, nasa, satellite, astronomy, concept, environment, energy, interesting, news, performance, research, science, scientists, space, study, tech, technology, world )

SirRobert
- 304 days ago - science.nasa.gov
NASA researchers announced a 'first time in history' event that will transform our view of the Sun, and in the process super-charge the field of solar physics for many years to come.
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Japan Launches Satellite to Track Greenhouse Gases
Science & Tech  (tags: Japan, satellite, GOSAT, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide )

Scarlett
- 305 days ago - blogs.nature.com
A two-tonne satellite specifically designed to study climate change was successfully launched today from Japan. Orbiting at a level of 666km, the greenhouse gases observing satellite (GOSAT) will monitor the levels of carbon dioxide and methane.
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NASA Satellite Tracks Movement of Pollution From East Asia to North America
Science & Tech  (tags: NASA, satellite, pollution, Asia, North America )

James
- 612 days ago - treehugger.com
It turns out our Chinese imports aren't limited to just cheaper goods - pollution accounts for a fairly hefty slice. In fact, that pollution may be equivalent to a not trivial 15% of local emissions in Canada and the U.S.
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Giant Ocean Eddy Shadows Sydney
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, technology, scientists, environment, ocean, satellite, water )

J.
- 616 days ago - csiro.au
Scientists say a giant ocean eddy swirling in the Tasman Sea is compelling evidence that the ocean is not the constant, unchanging water mass it has long appeared.
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Satellites Can Help Arctic Grazers Survive Killer Winter Storms
Science & Tech  (tags: research, science, study, Geophysics, Earth and space sciences, animals, Arctic, oxen, caribou, reindeer, satellite, weather )

J.
- 618 days ago - uwnews.org
Currently there's' no way to know exactly where or how often these potentially devastating rain-on-snow events occur,researchers say,but using satellite data to locate them could make up for a scarcity of weather stations in the sparsely populated Arctic.
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New Satellite Imaging Research Could Save The Lemur In Madagascar
Science & Tech  (tags: research, satellite, lemur, madagascar )

Ingrid
- 625 days ago - sciencedaily.com
New satellite imaging research may help save the dwindling lemur population in the African nation of Madagascar.
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Japan Launches Kizuna Helps Japanese Acquire Faster Internet Connection
Science & Tech  (tags: Japan, Kizuni, satellite, highspeed, high speed )

Ben
- 642 days ago - blogmyway.org
Japan launches a super high speed data communication satellite "Kizuna" (Winds) into space today. With this satellite the Japanese can enjoy 155 Mbps download speed and up to 6 Mbps for upload speed using a small antenna (about 45 cm in diameter). Use a
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An Errant Satellite Is Gone, But Questions Linger
Science & Tech  (tags: missile, military, space, satellite )

Ralph
- 643 days ago - nytimes.com
WASHINGTON -- Videotape of the Navy mission to shoot down a dying spy satellite made available Thursday shows an interceptor missile ascending atop a bright trail of burning fuel, and then a flash, a fireball, a plume of vapor. A cloud of debris left litt
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Missile Strikes a Spy Satellite Falling From Its Orbit
Science & Tech  (tags: space, misslile, satellite, Orbit, falling )

Terri
- 644 days ago - nytimes.com
WASHINGTON -- A missile interceptor launched from a Navy warship has struck a dying American spy satellite orbiting 130 miles over the Pacific Ocean, the Pentagon announced late Wednesday
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Dead Satellite Would Have Released Toxic Fumes Upon Impact With Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: space, safety, satellite, intercept, Earth, toxic fumes )


- 651 days ago - nydailynews.com
Deputy National Security Adviser James Jeffrey, briefing reporters at the Pentagon, did not say when the attempted intercept would be conducted, but the satellite is expected to hit Earth during the first week of March.
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NASA and the Beatles Celebrate Anniversaries By Beaming Song 'Across the Universe' Into Deep Space
Science & Tech  (tags: science, nasa, news, satellite, technology, world, history )

J.
- 663 days ago - jpl.nasa.gov
Feb. 4 has been declared 'Across The Universe Day' !Transmission over NASA's Deep Space Network will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the day The Beatles recorded the song,as well as the 50th anniversary of NASA's founding & the group's beginnings.
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