News tagged with quikscat spacecraft
NASA Assessing New Roles for Ailing QuikScat Satellite
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the venerable QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna. ...
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Nov 24, 2009 |
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NASA/ISRO Image Shows Irene's Winds Before Landfall
Hurricane Irene made landfall early Saturday morning, Aug. 27, just west of Cape Lookout, NC, as a category one hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (75 knots). It is currently over eastern North ...
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Aug 29, 2011 |
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New NASA map reveals patterns of tropical forest carbon storage
A NASA-led research team has used a variety of NASA satellite data to create the most precise map ever produced depicting the amount and location of carbon stored in Earth's tropical forests. The data are ...
May 31, 2011 |
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University of Colorado students, staff help NASA decommission satellite
University of Colorado at Boulder undergraduates, who have been helping to control five NASA satellites from campus, participated in the unusual decommissioning of a functioning satellite with a failed science ...
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Aug 31, 2010 |
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QuikScat Sees Santa Barbara 'Quick Dry'
Hot weather just before the Santa Barbara, Calif., wildfire quickly dried up soil moisture from rain one day prior, contributing to the fire danger.
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May 12, 2009 |
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CU-Boulder students to be at controls for NASA planet-hunting mission
University of Colorado at Boulder students will be at the controls of one of NASA's most intriguing missions in recent years following the scheduled March 5 launch of the Kepler spacecraft to hunt down Earth-like ...
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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CU-Boulder returns $3M to NASA in satellite design, operation cost savings
The University of Colorado at Boulder took an unusual step today by returning nearly $3 million in cost savings to NASA for an award-winning satellite mission designed, built and controlled by the university ...
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Jun 17, 2008 |
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2007 Hurricane Season Starts Early, Ends Late
The Atlantic Hurricane Season began early in 2007, and by mid-December it was still going. The season officially begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30. That means that for the most part, storms have formed and fizzled ...
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Feb 11, 2008 |
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