News tagged with space surveillance

Radar prototype begins tracking down space junk

Several times a year, the International Space Station needs to perform Debris Avoidance Maneuvers to dodge the ever-growing amount of space junk hurtling around in Earth orbit. Additionally, our increased ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Russia's attempts to save Mars probe unsuccessful (Update)

As Russia's space agency struggled Thursday to fix a probe bound for a moon of Mars that instead got stuck in Earth's orbit, some experts said the chances of saving the $170 million craft looked slim.

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created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 29

Space debris a growing problem

A scare triggered by orbital debris that on Tuesday came within a couple of hundred metres (yards) of the International Space Station (ISS) sheds light on an acutely worsening problem. ...

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created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

DARPA unveils new telescope to protect satellites from space debris

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Defense Department’s, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force (and many unknown contractors of course) has announced the addition ...

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created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

European space scout

The growing quantity of space debris is a serious threat to satellites and other spacecraft, which risk being damaged or even destroyed. A new European space surveillance system is being developed to ward ...

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created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UK technology scans the skies for space hazards

UK space surveillance technology is being used in ESA's first co-ordinated space tracking campaign – part of a larger programme to provide up to date and accurate information on space hazards in Earth's orbit. These ...

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created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US, Australia sign space surveillance deal

Australia and the United States on Monday signed an agreement to cooperate in surveillance of space, possibly expanding the reach of a US military network tracking satellites and space junk.

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created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Air Force launches surveillance satellite from Ca.

(AP) -- A U.S. space surveillance satellite was launched late Saturday from the central California coast, the Air Force said.

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created Sep 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Launch delayed for satellite to watch space debris

(AP) -- The launch of a new U.S. Air Force space surveillance satellite has been delayed due to a software problem in a rocket similar to the one that will lift the satellite into orbit.

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created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New US satellite to monitor debris in Earth orbit

(AP) -- A new U.S. Air Force satellite will provide the first full-time, space-based surveillance of hundreds of satellites and thousands of pieces of debris that could crash into American and allied assets ...

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created Jul 03, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 3

US sends 2 missile defense satellites into orbit

(AP) -- Two satellites are heading to orbit as part of a missile defense program demonstration.

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 4

ANDE-2 satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour

The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009.

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created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0