Despite earlier reports of a possible detection, a joint analysis of data from ESA's Planck satellite and the ground-based BICEP2 and Keck Array experiments has found no conclusive evidence of primordial gravitational waves.
Astronomy
Jan 30, 2015
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Climate scientists are gleaning valuable information about snowfall and droughts from errant satellite signals once considered a nuisance.
Earth Sciences
Jan 9, 2015
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A new way of measuring sea level using satellite navigation system signals, for instance GPS, has been implemented by scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Sea level and its variation can easily be monitored ...
Earth Sciences
May 21, 2014
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This radar image is one of the first from the Sentinel-1A satellite, acquired on 20 April – less than three weeks after its launch on 3 April.
Earth Sciences
May 9, 2014
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Kept isolated from the external Universe, a special ESA chamber simulates the boundless emptiness of space for testing satellite antennas. Recently refitted, it is in need of a new name. Come up with a winning suggestion ...
Space Exploration
Mar 31, 2014
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Soaring high above Earth as they speed through space, satellites are difficult targets to track. Now a new approach developed in Europe is helping ground stations to acquire signals faster and more accurately than ever before.
Space Exploration
Mar 7, 2014
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Researchers will spend the next two years gathering meteorological data from Svalbard in the north to Nittedal in the south. The aim is to find out how much satellite signals are adversely affected by rain, atmospheric pressure ...
Space Exploration
Sep 30, 2013
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The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) recently passed NASA's Systems Requirements Review and Key Decision Point-B and can now move into the next phase of development.
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2013
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The future of satellite technology is getting small—about the size of a shoebox, to be exact. These so-called "CubeSats," and other small satellites, are making space exploration cheaper and more accessible: The minuscule ...
Space Exploration
Sep 6, 2013
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(AP)—Aereo, which provides broadcast television over the Internet for $8 a month, says it will expand to Utah next month.
Telecom
Jul 22, 2013
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