Satellites

CubeSats: Tiny satellites work at MIT, U. Mich.

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:35:02 GMT

Source: ieet.org --- Monday, May 20, 2013
A video reflection of work at MIT, the University of Michigan and other institutions on small Satellites and the technology that will contribute to overcoming the challenges facing interplanetary CubeSat and iCubeSat missions. Produced for the first Interplanetary CubeSat Workshop, May 29, 2012, at MIT. Video by Gwendolyn Gettliffe, music by Stephen Gettliffe, animations by Benjamin Schweighart, and RAX videos courtesy University of Michigan News Service. ...

CubeSats: Tiny satellites work at MIT, U. Mich. #TinySatellites http://ieet.org/...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:32:29 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
CubeSats: Tiny Satellites work at MIT, U. Mich. #TinySatellites http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/mit20130520 CubeSats: Tiny Satellites work at MIT, U. Mich. ieet.org A video reflection of work at MIT, the University of Michigan and other institutions on small Satellites and the technology that will contribute to overcoming the challenges facing interplanetary CubeSat and iCubeSat missions. ...

Darpa shelves its ambitious £149m 'swarms of satellites' project

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:00 GMT

Source: www.wired.co.uk --- Monday, May 20, 2013
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) has shelved an ambitious plan for swarm-like Satellites flying in formation, despite spending more than $200m (£132m) on developing it over the last few years. System F6 -- or, to give it its full, snappy title, "Future, Fast, Flexible, Fractionated Free-flying Spacecraft United by Information Exchange" -- would have seen the functions of one large satellite taken over by a group of smaller Satellites flying in close formation. The first test run was meant to take place in 2015, but according to Space News that isn't going to happen, though some of the programs within System F6 will be finished so the technology can be reused elsewhere. By: Ian Steadman, Edited by: Olivia Solon Continue reading... ...

Other Angels -by Rogue Satellites (6.1.13)

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:27 GMT

Source: blogs.metrotimes.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
June 1 Rogue Satellites release Other Angels - available on vinyl & free digital download, featuring a video documentation of local duo’s collaboration with installation artist Alice Schneid Performing that night at the Old Miami with Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor and The Philter . This duo pull off sarcastic satires of hipsterdom with such panache, they drop f*bombs as though they were singing lullabies and rankle up the synth-pop craze with delicate slices of dissonant tones and refreshing dabs of noisy yanks on guitars gear shift. But the Rogue Satellites, with their sequenced beats and measured amount of samples under live guitars, cooling keyboards and sun-glittered chimes. They might be the F*ckAll punks with shredded denim in the back of your classroom or the gothy kids glowering from the shaded patch of the jungle gym judging all the other conformists playing about with traditional ideas of indie-pop, but then you get close enough to see this affable, humble smile in their sound, a warm inviting charm that wears poetic vitriol and existential edginess so effortlessly. Those rough skater ballad harking guitars and nasal boy vocals might invite seminal indie-flavors from maybe a Superchunk or an Archers of Loaf, but the keyboards and harmonies could easily jettison this thing into space-rock’s airspace, if not for the softening chamber-pop crackle easing in with those tender, wispy girl vocals taking the lead along with ...

Ars readers react to laser-wielding Soviet satellites and Google I/O

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:30:30 GMT

Source: arstechnica.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
A "Russian Tokarev TT-34 Atomiser" that is "very reliable on the lunar battlefield." Shannon Ocean This week, a handful of Ars staffers gathered in San Francisco, CA to see the new Star Trek movie at Starfleet Headquarters. (Ok, just kidding, we saw the movie at San Francisco's Metreon, and most of us were there for Google I/O, the company's annual developer conference.) Besides Google's conference and the rare spotting of more than three Ars employees sharing IRL space with each other, this week also saw notable stories hit the front page. Specifically, we wrote about a Soviet defense satellite that almost came to be and about how the people behind League of Legends are trying to foster a more civil atmosphere in games. “Bdysch!” Guest writer Amy Teitel brought us the story of The secret laser-toting Soviet satellite that almost was and commenters wasted no time diving into the specifics of the political and military atmosphere of the early 80's, when our article takes place. Most interesting were the handful of commenters who brought us first-hand experiences. ucla74 wrote: "I was an Air Force officer stationed in West Germany at the time of this failed launch. We were deploying the Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) system in western Europe, and our unit had just achieved Initial Operational Capability—we were poised to deliver warheads against both strategic and tactical targets inside the Soviet Bloc. Following the Polyus ...

Danger Room: After $200 Million, Darpa Gives Up on Formation-Flying Satellites

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:02:20 GMT

Source: www.warisboring.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
The F6 concept. Art: DARPA by DAVID AXE Space News broke the story of F6′s cancellation today. Brad Tousley, the new director of Darpa’s Tactical Technology Office, told the trade publication he killed off the program after a recent review of research programs. Tousley told Space News he based his decision on schedule delays, technical and management problems and the Pentagon’s lack of interest in F6. Begun in 2006, F6 was meant to break up today’s big, complex and monolithic military Satellites , one of which usually handles several tasks simultaneously — surveillance and communication and self-defense, for instance. Brian Weeden, a space expert with the Colorado-based Secure World Foundation, calls this the “battleship” approach to military operations in space. Read the rest at Danger Room . Related posts: Danger Room : Darpa Finally Shrinks Massive Thermal Cameras Into Handheld Devices Danger Room : Putin Wants a Darpa of His Own Danger Room : Pentagon’s Mad Scientists Want to Launch Killer Drones from Small Warships ...

After $200 Million, Darpa Gives Up on Formation-Flying Satellites

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:00:19 GMT

Source: www.wired.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Darpa is ending its experiment with small, close-flying spacecraft, but that doesn't mean the concept is dead. ...

Lockheed Wins $315M for 2 NOAA Weather Satellites

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:53:19 GMT

Source: www.govconwire.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won two contract options worth approximately $315 million combined to build two weather monitoring Satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Space News reports. John Leslie, an agency spokesman, told Space News the option for Geostationary-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite-T is worth $175.9 million, while GOES-U carries a $139.7 million [...] ...

NIGERIA’S SATELLITES CAPTURE BAGA EVENTS..EVIDENCE AND REVIEW STRONGLY SUGGESTS ARBITRARY ANALYSIS AND EXTRAPOLATION BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:36:08 GMT

Source: beegeagle.wordpress.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
China’s Long March-3B carrier rocket lifts off at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Dec. 20, 2011, successfully sending the US$311 million Nigerian communication satellite, NIGCOMSAT-1R, into orbit at 00:41 Beijing Time (Photo Credit: XINHUA) THE GUARDIAN 16 May, 2013 IMAGES from three Nigerian Satellites – NigeriaSat-1, NigeriaSat-X, and NigeriaSat-2- released recently by the National Space Research Development Agency (NASRDA) on the extent of damage caused by Military intervention at Baga, Borno State, have shown remarkable difference with that published on April 30, 2013 by the Human Rights Watch (HRW). Baga is a town in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, close to Lake Chad, and lying northeast of the town of Kukawa. The images showed there were burnt scars and building damages mainly in the southern fringe of Baga Town but the area defined is about 54,000sq.m and not 80,000sm2 as claimed by the HRW. The HRW had published a damage assessment of Baga town, which has generated a lot of media reports and reactions. The assessment as it portray,was carried out using satellite imagery of April 6 (pre-violence) and April 26 (post-violence) of in Baga respectively. But a review of HRW damage assessment with the images from the Nigerian Satellites by Director General of NASRDA,Dr. Seidu O. Mohammed, found the area covered by the fire scars identified as damaged areas by the HRW is about ...

Hollywood Poker Open $500,000 Championship Event June 28-30; Satellites Run May 24-26

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT

Source: www.pokernews.com --- Thursday, May 16, 2013
The M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas will host the $500,000 guaranteed Hollywood Poker Open Championship Event June 28-30 with Satellites running May 24-26. ...

Japan warns solar flares could harm GPS, satellites, power lines

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:01:00 GMT

Source: www.computerworld.com --- Thursday, May 16, 2013
A Japanese government institute has warned that satellite transmissions, GPS readings, and power lines could be affected over the next two weeks if a recent spate of solar flares continues. ...

Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)Autograph notes on the satellites of...

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:32:31 GMT

Source: centuriespast.tumblr.com --- Thursday, May 16, 2013
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) Autograph notes on the Satellites of Jupiter, 14–25 January 1611 On this scrap of paper (an unfolded envelope), Galileo recorded the positions of four Satellites of Jupiter over a period of several nights. He had observed the moons with the aid of his newly constructed telescope and published his findings in his revolutionary book The Starry Messenger (1610). He then worked to define more precisely the periods of the orbits of the Jovian moons, setting up his telescope night after night and making notes such as these. In a radical departure from his university training, Galileo insisted that scientific theory be grounded in observation and physical evidence rather than reliance on ancient authority. The Morgan Library ...

Are the satellites lying about poor, drowning Kiribati?

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:35:00 GMT

Source: blogs.news.com.au --- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The Global Mail wails about the vanishing island of Kiribati: ...

NASA satellites eye Cyclone Mahasen as Bangladesh prepares for landfall

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:01:27 GMT

Source: www.eurekalert.org --- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
( NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center ) Tropical Cyclone Mahasen has been strengthening and expanding as it moves through the northern Bay of Bengal for a landfall on Thursday, May 16. ...

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Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Source: www.rakedeals.com --- Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Interview: We Are Temporary + New Single 'Satellites'

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:44:00 GMT

Source: www.undertheradar.co.nz --- Tuesday, May 14, 2013
One time Christchurch resident Mark Roberts first came to our attention via his ethereal music under the name The Enright House: releasing excellent debut album A Maze and Amazement on A Low Hum in 2007. Roberts then disappeared for a couple of years,... ...

Satellites see double jeopardy for Southern California fire season

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:45:45 GMT

Source: www.sciencedaily.com --- Monday, May 13, 2013
New insights into two factors that are creating a potentially volatile Southern California wildfire season come from an ongoing project using NASA and Indian satellite data by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; and Chapman University, Orange, Calif. ...

Galileo's First Images of Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:44:08 GMT

Source: authors.library.caltech.edu --- Monday, May 13, 2013
The first images of Jupiter, Io, Europa, and Ganymede from the Galileo spacecraft reveal new information about Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS) and the surfaces of the Galilean Satellites. Features similar to clusters of thunderstorms were found in the GRS. Nearby wave structures suggest that the GRS may be a shallow atmospheric feature. Changes in surface color and plume distribution indicate differences in resurfacing processes near hot spots on Io. Patchy emissions were seen while Io was in eclipse by Jupiter. The outer margins of prominent linear markings (triple bands) on Europa are diffuse, suggesting that material has been vented from fractures. Numerous small circular craters indicate localized areas of relatively old surface. Pervasive brittle deformation of an ice layer appears to have formed grooves on Ganymede. Dark terrain unexpectedly shows distinctive albedo variations to the limit of resolution. ...

Satellites show 'double jeopardy' wildfire danger

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:40:00 GMT

Source: www.latimes.com --- Monday, May 13, 2013
When it comes to Southern California’s increasingly perilous fire season, you can blame it on the rain. That’s the paradoxical case made by satellite data from NASA and India. ...