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Iran to launch Mesbah 2 satellite in 2011
Tehrān :: Iran | 5 days ago
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Earlier this month, Iran announced that it had scheduled the launch of a semi-domestic research satellite, the Mesbah, in 2011. "We hope to launch a new satellite similar to the Mesbah by 2011," Taqipour added. "The Mesbah 2 is currently under construction...
Tags: Mesbah, Iran, research satellites, Tehrān, Sina-1, Iranian Space Agency, Politics, Omid, Satellites, spaceflight
Scientists track Emperor penguins from space through poop
British scientists are using satellite imagery to track the emperor penguins' colonies by following their poop. Because of their natural camouflage, traditional techniques make it hard to locate and track them. Instead, the British Antarctic Survey...
Tags: penguins, Britain, United Kingdom, emperor, poop, satellites, allnews, Emperor Penguin, Environment, emperor penguins
Russia launches European satellites into space
Russia has successfully launched a Rokot rocket carrying two European satellites into space from its military spacedrome of Plesetsk, the RIA Novosti news agency reported early Monday."The launch of the Rokot rocket carrying SMOS and Proba-2 satellites...
Satellites Unlock Secret To Northern India's Vanishing Water
Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as 1 foot per year over the past decade – and they believe human consumption is almost entirely to blame. More...
Tags: Satellites, Unlock, Secret, Northern, Indias, Vanishing, Water, allnews, technology, disaster
A soup of boiled human head
Well – that is a prescription that a Chinese family decided upon to cure their 25-year old daughter who was suffering from psychiatric problems. The father had been led to believe that human head soup served with boiled duck can cure such diseases....
Tags: human sacrifice, internet, satellites, childless, conceive
Falling behind in GPS Satellite Upgrades
It seems everything has GPS these days. What once was the sole domain of Military and Commercial operations now finds its way into commonplace household items like cellphones, and anti-theft automotive features. But this system requires infrastructure,...
Tags: GPS, Satellites, Government Report, GAO
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN SPACE, Part 1 : Collision puts new Asian satellites at risk
Moscow :: Russia | 9 months ago
Credibility Space experts like Dr Geoffrey Forden, senior research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Program on Science, Technology, and Society, are still calculating the amount of debris that has been created, as well as its potentially
Tags: satellites, satellite, collision, space
Can Obama Ban Space Weapons Successfully?
The Obama administration is "seeking a worldwide ban on weapons that interfere with military and commercial satellites." It's a high-priority goal, but the administration is likely to face some problems. Read More: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4303139.html
Tags: obama, space, weapons, usa, administration, satellites, military, goal
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