Cluster satellites `dancing in space` may help spill electromagnetic waves secrets

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 00:37

Two of the satellites of the Cluster quartet achieved their closest-ever separation on September 19, just 4 km of each other, while orbiting at up to 23,000 km/h high above Earth, enabling scientists to acquire valuable data with unprecedented detail.

Space weather `implicated` for satellite failures

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 15:26

Scientists suspect that space weather may be the culprit behind some satellite failures.

To hunt Osama, satellites watched over Pakistan: Report

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 18:48

A fleet of satellites aimed dozens of receivers over Pakistan to collect "critical" information that prepared the ground for the US Navy SEALs raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a media report said on Friday.

Russia to restart Proton rocket launches after crash

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 18:21

Russia plans to restart launches of its Proton-M rocket in September, a top space official said today, ending a freeze that was introduced when one of the carrier rockets crashed in July.

NASA uses satellites to track photosynthesis

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 19:55

NASA scientists have used satellites to measure what`s occurring inside plants at the cellular level, a finding that can help better crop assessment.

UAE buys two French surveillance satellites

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 23, 2013, 00:07

The United Arab Emirates ordered two military surveillance satellites from France on Monday, in a deal worth more than 700 million euros (USD 913.2 million).

China launches three experimental satellites

Last Updated: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 17:17

China Saturday successfully launched three satellites for scientific experiments, authorities said.

Cabinet clears GSAT-15 and GSAT-16 communication satellites plans

Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 14:25

The cabinet has approved GSAT-15 and GSAT-16 communication satellite projects to create an in-orbit spare capacity to meet any contingency and protect the services of existing users, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday.

NASA to study atmospheric storms that disrupt satellites

Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 16:23

A NASA-funded sounding rocket mission will help better understand and predict the electrical storms in Earth`s upper atmosphere.

NASA launches 3 smartphone satellites onboard Antares rocket

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 10:07

Three smartphones destined to become low-cost satellites were flown into space Sunday aboard the maiden flight of Orbital Science Corp.`s Antares rocket from NASA`s Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia.

Mass solar ejections likely to disrupt satellites, electronic devices

Last Updated: Saturday, March 16, 2013, 17:15

The sun erupted with an Earth-directed CME, a solar phenomenon on March 15, 2013, at 2:54 am EDT that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space and can reach Earth one to three days.