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China launches telecommunication satellite

China successfully launched a telecommunication satellite into orbit Saturday night.

Sri Lanka to launch its first satellite in 2015

China will help Sri Lanka launch its first satellite by 2015, officials said.

Asteroid set to narrowly miss Earth, may smash satellites

A newly found 150-foot-wide asteroid may pass so close to the Earth that it might destroy communicat...

Iran to launch three satellites

Iran has plans to launch three satellites in the near future, according to the Iranian embassy in Mo...

China launches remote-sensing satellite

China Thursday launched remote-sensing satellite Yaogan XIIII that will be used to survey land resou...

Controlling deadly tsetse fly with satellite image

Scientists are relying on satellite imagery to control the deadly tsetse fly, an African killer that...

China launches one more mapping satellite

China today successfully launched a remote sensing satellite into space, stepping up its efforts to ...

RISAT-1 capable of imaging without sunlight

Indigenously built RISAT-1 satellite launched on April 26 is capable of imaging even without sunligh...

China mulls double satellite launches to save cost

China launched two satellites for its Beidou global navigation and positioning system into space ato...

India yet to arrive on military satellite scene: US expert

With the development of SAR imagers and applications, India is increasingly capable of producing sat...

China launches two navigation satellites

China today successfully launched two more satellites for its proposed Beidou global navigation and ...

India to ferry heaviest foreign satellite

India will ferry two foreign satellites on board its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C21) rock...

India to ferry heaviest foreign satellite in August

India will ferry two foreign satellites - French and Japanese - on board its Polar Satellite Launch ...

Now, satellites to monitor IR trains

All trains, including Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto, will be monitored by a satellite-based navigat...

Satellite phones to help Bihar fight Maoists, floods

Satellite phones will be installed at 85 places in Maoist and flood-affected districts of Bihar for ...

India`s remote sensing satellite set for launch

The countdown for the Thursday early morning launch of a rocket laden with remote sensing satellite ...

Satellite phones to help Bihar fight Maoists, floods

Satellite phones will be installed at 85 places in Maoist and flood-affected districts of Bihar for ...

Space pictures pick up lots more penguins

Scientists counting emperor penguins from space have found twice as many of the birds in Antarctica ...

Satellites monitor icebergs in Arctic to prevent another Titanic doom

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea and the International Ice Patrol is planning ...

Satellite system to be used to track down giant squirrel

In an effort to ensure accuracy in the census of Giant Squirrel Maharashtra forest department will u...

N Korea missile tech a `concern`: US commander

North Korea`s increasingly sophisticated missile technology is a concern to Asia and the United Stat...

`N Korea set to install satellite on rocket`

North Korea is set to complete the assembly of its latest rocket by installing the satellite payloa...

North Korea satellite launch provocative: US

The planned satellite launch later this month by North Korea was provocative, the US government said...

New ISRO centre to control spy satellite launch

ISRO has its rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh around 80 km from here.

Satellite records Antarctica ice shelf`s retreat

The European Space Agency`s Envisat satellite continues to record the rapid retreat of one of Antarc...

N Korea rocket launch draws more worry than Iran`s

Two months ago, an Iranian rocket roared off a military launch pad and placed an Earth observation s...

Russian military satellite falls in Pacific

Fragments of a defunct Russian military communication satellite fell into the Pacific Ocean Saturday...

ISRO bags Rs 100 cr deal to launch French satellite

Indian Space Research Organisation has signed a deal, believed to be valued at around Rs 100 crore, ...

China successfully launches French made satellite

China today successfully sent a French-made high power communication and broadcsting satellite into ...

`Satnav` could pave man`s way beyond solar system

Satnav could be using neutron stars to steer a course through the universe, just as sailors of yore ...

Solar powered lasers could zap asteroids

Engineers are developing an innovative laser-based technique to zap asteroids with greater probabili...

Satellites `signalling` thawing permafrost

Satellites are observing changes in land surfaces in high detail at northern latitudes, pointing tow...

N Korea gives details of weather satellite launch

North Korea gave details for the first time of a "weather satellite" it plans to send into orbit nex...

Soviet satellite to fall to Earth

Meteor-1, the Soviet Union`s first fully operational weather satellite, will Monday night re-enter t...

Russia to launch US satellite

A Russian rocket will carry a US telecommunication satellite into space Sunday.

Kashmiri Pandits back proposal of satellite city

Kashmiri Pandits strongly backed the proposal of a wholesome Satellite City for the return and rehab...

IT tool helps satellites pinpoint ancient settlements

A new computer tool that extracts clues about ancient human settlements from satellite imagery has u...

Foreign observers for North Korean satellite launch

North Korea would invite international observers to monitor launching of its Kwangmyongsong-3 satell...

North Korea announces plan to launch satellite

North Korea has announced it will launch a long-range rocket mounted with a satellite in honor of la...

India`s spy satellite to be launched in April

According to ISRO officials, Risat-1 at 1,850 kg is the heaviest microwave satellite to be built by ...

Our only solar storm warning satellite ‘could falter soon’

A US satellite that offers the only advance warnings of incoming solar storms is more than a decade ...

NASA exploring ways to clean up space debris

Space debris comes from asteroids, comets, meteorites and also defunct man-made space devices or the...

China to launch 100 rockets, 100 satellites by 2015

China is planning to launch "100 rockets, 100 satellites" by 2015 as part of its ambitious space exp...

Huge asteroid to fly pass Earth

A 150-foot asteroid orbiting Earth called 2012 DA14 will fly past just 17,000 miles from Earth - nea...

China to launch 12 weather satellites by 2020

China will launch 12 meteorological satellites before 2020 to boost the country`s weather monitoring...

How do GPS satellites know where they are?

Our Global Positioning System (GPS) tells us exactly where we are, down to a few metres, but how do ...

China launches navigation satellite

The navigation satellite is China`s 11th homemade navigation satellite, also called Beidou or Compas...

US launches 3G military communications satellite

The spacecraft, called MUOS-1, is part of a planned five-satellite network that will operate like ce...

ISRO bets on satellite navigation for aviation services

The Indian space agency Thursday stressed on the use of satellite-based navigation signals to provid...

Clouds to cool the earth

Analysis of lower cloud levels over the past decade has thrown up hints of a cooling mechanism that ...

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