Satellite
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Science
A Dead Russian Satellite Broke Into More Than 100 Pieces in Space
The cause of the incident, which added to a growing amount of dangerous space junk in low Earth orbit, remains unknown.
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World
North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket Carrying Satellite, Seoul Says
The launch came hours after North Korea announced a plan to put a military spy satellite into orbit.
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World
As Threats in Space Mount, U.S. Lags in Protecting Key Services
The United States and China are locked in a new race, in space and on Earth, over a fundamental resource: time itself. And the United States is losing. Global positioning satellites serve as clocks in the sky, and their signals have become ...
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Newyork
Is This a Sputnik Moment?
Earlier this week, veiled comments started to emerge on Capitol Hill regarding an unnamed and “serious national security threat.” By Thursday, a White House spokesman, John Kirby, let the American public in on what members of Congress were talking ...
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Science
How Astronomers Are Saving Astronomy From Satellites — For Now
Even the most powerful telescopes are in peril as orbits above Earth fill with thousands of new satellites. But scientists aren’t ready to give up the night sky.
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World
A Missile, a Rocket or a Satellite? Chinese Flyover Sows Confusion in Taiwan.
A warning from Taiwan about a satellite, erroneously called a missile in English, raised concerns about Chinese harassment days before an election.
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World
South Korea Scraps No-Fly Zone Near Border With North Korea
A day after Pyongyang placed a military spy satellite into orbit for the first time, Seoul said it would no longer abide by a ban on surveillance flights.
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Science
A New Satellite Outshines Some of the Brightest Stars in the Sky
Astronomers warn that BlueWalker3, a test spacecraft with a large array of antennas, could be the first of many larger satellites in low-Earth orbit that interfere with astronomical observations.