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Skynet-1A Satellite’s Unexplained Orbit Shift Raises Questions About Command History
Launched in 1969, the UK's oldest satellite, Skynet-1A, has moved significantly from its original position. Experts believe this was due to a deliberate command in the 1970s. The satellite now orbits over the Americas, near active satellite traffic, raising risks of collisions. Limited records exist regarding its control history, with suggestions o...
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Why Chandrayaan-3 Launch Was Delayed By 4 Seconds
Chandrayaan-3's lift-off had to be delayed by four seconds to avoid any possible collision with space debris and satellites, the Indian Space Research Organisation has revealed.
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NASA Official Recalls Near Miss With Russian Spacecraft: "Less Than 10 Metres Apart"
Former astronaut Colonel Melroy stated that hundreds of bullet-fast fragments of debris would have shot around Earth if the satellites had collided.
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Satellite Pics: Ship Leaking Oil Off Gibraltar, Concerns Over Environment Damage
A bulk carrier that collided with an LNG tanker off Gibraltar started leaking fuel oil, authorities in the British overseas territory on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula said on Wednesday.
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China Satellite in Close Encounter With Russian Anti-Satellite Missile Test Debris: State Media
A Chinese satellite had a near collision with one of the many chunks of debris left by the fallout of a recent Russian anti-satellite missile test, state media reported.
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Russia Blew Up Satellite To Test A Missile. "Extremely Dangerous" Result
A Chinese satellite had a near collision with one of the many chunks of debris left by the fallout of a recent Russian anti-satellite missile test, state media reported.
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Elon Musk Slammed Online by Chinese Citizens After Starlink Satellite-Space Station Near-Misses
Chinese citizens lashed out online against Elon Musk's space ambitions after China complained that its space station was forced to take evasive action to avoid collision with satellites launched by Musk's Starlink programme.
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Could a Space Congestion Charge Clear Up Junk-Ridden Skies?
The best way to deal with the problem of space debris would be to charge satellite operators an annual orbital-use fee for every satellite launched, according to an economics analysis by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Idea Of Tidying Up In Space Remains An Experimental One
With constellations of thousands of telecommunication mini satellites expected to orbit Earth in the near future, the risk of space-debris collisions will grow.
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ISRO Launches Its 100th Satellite, Says "New Year's Gift": 10 Points
Space agency ISRO this morning successfully sent up a rocket carrying India's 100th satellite along with 30 others, four months after failed launch. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV lifted off at 9.29 am from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh and a key component that had failed in August worked this time, causing scientists to gasp in relief ...
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Space Junk Could Destroy Satellites, Hurt Economies
The growing amount of fast-moving space debris orbiting the Earth could lead to catastrophic collisions with satellites, hurting economies, researchers warned Wednesday ahead of a summit to coordinate efforts to remove the junk.
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NASA Tweaks MAVEN's Course to Avoid Collision With Phobos
Without the tweak, MAVEN and the small, lumpy moon would have reached the same point in space within seven seconds of one another next Monday.
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NASA Mars Satellite Shifts Course To Avoid Hitting Planet's Moon
A NASA science satellite orbiting Mars was forced to make a rare evasive manoeuvre to avoid a collision next week with one of the planet's two small moons, the US space agency said on Thursday.
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Indian Rocket Launch Delayed Three Minutes to Avoid Space Debris
The Monday morning blast off of an Indian rocket carrying five foreign satellites has been delayed by three minutes to avoid a collision with space debris, the space agency said.
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Zap! Australian scientists look at lasers to cull space junk
It may sound like science fiction but an Australian team is working on a project to zap orbital debris with lasers from Earth to reduce the growing amount of space junk that threatens to knock out satellites with a "cascade of collisions".
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Skynet-1A Satellite’s Unexplained Orbit Shift Raises Questions About Command History
Launched in 1969, the UK's oldest satellite, Skynet-1A, has moved significantly from its original position. Experts believe this was due to a deliberate command in the 1970s. The satellite now orbits over the Americas, near active satellite traffic, raising risks of collisions. Limited records exist regarding its control history, with suggestions o...
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Why Chandrayaan-3 Launch Was Delayed By 4 Seconds
Chandrayaan-3's lift-off had to be delayed by four seconds to avoid any possible collision with space debris and satellites, the Indian Space Research Organisation has revealed.
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NASA Official Recalls Near Miss With Russian Spacecraft: "Less Than 10 Metres Apart"
Former astronaut Colonel Melroy stated that hundreds of bullet-fast fragments of debris would have shot around Earth if the satellites had collided.
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Satellite Pics: Ship Leaking Oil Off Gibraltar, Concerns Over Environment Damage
A bulk carrier that collided with an LNG tanker off Gibraltar started leaking fuel oil, authorities in the British overseas territory on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula said on Wednesday.
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China Satellite in Close Encounter With Russian Anti-Satellite Missile Test Debris: State Media
A Chinese satellite had a near collision with one of the many chunks of debris left by the fallout of a recent Russian anti-satellite missile test, state media reported.
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Russia Blew Up Satellite To Test A Missile. "Extremely Dangerous" Result
A Chinese satellite had a near collision with one of the many chunks of debris left by the fallout of a recent Russian anti-satellite missile test, state media reported.
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Elon Musk Slammed Online by Chinese Citizens After Starlink Satellite-Space Station Near-Misses
Chinese citizens lashed out online against Elon Musk's space ambitions after China complained that its space station was forced to take evasive action to avoid collision with satellites launched by Musk's Starlink programme.
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Could a Space Congestion Charge Clear Up Junk-Ridden Skies?
The best way to deal with the problem of space debris would be to charge satellite operators an annual orbital-use fee for every satellite launched, according to an economics analysis by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Idea Of Tidying Up In Space Remains An Experimental One
With constellations of thousands of telecommunication mini satellites expected to orbit Earth in the near future, the risk of space-debris collisions will grow.
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ISRO Launches Its 100th Satellite, Says "New Year's Gift": 10 Points
Space agency ISRO this morning successfully sent up a rocket carrying India's 100th satellite along with 30 others, four months after failed launch. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV lifted off at 9.29 am from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh and a key component that had failed in August worked this time, causing scientists to gasp in relief ...
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Space Junk Could Destroy Satellites, Hurt Economies
The growing amount of fast-moving space debris orbiting the Earth could lead to catastrophic collisions with satellites, hurting economies, researchers warned Wednesday ahead of a summit to coordinate efforts to remove the junk.
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NASA Tweaks MAVEN's Course to Avoid Collision With Phobos
Without the tweak, MAVEN and the small, lumpy moon would have reached the same point in space within seven seconds of one another next Monday.
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NASA Mars Satellite Shifts Course To Avoid Hitting Planet's Moon
A NASA science satellite orbiting Mars was forced to make a rare evasive manoeuvre to avoid a collision next week with one of the planet's two small moons, the US space agency said on Thursday.
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Indian Rocket Launch Delayed Three Minutes to Avoid Space Debris
The Monday morning blast off of an Indian rocket carrying five foreign satellites has been delayed by three minutes to avoid a collision with space debris, the space agency said.
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Zap! Australian scientists look at lasers to cull space junk
It may sound like science fiction but an Australian team is working on a project to zap orbital debris with lasers from Earth to reduce the growing amount of space junk that threatens to knock out satellites with a "cascade of collisions".
