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Video: Google Nexus One orbits the Earth inside phonesat

Posted February 27, 2013 - 11:28 by Shane McGlaun

Phonesat STRaND-1 - a nanosatellite carrying a Google Nexus One smartphone - was launched into orbit from India earlier this week.

Android in space: satellite controlled using Nexus One

Posted February 8, 2013 - 09:15 by Emma Woollacott

A British team is putting the finishing touches to the first-ever satellite to be controlled entirely by a mobile phone.

NASA launches next-generation tracking and comms satellite

Posted January 31, 2013 - 06:37 by Kate Taylor

NASA's ability to track satellites and orbiting spacecraft is about to get a big boost, following the launch last night of a next-generation communication satellite.

Iran sends monkey to space

Posted January 28, 2013 - 08:38 by Emma Woollacott

Iran's successfully given a live monkey a round trip into space, the country's Al-Alam television channel reports.

NASA tests robotic satellite-servicing

Posted January 13, 2013 - 07:30 by Flora Malein

NASA is conducting its first round of tests to develop robots capable of repairing and refueling satellites in space.

Oldest Earth-observing satellite to retire

Posted December 28, 2012 - 05:50 by Kate Taylor

The US Geological Survey is to decomission Landsat 5 - the longest-operating Earth observing satellite mission ever.

Satellites could spot volcanic eruptions in advance

Posted November 7, 2012 - 06:53 by Kate Taylor

It could be possible to get advance warning of volcanic eruptions by observing them from space.

Quantum teleportation hits record distance

Posted September 5, 2012 - 16:15 by Trent Nouveau

  Physicists at the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences recently managed to achieve quantum teleportation over a record distance.  

These satellites are powered by Google Nexus smartphones

Posted August 24, 2012 - 17:24 by Shane McGlaun

Putting a satellite into orbit is a rather expensive endeavor that typically costs millions of dollars.

Satellites used to count Antarctic penguins

Posted April 16, 2012 - 05:23 by Kate Taylor

Scientists have been able to count the number of emperor penguins in Antarctica by using satellite mapping technology - and there's twice as many as previously thought, they say.

Satellite data shows sea level rise

Posted February 9, 2012 - 08:59 by Emma Woollacott

While glaciers globally are shedding billions of tons of ice each year, the Himalayas aren't, a study shows.

Iran launches third satellite

Posted February 3, 2012 - 06:24 by Emma Woollacott

Iran says it's launched an observation satellite, claiming it will be used to collect weather data.

THEMIS satellite tracks mass electron escape

Posted January 30, 2012 - 14:59 by Trent Nouveau

When scientists discovered two great swaths of radiation encircling Earth in the 1950s, it spawned exaggerated fears about "killer electrons" and space radiation effects.

European satellite launch heralds more accurate GPS

Posted October 24, 2011 - 06:54 by Emma Woollacott

The European Space Agency has launched the first two Galileo satellites which will give Europe its own satellite navigation system for the first time.

Another satellite set to crash back to Earth

Posted October 12, 2011 - 07:27 by Kate Taylor

Well, you may have been lucky last time, but there's another satellite heading back to Earth, and this time it's much more likely that it'll land on your head.

'Small' safety risk as satellite falls to Earth

Posted September 8, 2011 - 05:51 by Emma Woollacott

Put on your hard hats, everybody: NASA's warning that a defunct satellite is set to hit the earth sometime in the next six weeks.

Space junk threatens satellites and space station

Posted September 1, 2011 - 16:24 by Trent Nouveau

A recently published report warns that space junk poses a clear and present danger to orbiting satellites and the International Space Station (ISS).

Scientists see danger if weather satellite program remains unfunded

Posted May 20, 2011 - 10:52 by David Gomez

As America prepares itself for what is predicted to be an active hurricane season, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) is calling on Congress to fund weather satellites.

Seagate's Satellite streams content to your iPad

Posted May 16, 2011 - 12:34 by TG Daily Staff

Seagate has introduced a wireless portable hard drive designed to easily stream content to Apple's iPad.

Missile warning satellite gets May launch date

Posted March 14, 2011 - 15:59 by TG Daily Staff

The United States Air Force is currently prepping the first geosynchronous (GEO-1) Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite for an early May launch from Cape Canaveral Station.