Posts Tagged ‘Satellite’

SEE IT: Satellite photo shows giant crack in Antarctic ice 

A newly released satellite photo gives us a fresh look at a massive 19-mile long crack in Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier, which was first spotted in October of last year.

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Falling German satellite enters atmosphere (AP)

Undated artist rendering provided by EADS Astrium shows the scientific satellite ROSAT. Andreas Schuetz, a spokesman for the German Aerospace Center, said Saturday Oct. 22, 2011  the best estimate is still that the ROSAT scientific research satellite will impact sometime between late Saturday and Sunday 1200 GMT.  (AP Photo/EADS Astrium)AP – A defunct satellite entered the atmosphere early Sunday and pieces of it were expected to crash into the earth, the German Aerospace Center said.


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Phew! Junked satellite falls over Pacific Ocean says NASA

A six-ton NASA satellite, in a fiery finish to a 20-year trip, crashed harmlessly Saturday after entering the earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

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NASA’s dead satellite falls, starting over Pacific (AP)

FILE - In this file image provided by NASA this is the STS-48 onboard photo of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in the grasp of the RMS (Remote Manipulator System) during deployment, from the shuttle in September 1991. NASA's old research satellite is expected to come crashing down through the atmosphere Friday afternoon, Sept. 23, 2011 Eastern Time. The spacecraft will not be passing over North America then, the space agency said in a statement Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/NASA)AP – NASA’s dead six-ton satellite fell to Earth early Saturday morning, starting its fiery death plunge somewhere over the vast Pacific Ocean.


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NASA: 6-ton satellite hits Earth; location unknown (AP)

FILE - In this file image provided by NASA this is the STS-48 onboard photo of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in the grasp of the RMS (Remote Manipulator System) during deployment, from the shuttle in September 1991. NASA's old research satellite is expected to come crashing down through the atmosphere Friday afternoon, Sept. 23, 2011 Eastern Time. The spacecraft will not be passing over North America then, the space agency said in a statement Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/NASA)AP – NASA says a defunct 6-ton satellite has fallen from the sky.


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NASA gives 1-hour window for falling satellite (AP)

FILE - In this file image provided by NASA this is the STS-48 onboard photo of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in the grasp of the RMS (Remote Manipulator System) during deployment, from the shuttle in September 1991. NASA's old research satellite is expected to come crashing down through the atmosphere Friday afternoon, Sept. 23, 2011 Eastern Time. The spacecraft will not be passing over North America then, the space agency said in a statement Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/NASA)AP – A 6-ton NASA satellite on a collision course with Earth clung to space Friday, apparently flipping position in its ever-lower orbit and stalling its death plunge.


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NASA warns satellite could hit North America

North America was back on alert Friday as experts warned that parts of a defunct NASA satellite plummeting towards earth could land on U.S. soil.

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