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NASA launches satellite to watch for solar storms
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA launched a science satellite on Thursday to keep a close watch on the sun and help improve forecasts of the solar storms that can disrupt navigational signals, satellites and power grids.
Nations:U.S. Source:(Reuters)
2010-02-15
SKorea aborts rocket launch minutes before liftoff
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea on Wednesday aborted its first domestic launch of a rocket just minutes before scheduled liftoff because of a technical problem, delaying space ambitions that have threatened to anger rival North Korea.
Nations:South Korea India North Korea People:Kim Jong Il Bill Clinton Lee Myung-Bak Bill Richardson Barack Obama
2009-08-19
U.S. Air Force plans "summit" on ground tracking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force, moving aggressively to beef up intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, plans a "soup to nuts" review next week of how it tracks moving targets on the ground.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Robert Gates Source:(Reuters)
2009-07-07
Mysterious East Coast Boom Was Falling Russian Rocket
The mysterious boom and flash of light seen over parts of Virginia Sunday night was not a meteor, but actually exploding space junk from the second stage of a Russian Soyuz rocket falling back to Earth, according to an official with the U.S. Naval Observatory.
2009-03-30
NKorea launch may actually put satellite in space
WASHINGTON - North Korea, long known to obscure its ballistic missile tests behind claims of space rocket launches, may well try to fire a satellite into orbit later this month, according to top U.S. intelligence officials.
Nations:South Korea North Korea Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-03-11
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