Sentences with phrase «defunct satellite»

Thirteen Years of Aerosols NASA's What on Earth blog reports that measurements from a now defunct satellite called SeaWiFS have allowed researchers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to develop the longest single - satellite global record of aerosols.

It may be that a smaller defunct satellite in a particular orbit presents more danger to a greater number of live craft.

An international body, such as the IADC, would put a price — rather like a bounty — on every defunct satellite.

The shuttle is now busy building the international space station, however, and it may be tough to reserve one to reclaim a defunct satellite as well as find the $ 50 million needed for such a mission.

He assiduously avoided commercial - satellite systems, such as the now - defunct satellite mobile - phone company Iridium.

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are working on adhesive gripping tools that could grapple objects such as orbital debris or defunct satellites that would otherwise be hard to handle.

HELIUM balloons are known for pulling things up, but they could be a great way to drag defunct satellites down towards Earth, ensuring they don't contribute to the proliferation of space junk.

Even defunct satellites remain the lawful property of the launching country — so full permission from that state will be required.»

Most defunct satellites completely burn up in our atmosphere, but some metal pieces can survive re-entry.

Upper stages of launch vehicles, defunct satellites, flecks of paint and other pieces of fast - moving space junk can all threaten active spacecraft.

Not exact matches

The Canadian - built Dextre, a two - armed robot aboard the International Space Station, could be a predecessor to a fleet of robots capable of repairing defunct orbiting satellites.

Employing gravimeters, laser altimeters, even radar, the plane will attempt to get a handle on the rapid thinning of the Antarctic ice sheet — as well as fill in for the aging ICESat 1 satellite that is soon to be defunct.

The team used radar data from satellites, such as the European Space Agency's now - defunct Envisat, to study ground motions in the Taupo Volcanic Zone.

In February, about 500 miles above Siberia, a U.S. communications satellite smashed into a defunct Russian orbiter at 25,000 miles per hour, annihilating them both.

In the first collision between two intact satellites, the defunct Russian craft Kosmos - 2251 struck communications satellite Iridium 33 at a speed of 42,100 kilometres per hour.

Trevor Paglen uses espionage techniques to portray the military - surveillance complex's landscape and skyscape interventions hidden in plain site, as in Dead Military Navigation Satellite (Cosmos 985) Near the Disk of the Moon, in which a defunct top secret satellite floats for eternity as an artificial second moon.

DARPA wants to send mini-satellites up into orbit to snag parts off old defunct machinery floating in orbit, and use those parts to build new satellites!