Sentences with phrase «tiny space satellites»

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Two European engineering firms — the German Dauria Aerospace and the Spanish Elecnor Deimos — recently announced their own constellation of tiny, Earth - observing satellites, but they don't anticipate sending any into space until 2015.

The idea being, we don't want a lot of tiny satellites that are cheap to put into low earth orbit, adding to the space debris orbiting the earth.

Would hundreds or perhaps thousands of new, tiny orbiting satellites create space debris problems?

The feat called attention to a new space race, one featuring tiny satellites that are roughly the size of a half - gallon milk carton and sprout antennas and solar panels.

In what seems to be the first unauthorised satellite launch, a start - up company may have sent four tiny — and potentially dangerous — satellites into space

When spacecraft and satellites travel through space they encounter tiny, fast moving particles of space dust and debris.

Bluefield is one of many new companies taking advantage of new «CubeSats,» or tiny satellites that can make inexpensive measurements from space (Climatewire, Jan. 29).

It takes huge blasts of rocket power to free spacecraft of Earth's gravity, but only a tiny nudge to correct a satellite's orbit, dodge space debris, or counter the slight but pernicious force of sunlight.

More than 100 tiny satellites are set to launch into space on April 14th, in a demonstration of a possible future inexpensive technology that could pave the way for the $ 1,000 satellite.