SATELLITES

France launched their first missile tracking satellites into orbit Feb. 13 designed to watch and warn of enemy ballistic missile attacks. The two spacecraft will monitor Earth and space with infrared telescopes and be on the lookout for missile launches.

What's something that we all need in this technological age? Satellites. Without them, humanity would not be able to do nearly as much as we currently can.

Data from satellites can supplement the EPA's network of monitors for detecting tiny, hazardous particles of pollution in the air, NASA researchers find.

At NASA, the old adage holds true: what goes up, invariably, must come down.

The omnipresent connectivity of our society requires more and more bandwidth. For those in the rural areas of our nation, or elsewhere, satellite internet is the only option. We're about to see the bet raised on bandwidth speed. Where will it lead?

One way in which solar power is rapidly gaining popularity is in the idea of combining the sun's energy with satellite technology to transfer energy from outer space to earth.

The pollution detectives, just like detectives in a regular legal case, need to have proof and they need to have witnesses to find the criminal polluters, but they could be anywhere in any county in the world.

Shortly after Sputnik I was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, Explorer I was Americas answer in 1958. This marked the beginning of the space race between the US and Soviet Russia.

Scientists aren't sure when and if we have reached the tipping point of global climate change. It may happen sooner than they originally expected. Two ocean-observing satellites launched by NASA will monitor changes.

This common form of radio is broadcast by radio stations across the earth's surface, whereas satellite radio beams radio signals from satellites hovering around the earth.

In the days before spy satellites, on-the-ground espionage was all the more important and the Allied Military Liaison Missions operating in Germany during the Cold War gathered literally tons of this information during their active, near-secret history.

Solar storms streaking across the solar system emit a harsh scream in the radio bandwidth before they slam into satellites and spacecraft, astronomers are now saying.

Geocaching is the act of using multi-million dollar satellites and high tech gadgetry to find tupperware hidden in the woods.

Satellite TV is a highly advanced technology that allows television channels to be delivered through satellites placed high above the Earth. In order to receive these channels, the viewer must subscribe through service provider and install a receiving dish and a receiver.

Even with the addition of hundreds of new channels thanks to satellites and digital cable, it seems as if television has declined in quality. Most new shows can't hold a candle to the classics, and many older cartoons have clearly gone downhill over the years.

When discussing about satellites phones, of course many of us are aware of the technology especially those who already subscribe to satellite television.

Last January 11th, China tested an anti satellite (ASAT) weapon by launching it against one of its own aging weather satellites. The weapon, launched from China's launch facility in Xichang, was what is commonly referred to as a kinetic kill weapon.

China conducted an anti-satellite test that could threaten U.S. spy satellites.

Satellites are wonderful for bringing about static free screens unlike their cable counterparts. Tamper with simplicity and reception becomes a blur.

GPS receivers work off of satellites with atomic clocks. Handheld GPS receivers are used by outdoors people. Garmin makes the top-rate ones and Cobra the poorest.

Global Positioning System, can calculate the longitude, latitude, and altitude using the twenty-four satellites that orbit the Earth and triangulation of their location. Three basic kinds of GPS systems. Hand held devices are durable for any use.