Atlas Rocket Lofts Spy Satellite for U.S.
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An Atlas 3 rocket lifted off into space early Thursday carrying a secret military payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, the agency that oversees the nation's constellation of spy satellites.
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U.S. agents next week will start scanning trucks crossing the Mexico border with a device that shoots neutrons to detect what exactly is hidden in the cargo. By Ryan Singel.
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A European Ariane rocket launched a military surveillance satellite on Saturday, the third in a French-led drive for a European "spy in the sky" independent of the United States.
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When NASAs Genesis solar-wind sample return capsule skyrockets from space next week and drops into the Utah Test and Training Range, that landmark in civilian space draws upon a once classified satellite snooping program.
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The U.S. Navy could shoot down an errant spy satellite as early as Wednesday night. Now a new computer model shows what might happen.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - U.S. space officials will get a peek behind the closely guarded doors of China's space program next week during a visit that many experts believe is more about diplomacy than cooperation in technology.
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Dec. 12, 2006  /PRNewswire/ -- Designed to spot terrestrial targets and built in a matter of months, Raytheon Company's  first rapid-development space-optical payload was delivered recently to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.
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PARIS  - An Ariane rocket blasted off Saturday from a pad in South America to place France's third military spy satellite into orbit, Arianespace said.
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Anything to stop it hitting eBay The US Navy will attempt to shoot down a malfunctioning American spy satellite before it falls to Earth, the Pentagon has confirmed. The plan has been approved by President George Bush, citing concern over toxic hydrazine fuel aboard the spacecraft. However, a top analyst has suggested the US is actually worried about secret technology winding up for sale on the web.â¦
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By TOM ROEDER THE GAZETTE  A satellite built by Air Force Academy cadets was carried into orbit Thursday aboard an Atlas V rocket that was launched at 8:11 p.m. MST from from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit Earth in late February or March, government officials said yesterday.
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RENO, Nevada  - British billionaire Richard Branson said on Wednesday he was hoping to trace Steve Fossett through a satellite mapping service offered by Internet data provider Google as the search for the missing U.S. adventurer resumed.
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A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday.
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A top-secret National Reconnaissance Office spacecraft circles Earth today after rocketing off from Cape Canaveral and away from Hurricane Frances.
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A European satellite designed to improve weather forecasting has been given a new launch date.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE:ORB) today announced that it  successfully launched the TACSAT-2 satellite for the U.S. Air Force  aboard a Minotaur I space launch vehicle. The Minotaur launch was  carried out by Orbital for the U.S.
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A sophisticated autopilot system that could play a vital role in missions to the moon or Mars will be tested this week during a $100 million demonstration 500 miles above Earth.