Disabled spy satellite threatens Earth
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A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday.
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The Bush administration's attempt to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite as early as this evening will help the military advance its anti-missile and anti-satellite planning and technology, according to space weapons experts and analysts. Both fields are of high interest to the military an...
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In the night of 15-16 November, ESA&#39;s Smart-1 space probe is scheduled to enter into an orbit around the Moon. This operation is not without danger, as it means traversing an area in which the gravitational
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The Pentagon is planning to fire a missile at a rogue spy satellite that was due to fall to earth early next month
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In the next week or so, the U.S. military is going to try to take out a malfunctioning spy satellite before it crashes to Earth -- and maybe releases a toxic gas in the process.
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Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, which gives its the capability to observe any location around the globe.
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Tucked into the Bush administration's space policy is a plan to take the global positioning system offline temporarily during a national emergency. The goal: preventing terrorists from using the navigational technology.
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A plan to use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law-enforcement missions is moving forward after being delayed for months because of privacy and civil liberties concerns.
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Whatever's going on, China and Russia condemn it Russia and China have expressed concern over US plans to fire interceptors at a malfunctioning American spy satellite in coming weeks before it plunges fully into the Earth's atmosphere. Meanwhile, it has emerged that Washington launched a crash effort to destroy the spacecraft early in the New Year, less than a fortnight after it was launched and failed to come online.â¦
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JERUSALEM -- An Israeli spy satellite plunged into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after launch yesterday, dealing a severe blow to Israel's attempts to closely monitor potential enemies, particularly Iran.
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Could contain hazardous materials: just like The Andromeda Strain A large US spy satellite has lost power and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials have said.â¦
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A dead U.S. spy satellite in a deteriorating orbit is expected to hit the Earth the first week of March, officials said yesterday.
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The Pentagon plans to shoot down a disabled U.S. spy satellite before it enters the atmosphere to prevent a potentially deadly leak of toxic gas from the vehicle's fuel tank, officials said on Thursday.
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September 7, 2004 -- JERUSALEM - A satellite that was supposed to give Israel a spy-in-the-sky over arch-foe Iran crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after liftoff yesterday, officials said.
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A disabled U.S. spy satellite is  likely to break into small pieces when it falls to Earth within  weeks, posing little danger to humans, U.S. government  officials and space experts said on Monday.
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The looming U.S. Navy attempt to shoot down a dying satellite could demonstrate an anti-satellite capability for its missile defense system.
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PARIS France says a satellite placed in orbit today gives it new abilities to spy worldwide. The Helios Two-A military satellite was launched from French Guiana and put in orbit along with six smaller scientific ones about an hour later.