Satellites launch on substorm mission
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Five science satellites blasted off on a single rocket into a golden sunset Saturday on a mission to figure out the source of powerful geomagnetic substorms in the Earth's atmosphere.
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MOSCOW. June 8 (Interfax-AVN) - A military satellite of the Cosmos series has been placed into its designated orbit after being launched from the Plesetsk launch pad in the Arkhangelsk region on Thursday, Space Forces spokesman Alexei Zolotukhin told Interfax- AVN.
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A rocket carrying a next-generation Earth-imaging satellite blasted off Tuesday on a mission that promises to zoom in on objects as small as 18 inches across.
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New twin spacecraft are helping  scientists track pesky solar storms from the sun to Earth,  where they can disrupt satellites, communications and sometimes  the electricity supply, the U.S. space agency said on Thursday.
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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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Cluster reveals how Data returned to Earth from ESA's Cluster quartet of satellites has revealed huge swirling pools of electrified gas that are feeding into Earth's magnetosphere.â¦
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Scientists map enormous impact craters hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet using satellite technology.
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Moscow, 26 December: Three satellites of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) have been put into orbit as planned.
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The Genesis desert crash has left scientists wondering about the delicate condition of its solar wind collection. The first release of samples to the community has begun, while new tests for oxygen-isotopes may help uncover which particles might have lunar, solar or terrestrial origins.
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A swirling space observatory has been launched to scan the universe for explosions that some believe are the birth of black holes.
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The European Space Agency says the launch of MetOp-A, the first in a new European series of three meteorological satellites, will be Oct. 7.
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By AJ HOSTETLER A Hampton University-led satellite launched in April to study mysterious icy clouds has spotted them over northern Europe.
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Russia launched two Russian-Ukrainian Earth probing satellites from the Plesetsk cosmodrome at 14:20, Moscow time, on Friday.
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Five NASA probes blasted into space Saturday, kicking off a two-year mission to hunt down the source of some of Earth's most colorful auroral displays.
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NASA's fleet of THEMIS satellites have made some surprising new discoveries about outbursts of Northern Lights and the source of their power.  The discoveries include giant magnetic ropes that connect Earth to the Sun and  explosions in the outskirts of Earth's magnetic field.
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A government panel Wednesday approved plans to send a weather satellite into Earth's orbit by February 2005, in the first scheduled launch for Japan's troubled space program since late last year, an official said.
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A rocket has been launched carrying a satellite to track and study the most powerful explosions seen in the universe since the Big Bang.