Hurricane satellite could fail anytime
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An aging weather satellite crucial to accurate predictions on the intensity and path of hurricanes could fail at any moment and plans to launch a replacement have been pushed back seven years to 2016.
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The battering that the hurricanes of the last month has inflicted on NASA centers could strain an already tight schedule for resuming shuttle flights, but it is too early to tell how badly, experts said Thursday.
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nyone who books a cruise to the Caribbean during hurricane season is taking a chance that the ship may have to be rerouted because of high seas and strong winds.
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Weather forecasting just isn't what it used to be. With thousands of satellites orbiting Earth, with astronauts living in the international space station and perhaps venturing later to the moon and Mars, and with nations utterly dependent on space-based assets for their communications, navigation and spying, those responsible for the safety of all these moving parts need to know about a whole new world of weather conditions. ...
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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 Pentagon is considering whether to shoot down a failed spy satellite that could come crashing back to Earth by March, senior U.S. military officials said today. "There aren't a whole lot of other options," an official said. But these officials would not elaborate on how they would hit the satellite.
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The U.S. military does not  anticipate trying to shoot apart a defunct spy satellite on  Wednesday due to rough seas in the Pacific Ocean, a senior  military official said.
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Amateur hurricane-busters have come up with any number of crackpot ideas to spare Florida from ferocious storms. Among them: blowing hurricanes away with giant fans or blowing them up with nuclear warheads.
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A large spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit earth in late February or March, government officials said.
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The government says it will shoot down a dead spy satellite to protect public safety. But there's little real risk
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A hurricane disaster relief package approved last week includes money for fixing communications equipment at NASA&#39;s Kennedy Space Center.
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Bill Proenza was on the job as director of the National Hurricane Center for less than a week when he delivered his first warning about the looming loss of a crucial forecasting tool: a rare satellite that measures winds during storms.
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Faulty equipment, poor communications and cumbersome bureaucracy are being blamed for the failure of nations around the Indian Ocean's rim to warn communities about to be hit by one of the world's most devastating natural disasters.
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Electric companies fear that Hurricane Jeanne could leave millions of customers without power, some for three weeks or more. Jeanne was expected to deliver another major dose
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Intelsat loses a satellite, which could mean lost millions for the defense contractor.
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A satellite, aiming to provide a television signal to every household in China, has encountered problems with its solar panels and will not function as planned.
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Business & money: Concerns that a fresh wave of hurricanes could hit American oil installations.