Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games Nov 11, 2009
Instead, electrically powered vehicles would run up and down a cable anchored to a ground structure and extending thousands of miles (kilometers) up to a mass in geosynchronous orbit the kind of orbit communications satellites are placed in to stay over a fixed spot on the Earth. LaserMotive was presented the check by Andy Petro, program manager of 's Centennial Challenges, in a ceremony at on in the. (USA Today -- Tech)
Next Stop, the Moon: Space Elevator Competition Has Winner Nov 8, 2009
Instead, electrically powered vehicles would run up and down a cable anchored to a ground structure and extending thousands of miles up to a mass in geosynchronous orbit the kind of orbit communications satellites are placed in to stay over a fixed spot on the Earth. LaserMotive LLC was presented the check by Andy Petro, progam manager of NASA's Centennial Challenges, in a ceremony at Dryden Flight Research Facility on Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert. (Fox News)
Headed to Space? Take the Elevator Nov 5, 2009
Instead, electrically powered vehicles would run up and down a cable anchored to a ground structure and extending thousands of miles up to a mass in geosynchronous orbit - the kind of orbit communications satellites are placed in to stay over a fixed spot on the Earth. Electricity would be supplied through a concept known as "power beaming," ground-based lasers pointing up to photo voltaic cells on the bottom of the climbing vehicle - something like an upside-down solar power system. (CBS News)
Indonesian satellite reaches preset orbit Sep 13, 2009
BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian communication satellite Palapa D entered its geosynchronous orbit on September 9, despite an ignition failure on the rocket that carried the satellite more than a week ago, the satellite's manufacturer said Saturday. The satellite had conducted a number of orbit maneuvers in order to get into the geosynchronous orbit, and was in normal state, the company said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Avalanche! The Incredible Data Stream Of Solar Dynamics Observatory Aug 13, 2009
" To gather data from all three instruments, NASA has set up a pair of dedicated radio antennas near Las Cruces, New Mexico. SDO's geosynchronous orbit will keep the observatory in constant view of the two 18-meter dishes around the clock for the duration of the observatory's five-year mission. Not a single bit should be lost. "We're ready," says Pesnell. "Let the avalanche begin. " Adapted from materials provided by . Original article written by Dr. Tony Phillips, NASA Heliophysics News Team.... (Science Daily)
GOES-O Satellite Reaches Orbit And Renamed GOES-14 Jul 31, 2009
GOES-O became GOES-14 once it reached its geosynchronous orbit at 89. 5 degrees west longitude on July 8, 2009. (Science Daily)
I think the almost real time images from the geostationary satellite are great,... May 3, 2009
Echostar 11 is the first and only commercial satellite in geosynchronous orbit with a camera offering live video of the Earth. The plan to put a camera on a satellite took over 6 years of conception and testing. (Multichannel News)
Editorial: Live! By radio! It's energy from space! Apr 15, 2009
"Space Solar Power (SSP) uses satellites in geosynchronous orbit to collect solar energy, which is then transmitted to the ground for conversion into electricity," PGplication says. "More specifically SSP satellites use solar cells to convert the sun's energy to electricity in space.". (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
• COLUMN: The truth about dentists and jelly beans Apr 12, 2009
COLUMN: The truth about dentists and jelly beans Don't ask me By Steve Crump If you want to send a dentist into low, geosynchronous orbit, mention the jelly bean. These hard-shelled Easter favorites coat the teeth with a layer of sticky sugar, which serves as a neon sign to passing bacteria. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Lockheed Martin SBIRS Team Advancing to Follow-on Production Phase Apr 10, 2009
The SBIRS Follow-on Program, which will complete the SBIRS constellation, will add the third and fourth highly elliptical orbit (HEO) payloads as well as the third and an option for a fourth geosynchronous orbit (GEO) spacecraft. The proposal, submitted on March 22, builds on the experience of prime contractor Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif. (PR Newswire)
• The curse of the brown plastic bottle Mar 18, 2009
You've poured it over open cuts on your fingers for decades because hydrogen peroxide doesn't send you into low geosynchronous orbit like alcohol would. Your sisters and most of your aunts mixed peroxide with ammonia and bleached their hair with it. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Translation Please: Talk About Cosmic Debris Mar 8, 2009
Shortly after the crash, I had the good fortune to hear the story told by a satellite pioneer a guy so entrenched in his love for space and its people, he gave a eulogy last year for Sir Arthur C. Clarke (the sci-fi writer who invented geosynchronous orbit) and is pals with Ann Druyan (Carl Sagans wife). Dom Stasi, chairman emeritus of the SSPI, the Society of Satellite Professionals International, holds a day job as chief technical officer of TVN Entertainment, with previous senior... (Multichannel News)
Earth gets a close shave Mar 5, 2009
The gap was just 72 000 kilometres, or a fifth of the distance between Earth and the Moon and only twice the height of satellites in geosynchronous orbit, the website space. com said. (iAfrica.com)
Space rock gives Earth a close shave Mar 3, 2009
The gap was just 72,000 kilometers (44,750 miles), or a fifth of the distance between Earth and the Moon and only twice the height of satellites in geosynchronous orbit, the website said. The estimated size is similar to that of an asteroid or comet that exploded above Tunguska, Siberia, on June 30 1908, flattening 80 million trees in a swathe of more than 2,000 square kilometres (800 square miles). (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Corporate Forecaster Feb 18, 2009
Friedman envisions a hostile future modeled on Ronald Reagan's failed Strategic Defense Initiative, in which the United States will create hypersonic "missiles that can be fired from space with devastating effect." He foresees gargantuan "Battle Stars" locked above Earth in geosynchronous orbit. The author is troublingly priapic about the possibilities of war, sounding a lot like "Dr. Strangelove's" Gen. Ripper whenever he's describing obliteration. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Efficient Future of Deep-Space Travel--Electric Rockets Feb 7, 2009
Since the 1970s mission planners have selected the technology because it can save propellant while performing such tasks as maintaining the attitude and orbital position of telecommunications satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The benefits afforded by plasma engines become most striking in light of the drawbacks of conventional rockets. (Scientific American)
