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Keyword - Satellites

- Satellite risks losing sight of Earth - Premium content
  
  Agencies to decide if grounded mission should fly as solar probe instead.
  
  19 November 2008
- India heads for the Moon - Premium content
  
  Chandrayaan-1 mission launches India into the space race.
  
  21 October 2008
- Space science: From the desert to the edge of space - Premium content
  
  Not all NASA launches need rockets and countdowns. Eric Hand sees the alternative in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
  
  16 July 2008
- US missile destroys toxic tank on spy satellite - Premium content
  
  27 February 2008
- US missile slams into runaway satellite - Premium content
  
  Military '80-90%' certain that toxic fuel tank was successfully broken up.
  
  21 February 2008
- Watch out for falling satellites - Premium content
  
  With no one at the wheel, should we be worried about the large US spy satellite now headed for a crash landing?
  
  29 January 2008
- Earth Monitoring: Not enough eyes on the prize
  
  The capacity of the United States to monitor Earth's vital signs is being stymied by tight budgets and poor coordination. Alexandra Witze reports.
  
  5 December 2007
- A timeline of Earth observation - Premium content
  
  People have always tried to look at our planet in new and different ways, and through the years they've invented a number of methods with which to do so. Here's a look at some of the notable moments in the history of Earth monitoring.
  
  5 December 2007
- The salt flat with curious curves - Premium content
  
  Mapping one of the flattest parts of the planet will help satellite calibration.
  
  30 November 2007
- 50 years in space - Premium content
  
  On 4 October 1957, Sputnik launched us on a path into space.
  
  4 October 2007