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The Jason-2 ocean mapping satellite, a joint venture between France and the US, is launched into space. [BBC News Europe] 20/06/2008 The Jason-2 satellite, which will have the task of measuring the shape of the world's oceans, is launched into space. With China blasting satellites out of the sky, India needs a military space programme to defend its orbiters, the country's Army chief said. The talk of a possible push into space by India's military chief, General Deepak Kapoor,... [nzherald.co.nz - world] 18/06/2008 Ministers are urged to invest in a radio system developed during World War Two as a back-up to GPS satellite navigation. An advanced military communications satellite designed for UK forces is launched into space. The third Skynet military satellite is held on the pad because of a fault on its rocket. WASHINGTON - The US has military painted China as posing a growing threat to the United States and others in space and cyberspace. China is "aggressively" honing its ability to shoot down satellites along with other... [nzherald.co.nz - world] 20/05/2008 Engineers testing a recently launched Japanese data communications satellite have succeeded in establishing a two-way Internet link running at 1.2G bps (bits per second) each way, they said Monday. [Network World] 13/05/2008 A demonstrator satellite for the European Galileo system begins transmitting navigation signals back to Earth. [BBC News Europe] 07/05/2008 A demonstrator satellite for the European Galileo system begins transmitting navigation signals back to Earth. The commander of US Strategic Command tells the BBC about the growing role of satellite data in warfare today. [BBC News Americas] 06/05/2008 A free satellite television and radio service backed by the BBC and ITV launches across the UK. Six teams of students are vying for the chance to build an experiment for a satellite that will launched in 2010. Giove-B, the second test spacecraft for Europe's proposed satellite navigation system, is finally to be sent for launch. Japan launches a satellite designed to enable super high-speed data transmission in remote areas. |
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