{"id":84291,"date":"2011-09-05T23:41:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T15:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/satellite-today-daily-links-sept-5\/"},"modified":"2011-09-05T23:41:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T15:41:57","slug":"satellite-today-daily-links-sept-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/satellite-today-daily-links-sept-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite TODAY Daily Links (Sept. 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The editors of SatelliteTODAY.com would like to share some of this week\u2019s most interesting space and satellite perspectives from across the Web: 
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For additional links, follow our editors on Twitter: <\/strong>
\n<\/em>Click here for: SatelliteTODAY.com\u2019s Jeffrey Hill on Twitter
\nClick here for: Via Satellite Magazine\u2019s Mark Holmes on Twitter<\/p>\n

Space Junk Problem Is More Threatening Than Ever, Report Warns
\n\u2013 via FoxNews.com<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

“There is so much junk in space that collisions could start to increase exponentially, leading to a continuously growing pile of rubble in orbit, a new report warns. The independent report, released today (Sept. 1), surveyed NASA\u2019s work to meet the threat of space debris. It was sponsored by NASA, and conducted by the National Research Council, a nonprofit science policy organization\u2026.” read more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

NASA Measures Irene\u2019s Record Rain Totals From Space
\n\u2013 via Wired.com<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

“NASA has totaled the impressive rainfall from Hurricane Irene using highly precise microwave measurements from a satellite. The map, created using data recorded by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite from Aug. 20-29, reveals rainfall in some bands of the now-dissipated 10-day-long storm exceeded 2 inches per hour\u2026..” read more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Soyuz Program Crashes and Burns
\n\u2013 via Spiegel.de<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

“Last week\u2019s Soyuz crash was just the latest in a series of embarrassing mishaps for Russia\u2019s space industry, which is plagued by quality problems and an ageing workforce. With no other way to get astronauts into orbit, the operation of the International Space Station is now in question\u2026.” read more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Russia lifts suspension on launches of main rocket
\n\u2013 via Reuters.com<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

“Russia\u2019s space agency gave the green light on Tuesday to resume launches of the main rocket it uses for carrying satellites into space after determining what caused a launch to fail this month\u2026\u2026.” read more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Sirius XM: Implications Of Class Action Lawsuit Settlement
\n\u2013 via SeekingAlpha.com<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

“Over the past two quarters Sirius XM (SIRI) has had to deal with the uncertainty of its antitrust lawsuit known as Blessing vs. Sirius XM. On Wednesday investors learned that the case took another step towards reaching its end as Sirius won court approval for settlement with subscribers who claimed that the company illegally raised prices upon its acquisition of XM Satellite Radio in 2008\u2026\u2026” read more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Boeing satellite-making operation in El Segundo turns 50
\n\u2013 via LATimes.com<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

“Boeing Co.\u2019s sprawling satellite-making operation in El Segundo celebrated its 50th anniversary Wednesday with an event attended by high-ranking company officials, local media and politicians. Since it was first opened in 1961, the plant has produced satellites used for research, exploration, communication, navigation, entertainment, intelligence and surveillance\u2026.” read more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Local group building satellite to capture sounds of space
\n\u2013 via KSDK.com<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

“You don\u2019t have to be a rocket scientist or work for NASA to build a satellite and send it into orbit. A St. Louis group is building its own, hoping to find out what space sounds like\u2026..” read more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Changes to BBC services on satellite and cable this autumn
\n\u2013 via BBC.co.uk <\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

“We\u2019re planning to make some changes to our satellite transponder line-up in about a month\u2019s time. I wanted to tell you about them in advance in case you find that you have to take some action. For the vast majority of viewers, these changes should occur seamlessly and require no intervention\u2026..” read more.<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The editors of SatelliteTODAY.com would like to share some of this week\u2019s most interesting space and satellite perspectives from across the Web:  For additional links, follow our editors on Twitter:  Click here for: SatelliteTODAY.com\u2019s Jeffrey Hill on Twitter Click here for: Via Satellite Magazine\u2019s Mark Holmes on Twitter Space Junk Problem Is More Threatening Than Ever, Report Warns \u2013 via FoxNews.com […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}