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NASA’s Kepler Satellite Went Silent — For Six Days
When a satellite that cost $600 million to build and operate goes silent for 144 hours, you’re going to get a few peeved astronomers. Continue reading
Climate Change Satellite Comes Crashing Back to Earth
NASA’s launch of their ‘Glory’ climate change observation satellite went badly, sending the satellite (and $420M) down in flames. Continue reading
Gearfuse Almanac: January 14 in Science and Technology
A sturdy air weapon of the Cold War, a not-so-sturdy rock legend’s satellite star turn, and a landing in the outer solar system—today’s hits in science and technology. Continue reading
This Snowmaker Packed a Punch
As this image from the GOES-13 satellite shows, the snow that hit the Eastern Seaboard was delivered by a formidable storm. Picture after the jump. Continue reading
Cassini visits Saturn’s oxygenated moon
he Cassini spacecraft has detected atmospheric oxygen on Rhea, a rocky, icy moon orbiting Saturn. 950 miles in diameter (less than half that of our moon), the tiny world is covered with water ice, which likely produces free oxygen as it is bombarded with charged particles from the magnetosphere of its parent planet, Saturn. Continue reading
The Dubai Airshow: As Seen From Outer Space
Captured by the GeoEye-1 satellite at about half-meter resolution, this photo shows a stunning view of the Dubai Airshow in progress. Link
Breaking: Sirius-XM Saved By Liberty Media
The AP is reporting that Liberty Media, who had previously expressed interest in Sirius-XM, has signed a deal where it’ll invest $350 million in the failing satellite radio company. This comes right in the nick of time; Sirius had $175 million in bond payments due today, which would have no doubt sent the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Instead, Liberty Media is going to get 12.5 million shares of convertible preferred stock, worth about 40 percent of the company’s common... Continue reading
EchoStar Trying To Take Over Sirius-XM Radio
So you’ve got the debt-riddled satellite radio monopoly known as Sirius-XM and you’ve got veteran satellite pioneer EchoStar. EchoStar is trying to buy Sirius-XM but the company keeps rebuffing its offer. As a shareholder, I believe this is not in our best interests. Sirius-XM has yet to turn a profit and while its subscriber base is increasing, short-term money solutions are becoming a key issue. Some people, like the blog Orbitcast, seem to think that the solution is a Democrat-run... Continue reading
Sirius XM Buries Punk Rock
Whether you’re a Sirius XM radio subscriber or not, maybe you’ve heard it’s dropped the punk channels. Subscribers are outraged at the fact that XM Fungus and Sirius Punk were dropped, replaced by an AC/DC channel. That’s AC/DC, all day, everyday. AC/DC? They only have, like, 17 albums. Why wouldn’t Sirius XM replace every punk band in existence with a band like Rush? At least Rush has 18 albums. What Sirius XM is trying to say is, it doesn’t like... Continue reading
Meet Sirius XM Radio Incorporated
With all that FCC brouhaha out of the way, XM and Sirius were able to move forward with their plans for a merger. Announced today, the new name of the combined companies will be Sirius XM Radio Inc. Boring as hell, right? No matter. There’s some major firepower behind this new company. It’ll be “the second largest radio company based on revenue and the second largest subscription media business in the U.S.” Now that’s power. If you’ve got money to... Continue reading
