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Photo The Proton Breeze M rocket has successfully launched the third Inmarsat-4 (I-4) satellite, which weighs more than six tonnes and is the size of a London double-decker bus. This satellite (pictured here... [02 Sep 2008]
Photos: Inmarsat satellite lifts off
Photo The Proton Breeze M rocket has successfully launched the third Inmarsat-4 (I-4) satellite, which weighs more than six tonnes and is the size of a London double-decker bus. The satellite was launched from... [20 Aug 2008]
Photos: Top summer holiday gadgets
Photo There is no shortage of sat-navs to choose from but the Navigon 2110 Series Satellite Navigation System - Western Europe (pictured) will give you Western European maps for around £120. Remembering what the kids got up to... [11 Aug 2008]
Photos: The solar powered speedster
Photo The best option for sun-powered racers are space-grade solar arrays - made from rejected satellite solar cells - which have a conversion efficiency rate of about 30 per cent, about double that of cheaper terrestrial... [16 Jun 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo As computing power burgeoned and satellite data has improved predictions have steadily increased in accuracy over the decades, with seven-day forecasts in Europe today having a better hit rate than five day forecasts in... [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: Google Android unveils its face
Photo Google Maps, including this view with a satellite photo, are available on Android phones. Google demonstrated its Android mobile phone software Wednesday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. [30 May 2008]
Photos: Ellen McArthur's new boat
Photo Furthest right are handsets for satellite phone and RF comms. Here, the company has provided the team with a mobile wi-fi hotspot, so that they can connect to the web on the boat when it is moored, without having to use... [02 May 2008]
Photos: Galileo's phase two goes into orbit
Photo The second trial satellite (Giove-B) in the European Galileo satellite programme was launched in Kazakhstan at the weekend. It represents the next phase in the development of the... [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: Road testing wi-fi at 320kmph
Photo The onboard wi-fi system delivers connectivity via a Eutelsat satellite link, seamlessly switching to wi-fi terminals for coverage in areas such as tunnels or stations where the satellite antenna... [28 Mar 2008]
Photos: Lunar mobile phones preparing to soar
Photo The joint Nasa/BNSC MoonLite mission, due to be launched after 2012, will test a prototype version of the satellite phone network using an orbiter, seen in a mock-up here, to communicate with four probes buried in the... [25 Feb 2008]
Photos: Satellite mapping through clouds
Photo Satellite technology able to penetrate thick cloud cover is being used to help prevent future tragedies on the mudflats of Morecambe Bay. The satellite images are generated using radar and will assist... [10 Dec 2007]
Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo A team of explorers sent the most northerly transmitted video message over their satellite communications system this month. Kicking off our photo stories this month was the iPhone launch on 9 November. [29 Nov 2007]
Photos: Floating computers keep an eye on the oceans
Photo The floats normally usually drift at depths of 2,000 metres or 1,000 metres but every ten days, the bladder in the float fills with water making it rise to the surface to send its data to their various research centres via... [21 Nov 2007]
Photos: Arctic tech gets talking
Photo The video footage was transmitted from the Arctic Ocean using the Vanco Arctic Survey's satellite communications system. Due to a lack of satellite coverage over the High Arctic regions, it took 18... [12 Nov 2007]
Photos: BT blows £250m on wind farms
Photo BT has already applied for planning permission for test masts at the Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station in Cornwall, Wideford Hill Radio in Orkney and Scousburgh Radio Station in Shetland. Goonhilly was the largest... [19 Oct 2007]
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