NASA Hails New Earth-Observing Satellite as ’Our Planet’s Lifeguard’ (Video)
Source: youtube.com
"Researchers are expecting big things from NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite. It is called the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project - NPP for short - and it is set to launch from California Friday, October 28."Video from: YouTube.com
Ed Note: "NPP: Our Planet’s Lifeguard". A lifeguard takes an active role in saving people should they be drowning - he doesn’t sit back and watch. Is this satellite doing MORE than monitoring? ~E
NPP Launch
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Chinese military may have hacked US satellites
By Andrew Couts | DigitalTrends
In 2007 and 2008, hackers waged an attack on two US government satellites, according to a report from a congressional committee that’s due to be released next month. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the perpetrators of the attack may have ties to the Chinese military.
The two satellites, named Landsat-7 and Terra AM-1, are reportedly used for climate and terrain monitoring, and are managed by NASA.
In both October 2007 and July 2008, the Landsat-7 satellite experienced 12 minutes of interference. The Terra AM-1 experienced two minutes of interference in July 2008, and nine minutes in October 2008, according to the report.
“Such interference poses numerous potential threats, particularly if achieved against satellites with more sensitive functions,” says a draft of the report obtained by Bloomberg Businessweek. “Access to a satellite‘s controls could allow an attacker to damage or destroy the satellite. An attacker could also deny or degrade as well as forge or otherwise manipulate the satellite’s transmission.”
While the report does not explicitly implicate the Chinese government in the attacks on the satellites, it does say that the attacks are in line with Chinese government writings that support military action against enemy space systems, including “ground-based infrastructure, such as satellite control facilities.”
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