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12 November 2005

Eyeballing Kennedy Space Center: http://eyeball-series.org/ksc-eyeball.htm

Satellites are the most pervasive espionage technology worldwide -- running neck and neck now with the Internet -- and every satellite spies despite claims for commercial, scientific and other benign use. None are free of intelligence monitoring and exploitation, in the long tradition of spies exploiting communications technology, from mail to telephones to the Web. All the satellite image production firms are closely tied to and regulated by their host governments. And none are used purely for non-governmental purposes. As a recent example, Google's foray into the field of satellite entertainment offers opportunity to track usage as effectively as does its search engine. Google's Internet siphons, data-mining and search-server farms are military grade, comparable to those at the National Security Agency. Links among the two and the global Internet infrastructure deserves suspicion and critical examination exemplified by Daniel Brandt's Google Watch.

Eyeballing Spy Satellites

2005
In this photo released by Boeing, a Zenit-3SL rocket is successfully launched Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005 from a floating rocket pad in the Pacific Ocean. The rocket blasted off carrying the 13,108-pound Inmarsat-4, a European-built communications satellite for London-based Inmarsat Ltd. (AP Photo/Boeing, Dave Hutshell) **NO SALES **	This photo provided by Sea Launch shows a rocket carrying a telecommunications satellite into space blasting off in a ball of orange flames from a platform in the Pacific Ocean Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005. The 13,108-pound (5899-kilogram) Eurostar 3000 satellite operated by London-based Inmarsat Ltd. is designed to support delivery of high-speed Internet and intranet content and products, video-on-demand, video conferencing, fax, e-mail, phone and LAN access, according to Sea Launch. (AP Photo/Sea Launch Photo-Optics, Dave Hutsell)
Specialists conduct prelaunch checks on the European Space Agency's Venus Express probe at Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 21, 2005. The launch of Venus Express probe intended to explore Venus has been postponed because of a problem with a Russian booster rocket, a delay that closely follows the loss of a high-profile European satellite due to a Russian booster failure, officials said Saturday Oct. 22, 2005. (AP Photo) ** PHOTO MADE AVAILABLE SATURDAY OCT 22 **	Specialists conduct prelaunch checks on the European Space Agency's Venus Express probe at Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 21, 2005. The launch of Venus Express probe intended to explore Venus has been postponed because of a problem with a Russian booster rocket, a delay that closely follows the loss of a high-profile European satellite due to a Russian booster failure, officials said Saturday Oct 22, 2005. (AP Photo) ** PHOTO MADE AVAILABLE SATURDAY OCT 22 **
Specialists conduct prelaunch checks on the European Space Agency's Venus Express probe at Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 21, 2005. The launch of Venus Express probe intended to explore Venus has been postponed because of a problem with a Russian booster rocket, a delay that closely follows the loss of a high-profile European satellite due to a Russian booster failure, officials said Saturday Oct. 22, 2005. (AP Photo) ** PHOTO MADE AVAILABLE SATURDAY OCT 22 **	The Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center is seen in Beijing, capital of China Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005. President Hu Jintao talked Saturday with two Chinese astronauts on their fourth day in orbit and wished them a "triumphant return," but there was no confirmation of when they might land after a mission meant to affirm Beijing's status as a rising power. China launched the Shenzhou-6 spacecraft at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China Oct. 12. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zha Chunming)
In this photo distributed by China's official Xinhua news agency, with the caption reading, the Long March II F rocket carrying China's second manned spacecraft Shenzhou VI blasts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province on Wednesday October 12, 2005. China successfully launched its second manned spacecraft Shenzhou VI at the launch center Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhao Jianwei)	China launches its second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-6 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province at 9:00 a.m. local time Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Zhao Jianwei)
China launches its second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-6 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province at 9:00 a.m. local time on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Zhao Jianwei)	China's second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-6 joined by the Long March II F rocket gets ready for launching at the launch tower of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Wednesday, Oct, 12, 2005. Shenzhou-6 spacecraft will be carried to the outer space by the Long March II F rocket. (AP Photo /Xinhua, Zhao Jianwei)
Xinhua News Agency released this photo Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005 in Beijing shows, undated photo shows China's second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-6 joined by the Long March CZ-2F rocket at the launch tower of the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Shenzhou-6 spacecraft will be carried to the outer space by the Long March CZ-2F rocket. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Zhao Jianwei)	The Shenzhou VI spaceship is moved to its launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the Gobi desert in north China, Friday October 7, 2005. Shenzhou VI, China's second manned space mission - and its first to carry two astronauts - is scheduled to launch next week, if weather permitting, and return after orbiting the earth for five days. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT, ONLINE OUT **
The Shenzhou VI spacecraft and its rocket is moved to its launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the Gobi desert in north China, Friday October 7, 2005. Shenzhou VI, China's second manned space mission - and its first to carry two astronauts - is scheduled to launch next week, weather permitting, and return after orbiting the earth for five days. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT, ONLINE OUT **	This photo provided by the European Space Agency shows an Ariane-5 rocket blasting off Thursday evening Oct.13, 2005 from a launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket placed into orbit France's Syracuse 3A military communications satellite and PanAmSat's Galaxy 15, which is designed to last 15 years and broadcast digital video, high-definition television and video-on-demand to the United States. (AP Photo/CSG TOUCAN/ESA) ** NO SALES **
This picture released by the European Space Agency and dated Wednesday, Oct. 12 2005, shows the Ariane- 5 space rocket a day before it is to be launched from Kourou cosmodrome, French Guiana. The rocket is carrying a French military satellite and a U.S. telecommunications satellite. (AP Photo/ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE, HO)	This picture released by the European Space Agency and dated Wednesday, Oct. 12 2005, shows the Ariane- 5 space rocket being transfered to its launch area, a day before it is to be launched from Kourou cosmodrome, French Guiana. The rocket is carrying a French military satellite and a U.S. telecommunications satellite. (AP Photo/ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE, HO)
In this handout photo provided by Boeing, a Boeing Delta 2 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005, with a Global Positioning System satellite. This is the first of the next generation of the GPS satellites to be launched. The Lockheed Martin-built satellite, dubbed GPS IIR-M, is the first in a series of eight new spacecraft designed to provide stronger signal strength, better protection against jamming and additional signals for both military and civilian users. (AP Photo/Boeing, Carleton Bailie)	A rocket, carrying a military research satellite, streaks across the sky from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, as seen from the outskirts of lights-up the western sky over North Mountain in Phoenix, Ariz., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005. The Minotaur rocket was carrying a DARPA payload, according to Maj. Todd Fleming. DARPA is the research and development arm of the Pentagon. The 920-pound ``Streak'' payload will stay in orbit for a year, gathering information about the Earth's environment in low orbit. The mission's cost is classified. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Pat Shannahan) **NO SALES**
** ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 **A model of the PC SAT 2 satellite is shown at the United States Naval Academy, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005, in Annapolis, Md. When it comes to building satellites that work in space, students pursuing an aerospace major at the Naval Academy are batting 1.000. With their first satellite still in orbit, a second was carried aloft by the shuttle Discovery on July 26. (AP Photo/Matthew S. Gunby)	Proton-M/Briz-M rocket with telecommunications satellite Anik F1R of the Canadian Telesat company aboard rises at a launch pad of the the Russian-rented Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, Monday, Sept. 5, 2005. The new satellite will ensure continuity of service to Telesat's North American customers, Telesat announced.(AP Photo/Str)
Proton-M/Briz-M rocket with telecommunications satellite Anik F1R of the Canadian Telesat company aboard is transported to a launch pad of the Russian-rented Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, Monday, Sept. 5, 2005. The new satellite will ensure continuity of service to Telesat's North American customers, Telesat announced.(AP Photo/Str)	A Soyuz-U rocket lifts off from a launch pad of the the Russian-rented Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, Friday, Sept. 2, 2005. Russia put a new military satellite, dubbed Kosmos-2415, in orbit Friday, a spokesman for the country's Space Forces said. Russia has nearly 100 satellites in orbit, including about 60 military satellites, the ITAR-Tass news agency said.(AP Photo/Str)
A Long March-2IV rocket is launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. The rocket carried China's 22nd return science and technology experimental satellite, that will be used to carry out scientific research, land surveying and mapping, and experiments in the outer space, onto the preset orbit and it is now operating normally, China's official Xinhua news agency said. (AP Photo/Xinhua)	Capt. Aanan Patel, seated, and 1st Lt. Javier Fioveroa, of the Third Space Operations Squadron, guide communication satellites through a space junkyard about 22,000 miles above Earth from the squadron's office at Schriever Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colo., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force via The Gazette)
In this handout photo released by the Boeing Company, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N (GOES-N) is shown, scheduled to be launched into orbit for NASA aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Monday, Aug. 15, 2005 is the first of three new geostationary weather and environmental satellites built for NASA by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. (AP Photo/Boeing Company, Carleton Bailie)	A European Ariane-5 rocket lifts off from its launch pad in Kourou, French Guyana, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005, on its way to place into orbit the world's heaviest commecial satellite designed to provide Internet service for 14 Asia-Pacific countries. (AP Photo/ESA/CNES/Arianespace, service optique CSG) NO SALES NO ARCHIVE
SingTel satellites are seen along a highway Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 in Singapore. Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Southeast Asia's largest telephone company, said its quarter net profit rose 13.7 percents, or US$482 million from a year earlier, boosted by regional mobiles. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-e)	Brian Williams, lead test technician at Ball Aerospace, works on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP), July 6, 2005 in Boulder, Colo. The satellite will provide weather and environmental data to weather forecasters, military and civilian leaders, and the scientific community. (AP Photo/Daily Camera, Marty Caivano)
Japan's M-5 rocket, carrying the 6.5-meter-(21-foot-)long satellite in its nose cone , is shot into space from Uchinoura, 985 kilometers (620 miles) southwest of Tokyo Sunday, July 10, 2005. Japan on Sunday successfully launched a rocket carrying X-ray telescopes into Earth's orbit to examine black holes and galaxies, the country's space agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, NO SALES, CREDIT MANDATORY **	Blick in einen Kontrollraum der Satellitenueberwachung im Deutschen Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt in Oberpfaffenhofen, Bayern, aufgenommen am Freitag, 8. Juli 2005. Bundesverkehrsminister Manfred Stolpe und EU-Kommissar Jacques Barrot besuchten am Freitag das Kontrollzentrum in Oberpfaffenhofen, um sich ein Bild ueber einen moeglichen Standort fuer das Kontrollzentrum fuer das kuenftige europaeische Satellitennavigationssystem Galileo zu machen. (AP Photo/Christof Stache) --- View of the control center for satellites of the German space operations center in Oberpfaffenhofen, southern Germany, on Friday, July 8, 2005. (AP Photo/Christof Stache)
A science experimental satellite Shijian-7 (SJ-7), atop a Long March 2D carrier rocket, is launched in northwest China's Gansu Province Wednesday, July 6, 2005. The satellite was rocketed at 6:40 a.m. and started orbiting normally 12 minutes later. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Zhao Jianwei)
This photo provided by Sea Launch Co., shows a rocket carrying an Intelsat communications satellite being launched into orbit from the Odyssey launch platform Thursday, June 23, 2005, in the Pacific Ocean. Sea Launch Co. sends the Odyssey platform and a command ship from the Long Beach, Calif., harbor to the equator, where its rocket can launch heavier payloads than would be possible at higher latitudes. (AP Photo/Sea Launch)	This photo provided by Sea Launch Co., shows a rocket carrying an Intelsat communications satellite being launched into orbit from the Odyssey launch platform Thursday, June 23, 2005, in the Pacific Ocean. Sea Launch Co. sends the Odyssey platform and a command ship from the Long Beach, Calif., harbor to the equator, where its rocket can launch heavier payloads than would be possible at higher latitudes. (AP Photo/Sea Launch)
A Russian unmanned Soyuz booster is seen at a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, Monday, May 30, 2005. The rocket carrying a Photon-M satellite with European Space Agency's equipment for scientific experiments is scheduled to be launched on Tuesday from Baikonur, Russia's space agency Roskosmos said. (AP Photo/Str)	A guard escorts a Russian unmanned Soyuz booster as it is moved to a launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, Monday, May 30, 2005. The rocket carrying a Photon-M satellite with European Space Agency's equipment for scientific experiments is scheduled to be launched on Tuesday from Baikonur, Russia's space agency Roskosmos said. (AP Photo/Str)
A Russian Proton-M rocket blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan launching a U.S. telecommunications satellite into orbit on Sunday, May 22, 2005. (AP Photo)	A Russian Proton-M rocket is seen before blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sunday, May 22, 2005. The rocket launched a U.S. telecommunications satellite into orbit, the Russian space agency said. (AP Photo)
In this photo provided by Vandenberg Air Force Base, a Delta II rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., early Friday, May 20, 2005. After a series of delays, a rocket carrying a global weather-tracking satellite blasted off Friday on a multimillion-dollar mission to improve forecasting and monitor global climate changes. (AP Photo/Vandenberg Air Force Base, Vic Owens)	A rocket carrying Cartosat-1 and hamsat takes off from Sriharikota, India, Thursday May 5, 2005. Cartosat-1, a remote sensing satellite weighing 1,560 kilograms or 3,432 pounds, is equipped with twin cameras to provide images of natural disasters, land and water resources and environmental changes in South Asia. Hamsat, a light satellite, is exclusively for amateur radio operators in South Asia. (AP Photo/M. Laxman)
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C6) sits on a launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at Sriharikota, about 110 kilometers (69 miles) northeast of Madras, India, Sunday, May 1, 2005. India's new and heaviest remote sensing satellite CARTOSAT-1 would be launched by the ISRO's PSLV-C6 on May 5 at the space center. (AP Photo/M. Lakshman)	A scientist watches a rocket carrying Cartosat-1 and Hamsat on a screen just before the take-off at Sriharikota, India, Thursday May 5, 2005. Cartosat-1, a remote sensing satellite weighing 1,560 kilograms or 3,432 pounds, is equipped with twin cameras to provide images of natural disasters, land and water resources and environmental changes in South Asia. Hamsat, a light satellite, is exclusively for amateur radio operators in South Asia. (AP Photo/M. Lakshman)
In this photo released by Boeing Corp., a Zenit-3SL rocket carrying DIRECTV's Spaceway F1 communications satellite, manufactured by Boeing Corp., is shown as it lifted off from the floating Sea Launch platform in the Pacific, Tuesday, April 26, 2005. The satellite entered its designated orbit half an hour later, the Interfax news agency reported. (AP Photo/Boeing Corp.)	A China-made Long March 3B rocket heads for space from the launching center in Xichang in southwest China's Sichuan Province Tuesday night, April 12, 2005. China sent AsiaSat-6 communication satellite into space here on Tuesday. It is the first commercial communication satellite launched by China since 1999. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang)
In this photo provided by NASA, two technicians from Orbital Sciences Corporation add protective foil to the Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology, or DART, flight demonstrator. DART is equipped with on-board computers and sensors to perform tasks without human guidance. After a series of delays, NASA has scheduled April 15, 2005, as the launch date for the first robotic spacecraft to rendezvous in orbit with other satellites without any human intervention. (AP Photo/NASA, Orbital Sciences Corporation)
An Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from the Cape Canaveral, Fla., Air Force Station carrying an Inmarsat 4-F1 communications satellite Friday, March 11, 2005. The communications satellite will cover Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, as well as the Indian Ocean. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)	An Atlas 5 rocket sits on the pad at the Cape Canaveral, Fla. Air Force Station Friday, March 11, 2005. The rocket scheduled for launch later Friday will carry a Inmarsat 4 F-1 communications satellite.(AP Photo/Terry Renna)
Japan's H-2A rocket with multipurpose satellite payload spews smoke as it lifts off at a launch pad in Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southern Japan, Saturday, Feb 26, 2005. Japan's space agency, JAXA, was counting on a successful launch to help revive the reputation of the H-2A, which serves as the centerpiece of this country's space program, and to demonstrate that Japan remains a viable contender in an increasingly heated space race with China. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)	In this photo released on Monday February 21, 2005, by Rocket System Corporation, technicians work on a fairing containing a multifunctional transport satellite as it is attached to the body of the H-2A launch vehicle No. 7 during a launch preparation at the Tanegashima Space Center, southwestern Japan, on Wednesday February 16, 2005, about a week before its scheduled liftoff from Tanegashima, a tiny island off Japan's southernmost island of Kyushu. (AP Photo/Rocket System Corporation, HO)
In this photo released on Monday February 21, 2005, by Rocket System Corporation, a fairing containing a multifunctional transport satellite is attached to the body of the H-2A launch vehicle No. 7 during a launch preparation at the Tanegashima Space Center, southwestern Japan, on Wednesday February 16, 2005, about a week before its scheduled liftoff from Tanegashima, a tiny island off Japan's southernmost island of Kyushu. (AP Photo/Rocket System Corporation, HO)	This image provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the European rocket Ariane 5 ECA lifting off in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying a payload of precious satellites, Saturday Feb.12, 2005. The launch of europe's most powerful rocket was successful, more than two years after its inaugural flight in disaster.(AP Photo/ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE)
In this image provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), the most powerful rocket of Europe Ariane series sits on its launching pad Friday, Feb. 11, 2005 in the space base of Kourou, French Guiana. The Ariane-5 is to take off Saturday evening, carrying a U.S-Spanish satellite, a micro-satelite of the European Space Agency and an instrument platform to provide data on the launch. (AP Photo/ESA/CNES/ArianEspace/Stephane Corvaja)	In this image provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), the most powerful rocket of Europe Ariane series sits on its launching pad Friday, Feb. 11, 2005, in the space base of Kourou, French Guiana. The Ariane-5 is to take off Saturday evening, carrying a U.S-Spanish satellite, a micro-satelite of the European Space Agency and an instrument platform to provide data on the launch. (AP Photo/ESA/CNES/ArianEspace/Stephane Corvaja)
In this image provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), the most powerful rocket of Europe Ariane series sits on its launching pad Friday, Feb. 11, 2005 in the space base of Kourou, French Guiana. The Ariane-5 is to take off Saturday evening, carrying a U.S-Spanish satellite, a micro-satelite of the European Space Agency and an instrument platform to provide data on the launch. (AP Photo/ESA/CNES/ArianEspace/Stephane Corvaja)	In this image provided by the European Space Agency (ESA), the most powerful rocket of Europe Ariane series sits on its launching pad Friday Feb.11, 2005 in the space base of Kourou, French Guiana. The Ariane-5 is to take off Saturday evening, carrying a U.S-Spanish satellite, a micro-satelite of the European Space Agency and an instrument platform to provide data on the launch. (AP Photo/ESA/CNES/ArianEspace/Stephane Corvaja)
2004
A Delta 4 Heavy rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Dec. 21, 2004, beginning a mission designed to prove the vehicle is capable of lofting super-sized military satellites into orbit. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Michael R. Brown)	An Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 41 Friday morning, Dec. 17, 2004. The rocket, carrying a direct broadcast television satellite, is the 74th consecutive successful launch for the Atlas. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Craig Bailey)
** EDS NOTE ALTERNATE CROP OF PAR102 ** A European Ariane-5 rocket lifts off from its launch pad in Kourou, French Guyana, Saturday Dec. 18, 2004, on its way to place into orbit the Helios 2A surveillance satellite, billed as as giving France's military new abilities to spy worldwide, and six smaller scientific satellites. (AP Photo/ESA/CNES/Arianespace, service optique CSG)	This photo made available Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004 by Service Optique CSG shows European Ariane-5 rocket sits on its launch pad in Kourou, French Guyana, Saturday Dec. 18. The rocket roared into space from a pad in South America Saturday, placing into orbit a surveillance satellite billed as giving France's military new abilities to spy worldwide. The satellite and six smaller scientific ones were placed into orbit about an hour after liftoff. (AP Photo/ESA/CNES/Arianespace, Service Optique CSG)
In this photo released by Boeing, NASA's Swift satellite successfully is launched aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket at 12:16 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Saturday Nov. 20, 2004. The satellite will pinpoint the location of distant yet fleeting explosions that appear to signal the births of black holes. (AP Photo/ Boeing, Carleton Bailie)	A Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Swift gamma ray spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 17 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004. The satellite is designed to study gamma ray bursts from space. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Craig Bailey)
A Chinese Long-March 4-B rocket blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004. China successfully put its earth resource satellite, the third of ZY-2, into the orbit with a Chinese Long-March 4-B rocket that blasted off Saturday morning. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Li Gang)	The mobile service tower (MST) was retracted from around the Boeing Delta 2 rocket at launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004, exposing the vehicle as the countdown entered its final hours before liftoff. The Delta 2 rocket will be carrying a GPS satellite. The GPS IIR-13 is a replacement satellite for the U.S. Air Forces Global Positioning System. GPS provides directional guidance for the U.S. military and civilian users around the world. (AP Photo/Boeing, Carleton Bailie, HO)
China's first professional meteorological satellite, Fengyun-2 batch 2 (FY2 O2) is launched with Long March carrier rocket 3A in Xichang satellite launching center Tuesday morning, Oct.19, 2004. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang)	U.S. AMS-15 satellite with Russian Proton-M rocket and Briz-M rocket booster blasts off Baikonur launch complex, Kazakstan, Friday, Oct. 15, 2004. Russian Proton-M booster rocket carried a U.S. telecommunications satellite into space on Friday, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said. (AP Photo)
U.S. AMS-15 satellite with Russian Proton-M rocket and Briz-M rocket booster stands at the Baikonur launch complex, Kazakstan, Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. The Russian launch of Proton-M is planned to be sent into space on Friday, Oct. 15. (AP Photo)	U.S. AMS-15 satellite with Russian Proton-M rocket and Briz-M rocket booster is lifted at the Baikonur launch complex, Kazakstan, Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. The Russian launch of Proton-M is planned to be sent into space on Friday, Oct. 15. (AP Photo)
China launches its 20th recoverable satellite for scientific and technological experiments from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in China's northwestern desert, Monday, Sept. 27, 2004. The new satellite, which boasts a better performance in general than the previous ones, will mainly be used for scientific researches, geological surveying and mapping. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhao Jianwei)	In this image released Tuesday Sept. 7, 2004 by the Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd. (IAI), a missile carrying the Ofek-6 satellite launches from a pad near the southern Israeli coastal city of Ashdod, Monday Sept. 6, 2004. The satellite, whose name means horizon in Hebrew, plummeted shortly after into the Mediterranean Sea following a botched launch, military officials said. Israel, a world leader in satellite technology, relies heavily on its space-based cameras to monitor activities in Arab countries and with analysts saying that this one was designed to help expand Israel's coverage of its more distant enemies, particularly Iran, the failure of the launch was seen as a major setback for the military. (AP Photo/Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd.) ** NO SALES **
A Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS rocket, carrying a spy satellite, lights up the skies over Cape Canaveral Air force Station Tuesday night, Aug. 31, 2004, as it lifts off in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Craig Rubadoux)	The Russian-made Proton-M rocket with Briz-M booster and the French-made European Amazonas telecommunications satellite stands at a launch pad, right before take-off, at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004. Amazonas is designed to provide services for digital television and radio broadcasting. (AP Photo/str)
A delta 2 rocket sits on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., early Monday, Aug. 2, 2004 with Messenger, its payload, sitting on top. The launch attempt Monday was call off due to bad weather. Messenger is a NASA satellite that will explore the planet Mercury. NASA hopes to try again early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Michael R. Brown)	An Ariane-5 rocket roars into space from a launch pad in Kourou, South America, French Guyana, at 9:44 p.m. Saturday local time (0044 gmt, Sunday) [July 18, 2004], placing the heaviest commercial telecommunications satellite ever into orbit. The rocket put the Anik F2 telecommunications satellite into geostationary orbit 28 minutes and 30 seconds later. At nearly six tons, the satellite is the largest of its kind the world. (AP Photo/CNES-ESA-ARIANESPACE)
A Boeing Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-2, early Thursday, July 15, 2004, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The rocket carries NASA's Aura satellite into orbit, a $785 million mission to study Earth's atmosphere. (AP Photo/Thom Baur)	A Boeing Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-2, early Thursday, July 15, 2004, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The rocket carries NASA's Aura satellite into orbit, a $785 million mission to study Earth's atmosphere. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Master Sgt. Rodney Jones)
NASA's Aura satellite aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket on Monday, July 12, 2004, awaits a scheduled launch for Tuesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. NASA officials on Saturday ordered a 48-hour delay in the launch of Aura after engineers discovered that the fairing around the satellite was not aligned properly. Aura, which cost $785 million to develop, carries instruments to study the composition of Earth's atmosphere. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)	NASAs Aura spacecraft, atop a Boeing Delta II rocket, sit inside a gantry awaiting launch Saturday, July 10, 2004, in Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Earth's atmosphere will soon get a health checkup from the new NASA satellite, designed to learn more about the ozone layer, pollution and how the planet's climate is changing. (AP Photo/NASA, Bill Ingalls)
A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket lifts off from the Odyssey Launch Platform located on the equator in the Pacific Ocean Monday, June 28, 2004, to take Lorals Telstar 18 communications satellite to orbit. The company says the satellite will host cable programming, direct-to-home broadcasting, Internet, VSAT and IP-based two-way services within Asia while providing an inter-connect to the United States. (AP Photo/Sea Launch, Dave Hutsell)	A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket lifts off from the Odyssey Launch Platform located on the equator in the Pacific Ocean Monday, June 28, 2004, to take Lorals Telstar 18 communications satellite to orbit. The company says the satellite will host cable programming, direct-to-home broadcasting, Internet, VSAT and IP-based two-way services within Asia while providing an inter-connect to the United States. (AP Photo/Sea Launch, Dave Hutsell)
** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND JUN 19-20 ** Operations Manager Mark Holdridge scurries through the Messenger Mission Operations Center Monday, June 7, 2004 in the Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. The Messenger Mission will send a satellite probe to Mercury on July 30, 2004, a trip that will take 7 years and over 4.9 million miles to complete. (AP Photo/ Matt Houston)
A Russian Proton-M rocket, carrying a U.S. Intelsat-10 satellite, successfully blasts off a launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, early Thursday, June 17, 2004 right before the launch. (AP Photo )	A Russian Proton-M rocket, carrying a U.S. Intelsat-10 satellite, at a launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, early Thursday, June 17, 2004 right before the launch. (AP Photo )
A Russian Proton-M rocket, carrying a U.S. Intelsat-10 satellite, rises at a launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, Thursday, June 11, 2004. Russian space officials on Tuesday delayed the launch of a U.S. telecommunications satellite into orbit for technical reasons. (AP Photo/ Sergei Kazak)	A Russian Proton-M rocket, carrying a U.S. Intelsat-10 satellite, is transported to a launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, Thursday, June 11, 2004. Russian space officials on Tuesday delayed the launch of a U.S. telecommunications satellite into orbit for technical reasons. (AP Photo/ Sergei Kazak)
A Taiwanese remote-sensing satellite, built by the French, is launched into orbit aboard a U.S. Taurus XL rocket Thursday, May 20, 2004, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. France's EADS Astrium built the 1,632-pound satellite. Taiwan designed the satellite to undertake a five-year mission to monitor the self-ruled island's land and surrounding waters, including the effects of the typhoons that frequently rake Taiwan. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)	** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND, APRIL 24-25 ** This is an undated drawing of the type of unmanned, high altitude airship that Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems is developing in Akron, Ohio, for national defense. These blimps, 25-times larger than the Goodyear blimps, would hover on the edge of the stratosphere, filling a gap between more-costly satellites and manned reconnaissance planes. (AP Photo/Lockheed Martin)
	** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND, APRIL 24-25 ** People gather to inspect a 62-foot spherical airship on Monday, March 29, 2004 in Columbus, Ga., prior to Techsphere Systems International's announcement that it plans to build similar airships - some up to 300-feet in diameter - in the west Georgia city for national defense and other purposes. There is growing interest in using unmanned, high-altitude airships to fill a reconnaissance gap between satellites and aircraft. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor)
A Boeing Co. Delta II rocket lifts off from an oceanside pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Tuesday morning, April 20, 2004. The Gravity Probe B satellite aboard the rocket is designed to test two of Albert Einstein's fundamental predictions about the universe. (AP Photo/Boeing, Thom Baur)	**FILE** The Gravity Probe B, a $750 million satellite conceived during the Eisenhower administration to test two of Albert Einstein's fundamental predictions about the universe, is shown in this undated promotional photo under construction at Vandenburg Air Force Base, Calif. NASA launched the satellite Tuesday, April 20, 2004, from an oceanside pad at Vandenberg. (AP Photo/Lockheed Martin Space System, Russ Underwood, File)
An Atlas 2 AS rocket carrying into space a Japanese communications satellite lights up the skies over Cape Canaveral, Fla., after liftoff Thursday night, April 15, 2004. The Boeing-built satellite, dubbed Superbird-6, is to provide business communications throughout Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Hawaii. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Craig Rubadoux)	The Molniya M booster rocket carrying a military satellite blasts off from Plesetsk cosmodrome, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2004. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
2003
An Atlas IIAS rocket is ready to launch Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003, from Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Atlas rocket carrying a spy satellite thundered into space before dawn Tuesday, Air Force officials reported. (AP Photo/USAF, Molly Gilliam)	Air Force personnel stands guard in front of the VLS Rocket at the Alcantara Launch Center near Sao Luis, 1400 miles from Brasilia, in this Aug. 25, 2003 photo. Ever since John F. Kennedy promised in 1961 to put an American on the moon, Brazil has labored to join the elite club of nations that have mastered the technology to send rockets bearing satellites hurtling into space. That dream now lies buried under the blackened wreckage of an eight-story launch pad that collapsed in a massive explosion at Brazil 's equatorial rocket launching site carved from a remote coastal rainforest.(AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)
China's Long March 2-D carrier rocket carrying a Chinese-made satellite takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province Monday, Nov. 3, 2003. China launched an experimental satellite which will orbit for 18 days for research and mapping Monday from the same pad where its first manned mission took off last month. (AP Photo / Xinhua, Li Gang)	A satellite for detecting Earth resources, which is jointly developed by China and Brazil, is lifted off at 11:16 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003 by China's Long March IV B carrier rocket at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The launch came six days after a rocket carrying astronaut Yang Liwei blasted off from a separate base in the Goi Desert in China's desert northwest. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang)
A sequence of photos showing Chinese people watching as China's first manned spacecraft Shenzhou 5 lift off Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2003. China became the third country to send an astronaut toward orbit, four decades after the Soviet Union and the United Sates. (AP Photo/Chinatopix)	China's Jiuquan Space Launch Center in northwestern China, about 100 kilometers north of the city of Jiuquan, is shown in this satellite image taken on Oct. 13, 2003. The image shows the vehicle assembly area and launch pad. Keeping his identity secret, China prepared its first astronaut for space travel Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, and loaded his rocket with fuel- but said the public and the world would have to wait to learn whether the flight succeeds. (AP Photo/Space Imaging)
The FBI displays various items on display in Alexandria, Va. Wednesday, July 30, 2003 during a news conference to discuss the items recovered after being buried by Brian Regan, a former Air Force master sergeant serving a life sentence for attempting to sell U.S. secrets to Saddam Hussein and others. Officials saidhe roughly 10,000 pages of documents, as well as videotapes and CD-ROMs, were taken and buried at undisclosed locations in the Washington area by Regan while he worked at the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates the nation's spy satellites. (AP Photo/Stephen J. Boitano)	The FBI displays various items in Alexandria, Va. Wednesday, July 30, 2003 during a news conference to discuss the items recovered after they had been buried by Brian Regan, a former Air Force master sergeant serving a life sentence for attempting to sell U.S. secrets to Saddam Hussein and others. Officials saidhe roughly 10,000 pages of documents, as well as videotapes and CD-ROMs, were taken and buried at undisclosed locations in the Washington area by Regan while he worked at the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates the nation's spy satellites. (AP Photo/Stephen J. Boitano)
** FILE ** A Titan IV blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., in this April 8, 2003 photo. The rocket carried a military communications satellite. Plans by the U.S. Defense Department to launch a Titan IV rocket over the North Atlantic were postponed indefinitely Thursday April 7, 2005 over concerns that falling debris could hit oil platforms off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. The rocket was to be launched early Monday from Cape Canaveral. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)	China's first manned spacecraft Shenzhou 5 lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province in this Oct. 15, 2003 photo. China's second manned space mission _ and its first to carry two astronauts _ is due to launch on Oct. 13, 2005, almost two years since its first manned launch, a state media report said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang, File)
The space module of the "Shenzhou 4" unmanned spacecraft, which was launched on Dec. 30, 2002, in the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, lands on the middle part of Inner Mongolia on January 5, 2003. China has scheduled its landmark first manned spaceflight for sometime between Wednesday October 15, 2003 and Friday October 17, though many state-controlled newspapers have said it would be Wednesday. A successful trip would make China the planet's third spacefaring nation, after the former Soviet Union and the United States. (AP Photo/Xinhua)	A hangar is seen at the Jiuguan Satellite Launch Center in the desertlands of northwestern China's Gansu province Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003. State-controlled newspapers splashed color-drenched photo of the nation's futuristic desert space center across their front pages Sunday, part of a mounting propaganda blitz as China counts down the days to list landmark first manned space mission. (AP Photo/Xinhua)
The carrier rocket, Long March 3-A, blasts off at 00:34 (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launching Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Sunday, May 25, 2003. The rocket successfully put China's third Beidou navigation and positioning satellite into orbit early Sunday, a move indicating China has completed its own satellite navigation and positioning system. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Gang)	EROS Data Center, in this Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003 photo, in Garretson, S.D., is celebrating their 30th anniversary this Saturday Sept., 20, 2003. The EROS center receives, processes and stores images of the Earth taken by satellites. (AP Photo/Dave Eggen)
An Atlas V rocket carrying a Helas-Sat satellite lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday May 13, 2003. The high powered satellite will deliver voice, internet, video and broadcasting to Greece, Cyprus, the Balkans, and Eastern Europe. The satellite will be used to broadcast the 2004 Olympic games from Athens, Greece. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove)	Japan's fifth H-2A rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, southwestern Japan, in this March 28, 2003 photo. The use of a 57-meter (180 foot) H2-A to launch Japan's first spy satellites into orbit last month marked for many an ominous departure from Japan's policy to use its space program for peaceful purposes only. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
The Ariane-4 rocket carrying the international telecommunications satellite Intelsat-907, lifts off for its last mission, from the European Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, Saturday Feb. 15, 2003. It was the 116th and last launch for an Ariane-4 rocket. (AP Photo/ESA, HO)	A Japanese TV crew checks their gear at an observation point of Tanegashima Space Center on southern Japan's remote island Wednesday, March 26, 2003. Amid unprecedented security and fears of North Korean reaction, Japan began the final preparations to launch the country's first spy satellites into orbit. The satellites are scheduled to be launched early Friday atop a domestically developed H2-A rocket. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
A Delta II rocket with a Global Positioning System satellite aboard launchs successfully at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003. The top of Boeing's unmanned Delta rocket was decorated with a decal bearing the words ``Let's Roll!'' and ``Spirit of 9-11.'' The satellite will join 26 other GPS spacecraft circling Earth and providing the military and civilians with precise navigational information. (AP Photo/Carleton Bailie, Boeing Company)	A Proton booster rocket is assembled at the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center in Moscow, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2003. The Khrunichev has been the main cash cow for Russia's beleaguered space industry, earning tens millions dollars by launching foreign satellites atop its Proton boosters. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
2002
An Ariane-5 rocket sits on its launching pad at the Kourou air base, French Guiana, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002. On Wednesday, European rocket launch operator Arianespace will make a second attempt to launch its new, more powerful Ariane-5 rocket after a botched flight late last month. The Ariane-5 rocket, loaded with two satellites, failed to blast off from the Kourou launch pad in French Guiana on Nov. 28 because its main engine didn't ignite. . (AP Photo/ESA/CNES/Arianespace/)	The Long March II F, carrying China's fourth unmanned spaceship, Shenzhou IV, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, in this December 30, 2002 photo. China plans to launch its first manned spacecraft in the second half of this year, state media said Thursday, January 2, 2003, citing a senior aerospace official. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Cha Chunming)
An Ariane-5 rocket sits on its launching at the Kourou space center, French Guiana, in this Nov. 28, 2002, file photo. The center will cut about one-fourth of its work force, a top official said Monday March 10, 2003, as it faces a decreased demand for commercial satellite launches. Only six launches are scheduled this year, against 12 in 2002. (AP Photo/ESA/CNES/Arianespace)	The Ariane-4 rocket carrying the Dutch telecommunications satellite NSS-6, is on its launching at the European Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, Tuesday Dec. 17, 2002. The successfull launch of Ariane-4 occured a week after the Ariane-5 rocket , Europe's most powerfull, aborted its mission falling in pieces into the ocean.(AP Photo/ESA, HO)
** FILE ** A test firing of the main engine of a Boeing Delta IV rocket is made Monday, Oct 14, 2002, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Boeing Co. said Tuesday, July 15, 2003, it will take a second-quarter charge of about $1.1 billion as a result of its ailing satellite businesses, reflecting higher launch costs and weakened demand. The aerospace giant said it is pulling out of the commercial satellite launch business and will focus exclusively on the U.S. government as a satellite customer, resulting in higher mission costs. (AP Photo/Carleton Bailie)	** FILE ** The Ariane-4 rocket carrying an international telecommunications satellite lifts off from the European Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, Friday Sept. 6, 2002. The payload is the Intelsat-906, built by Loral Space and Communicatrions LTD. Satellite maker Loral Space & Communications Ltd. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday, July 15, 2003, and agreed to sell six North American satellites to Intelsat Ltd. for up to $1.1 billion. (AP Photo/ESA/CNES)
2001
A Titan 4B rocket carrying a secret satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Friday, Oct. 5, 2001. The launch had been delayed since Monday by technical problems. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Senior Airman Jeanette Copeland)	A Tital 4B rocket is launched Friday, Oct. 5, 2001, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The rocket carried a secret satellite into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office. The NRO builds and operates the nation's spy satellites. Prior to 1996, it did not publicly disclose the launches of its satellites. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Pamela Taubman)
1998
A Taurus booster rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., early Saturday, Oct. 3, 1998. The satellite designed to test new space technology ranging from better batteries to a miles-long tether was successfully launched on Saturday, authorities said. (AP Photo/United States Air Force via Santa Barbara News-Press)	The United States Air Force successfully launches an Atlas rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 29, 1998. (AP Photo/Florida Today,Mike Brown)
North Korean satellite rocket "Paektusan I," is test launched in an undisclosed facility somewhere in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea in this August 31, 1998 photo released by Korea News Service. Top U.S. officials confirmed that North Korea has an untested ballistic missile capable of reaching the western United States. (AP Photo/Korea News Service)	North Korean satellite rocket "Paektusan I," is test launched in an undisclosed facility somewhere in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea in this August 31, 1998 photo released by Korea News Service. Top U.S. officials confirmed that North Korea has an untested ballistic missile capable of reaching the western United States. (AP Photo/Korea News Service)
1984-1988
A $65 million military navigation satellite, which will help guide U.S. armed forces in the Persian Gulf, takes off for orbit aboard an Air Force Delta-2 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 4:39 PM, Nov. 26, 1990. (AP Photo/Craig Rubadoux)
A close up of the tracking and relay satellite as it was ready for launch from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Discovery, on Sept. 29, 1988. The view is from the aft-flight deck windows of the ship. (AP Photo)	This satellite, placed into the Earth's orbit by the Space Shuttle Challenger's crew, is backdropped against Florida, the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic Ocean, April 7, 1984. The crew will retrieve the satellite and all its experiments in a little less than a year. Cape Canaveral and Lake Okeechobee are easily recognized in the frame. (AP Photo/NASA)