Article:Seeking a Fix, by Russian Satellite; A Challenge to America's Global Positioning System Source:New York Times
author: ANDREW E. KRAMER Date:April 4, 2007, Wednesday
The three things i discovered:1)by reading the artical i found out useful information about how Russia and US are in a fight about on satellite navigation and now Russia plans to launch eight navigation satellites by end of year.2)global market for devices hit $15 billion in 2006.3)European Union has also begun developing rival system, called Galileo. The 2 things i found interesting:one thing that i found interesting is that every country is in competition with satellites. another thing is that every country is going to set up more global positioning systems. 1 question:the one question that i have is why cant all the countries come together and make one satellite so that whey they wont compete
Title:China Confirms Anti-Satellite Weapon Test, Says Nothing to Fear Source: Agence France-Presse Author: Verna Yu Publication Date: Jan. 23, 2007 Page Number: n.p. Database: SIRS Researcher The three things i discovered:1)China launched a satellite-destroying weapon but didnot want to conferm the test.2)the US and other contries wanted an explination for the launch but china said that they informed the us and japan but no other contries.3)China is spending two to three times more on its military than the 35 billion dollars a year it has. the 2 things i found interesting:1)i found interesting that no contries tryd to stop china or made them face the consiquences of there actions.2)that chaina has enogh advance technology to blowup satellites. 1 question:why didnt the UN punish china for what they did.
Source:New York Times
author: ANDREW E. KRAMER
Date:April 4, 2007, Wednesday
The three things i discovered:1)by reading the artical i found out useful information about how Russia and US are in a fight about on satellite navigation and now Russia plans to launch eight navigation satellites by end of year.2)global market for devices hit $15 billion in 2006.3)European Union has also begun developing rival system, called Galileo.
The 2 things i found interesting:one thing that i found interesting is that every country is in competition with satellites. another thing is that every country is going to set up more global positioning systems.
1 question:the one question that i have is why cant all the countries come together and make one satellite so that whey they wont compete
Title: China Confirms Anti-Satellite Weapon Test, Says Nothing to Fear
Source: Agence France-Presse
Author: Verna Yu
Publication Date: Jan. 23, 2007
Page Number: n.p.
Database: SIRS Researcher
The three things i discovered:1)China launched a satellite-destroying weapon but didnot want to conferm the test.2)the US and other contries wanted an explination for the launch but china said that they informed the us and japan but no other contries.3)China is spending two to three times more on its military than the 35 billion dollars a year it has.
the 2 things i found interesting:1)i found interesting that no contries tryd to stop china or made them face the consiquences of there actions.2)that chaina has enogh advance technology to blowup satellites.
1 question:why didnt the UN punish china for what they did.
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