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Air Force launches top secret satellite

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- The Air Force launched a top-secret

satellite Tuesday for the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates the

United States' fleet of spy spacecraft.

 

A Titan IV-B rocket was used to launch the large spacecraft, believed to be

an electronics listening satellite, into a position 22,300 miles above the

Earth's equator.

 

The National Reconnaissance Office would not reveal any details about the

satellite, including its cost, purpose or which contractor built it.

 

" I cannot discuss what the payload is other than to tell you that it will

provide additional capabilities for our nation's leadership and military, "

said Art Haubold, a spokesman for the NRO.

 

This particular satellite was delayed for more than three years due to

technical problems and had been scheduled for launch as recently as several

months ago.

 

The NRO's electronics listening satellites use baseball diamond-size

antennas which fold up like an umbrella for launch.

 

The large antennas permit the satellite to monitor extremely faint signals,

even individual cell phone conversations.

 

It's believed that similar satellites have been used to monitor and track

terrorists.

 

Astronomer and satellite observer Ted Molczan said: " These satellites are so

large they can be seen in high quality backyard telescopes. Some amateur

satellite observers have photographed these satellites in their operational

locations. "

 

The launch marked the first NRO satellite from Florida in five years.

 

The previous launch, a less sophisticated listening satellite, did not reach

orbit because the rocket's guidance system failed.

 

Big Brother Set to Guard a TV Near You

Wed September 10, 2003 07:16 AM ET

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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Big Brother technology that already allows

people to be tracked through their mobile phones could soon be installed in

household objects, tipping off police if they are stolen.

Televisions, DVD players and computers could be fitted with microchips

identifying their location and their normal proximity to each other,

automatically alerting police if they change unexpectedly, according to a

scientist on Wednesday.

 

" We haven't yet proved the technology will do it, but we are confident it

will, " Professor Nigel Linge from Britain's Center for Networking

Telecommunications Research told reporters.

 

He said a police-monitored pilot project testing the hybrid wireless and

mobile phone technology should be up and running within six months in the

northern English city of Manchester.

 

The technology could probably locate a tagged machine down to the nearest

meter, he added.

 

Speaking at the annual meeting of the British Association for the

Advancement of Science, Linge said there were even talks about installing

global positioning technology in cars that could regulate speed remotely.

 

" If you are in a 30 miles an hour zone, the system would automatically

prevent the car going over that speed, " he said.

 

Linge said he was well aware of the potential implication for civil

liberties of the intrusive potential of the new technology, but at present

he was focusing only on the technical aspects