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Software called LOIC, or low-orbit ion canon, was downloaded tens of thousands of times, security specialists say.

Inside the Anonymous Army of 'Hacktivist' Attackers Cassell Bryan-Low 2011

The Sumbandila, a low-orbit satellite which will collect data to be used to monitor and manage disasters such as floods, oil spills and fires within Southern Africa, will be launched into space from a sub-marine in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Does Kazakhstan Launch Satellites From Submarines? - NASA Watch 2009

Other books that grabbed my attention include Piers Bizony's How To Build Your Own Spaceship - not sf, but of related interest, since it details the evolution of the private spaceflight industry through the entertaining conceit of pretending to be a 'how-to' that guides one not only through the various means by which low-orbit craft can or could be developed, but through the means by which political palms might be greased or funds raised.

MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 4) 2009

The Sumbandila, a low-orbit satellite which will collect data to be used to monitor and manage disasters such as floods, oil spills and fires within Southern Africa, will be launched into space from a sub-marine in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

NASA Watch: January 2009 Archives 2009

Chase owes his current social cachet to an ongoing tragedy much covered in the tabloids: His teenage sweetheart and fiancée, Janice Trumbull, is trapped by a layer of low-orbit mines on the International Space Station, from which she sends him rapturous and heartbreaking love letters.

Chronic City: Summary and book reviews of Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem. 2009

I came away feeling like I had some kind of grasp on what the low-orbit (and beyond) real-life space industry is really about.

MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 4) 2009

The plan could benefit companies such as SpaceX because it calls for relying on private firms for transportation to the international space station and other low-orbit missions.

SpaceX CEO Musk comes to Washington to lobby for Obama's NASA strategy 2010

The plan could benefit companies such as SpaceX because it calls for relying on private firms for transportation to the international space station and other low-orbit missions.

SpaceX CEO Musk comes to Washington to lobby for Obama's NASA strategy 2010

The Economist has documented some of the inner workings of the group, referring to the campaign as more of a "propaganda coup" than a cyberwar - and yet with talk of deploying software tactics such as a "low-orbit ion cannon" and launching missions aimed at "vulnerable targets," the warlike sensibilities at work here are unmistakable.

Randall Amster: The Blog of War: WikiLeaks Exposes Business-as-usual, and a New Battle Ensues Randall Amster 2010

Other small and medium-size firms sell niche technical expertise such as engineering for low-orbit satellites or long-dwell sensors.

Top Secret America: National Security Inc. 2010