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• "Rabbit ears" make a comeback Play Video

  March 1, 2012 5:21 AM

  They were long thought to be a thing of the past, but rooftop antennas are making a comeback thanks to high cable and satellite prices and online programming options. Years ago, the rooftop antenna was the only way to get a television signal and with them came the "rabbit... more »

• Where did NASA satellite debris land?

  September 27, 2011 2:34 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. space officials have finally figured out where that dead NASA satellite fell back to Earth on Saturday. NASA now says satellite debris scattered over the south Pacific Ocean about as far away from large land masses as you can get. NASA says the U.S. Air... more »

• Satellite makes landfall

  September 24, 2011 8:38 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Details are still sketchy. But NASA's dead six-ton satellite fell to Earth early today, starting its fiery death plunge somewhere over the vast Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Air Force's Joint Space Operations Center and NASA say the 35-foot satellite fell sometime between 11:23 p.m. EDT and... more »

• Cadet-built satellite now in orbit

  November 24, 2010 3:12 PM

  A converted Minotaur-IV inter-continental ballistic missile built by Air Force Academy cadets carried FalconSAT-5 into orbit from the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska on November 19. Col. Marty France, permanent professor and head of the Academy Department of Astronautics, accepted satellite control authority from the Space Test Program's Col.... more »

• Car crashes into the Satellite Hotel

  August 19, 2010 10:26 AM

  A car has crashed through a window into the Satellite Hotel, on Academy Blvd., in Colorado Springs. The driver, described by emergency crews on scene as an 85-year-old man, was not hurt. No one inside the hotel was hurt, either. The hotel is described as structurally sound. more »

• Military GPS glitch impacts thousands

  June 1, 2010 8:36 AM

  A defense expert says a problem that rendered as many as 10,000 U.S. military GPS receivers useless for days is a warning to safeguard a system that enemies would love to disrupt. John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, says the Global Positioning System is central to the American style of... more »

• DirecTV plans more 3-D TV channels

  May 8, 2010 11:09 AM

  In the race for supremacy in 3-D television, DirecTV, wants to be king. DirecTV's exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket package of out-of-market football games has been a hit. Now the company has eyes on creating what it hopes to be its next competitive edge: extensive 3-D programming including movies, documentaries... more »

• Rivals DirecTV, Dish combine to sell TV ads

  April 26, 2010 12:13 PM

  Satellite TV rivals DirecTV and Dish are banding together to sell interactive TV advertising nationally. Such ads let people use their remote controls to request information about products. This comes after DirecTV and Dish Networks dropped lawsuits accusing each other of false advertising. Among other things, Dish had complained... more »

• New satellite begins sending solar data to Earth

  March 20, 2010 1:36 PM

  A new NASA satellite designed to help predict disruptive solar storms has begun transmitting data to Earth about five weeks after launch. University of Colorado scientists say they began getting information from the Solar Dynamics Observatory on Friday. Controllers have been adjusting the satellite's Earth orbit since the Feb. 11... more »

• Launch of NASA satellite delayed until Wednesday

  February 9, 2010 9:42 AM

  The launch of a NASA satellite that could help predict solar storms that can trigger massive electrical blackouts and communication failures on Earth has been delayed. The Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, was scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, but the launch has... more »

• New police satellite office opens on east side

  February 8, 2010 4:42 PM

  The Pueblo Police Department has opened a new satellite office on the east side of town. The office is located at 731 E. 4th St. and will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The office will be staffed with a detective and a civilian clerk,... more »

• New "solar" satellite has Colorado roots

  February 8, 2010 9:26 AM

  Researchers say a new NASA satellite could help predict powerful solar storms that cause havoc on Earth. Dan Baker of the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics calls the storms "space Katrina" events that can trigger massive electrical blackouts and communication failures. A NASA satellite known... more »

• New police station set to open on Pueblo's east side

  January 29, 2010 12:19 PM

  The Pueblo Police Department plans to open a sub-station on the east side, where prostitution has been a problem. The new satellite office will be located at 731 E. 4th St. The building formerly housed Glendale 4, an HIV/AIDS Outreach Clinic. In April 2009, News First 5 ran a story... more »

• University of Colorado student-designed satellite wins NASA approval

  January 27, 2010 6:05 PM

  A cube-shaped communications satellite designed and built by University of Colorado at Boulder students has been selected as one of three university research satellites to be launched into orbit by NASA. The satellite, named Hermes, was designed and built over a period of about two and one-half years. "This... more »

• Puebloan will help coordinate relief efforts in Haiti

  January 22, 2010 2:33 PM

  A Pueblo man who's an expert in digital mapping and analyzing satellite images will be lending his expertise to help the relief effort in Haiti. Chris Markuson, the Geographic Information Systems Director for Pueblo County, will volunteer for two weeks at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Markuson was... more »