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LockMart Awarded Concept Development Contract For USAF Space Fence Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $30 million contract to begin concept development for Space Fence, a system of land-based S-Band radars and supporting operations centers that will detect and report on objects and debris orbiting the Earth. Lockheed Martin was one of three industry teams to receive contracts. The Air Force Materiel Command's Electronic Systems Center at Han ... read moreSatellite Successfully Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2009Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that the satellite it built for TerreStar Networks is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers. The world's largest commercial satellite deployed its solar arrays Wednesday evening, following its launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite's first thruster firing will begin later today, ... more
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Bridges built from recycled plastic
Fort Bragg, N.C. (UPI) Jul 2, 2009 A New Jersey company has developed a system to make bridges from recycled materials that are strong enough to support a U.S. Army tank. Axion International Holdings, of Basking Ridge, N.J., said the engineers constructed a pair of bridges made entirely from recycled plastic products at Fort Bragg, N.C., and had M1 Abrams tanks driven across the spans. The M1 Abrams, manufactured ... more Vietnam To Operate Its First Satellite Image Receiving Station 
Hanoi, Vietnam (XNA) Jul 02, 2009Vietnam's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said the country's first satellite image receiving station will be inaugurated in early July, the Vietnam News Agency reported Tuesday. The station for the satellite image receiver is located in an outlying district of the capital city Hanoi, said Nguyen Xuan Lam, Director of the ministry's National Remote Sensing Center. It is ... more Trash Talk 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 29, 2009Launchspace is seriously looking at the increasing risk of space debris interfering with operational satellites in a proactive way. Although no one knows when this will turn into a crisis, we do know it will happen, unless the world stops using space applications. But, the benefits of space are simply too important and they have become an integral part of modern living. The options seem obvious. ... more TacSat-3 Completes Successful First Month Of Operations 
Kirtland AFB NM (AFNS) Jun 25, 2009The Tactical Satellite-3 has exceeded expectations and is performing well a month after being launched, according to the program manager of the experimental spacecraft. Launched May 19, TacSat-3 is managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate officials here. The TacSat-3 features an onboard processor, which will provide real-time data, within 10 minutes ... more |
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Prisma Launch In November
Solna, Sweden (SPX) Jun 17, 2009The two Prisma satellites are undergoing their final system tests in SSC's clean room in Solna. Since the satellites returned from France, where they underwent environmental tests, they have been completed with final software versions. To confirm that all components and software are compatible, so called "hardware-in-the-loop tests" are performed, simulating various flight scenarios includ ... more New material may be next silicon 
Palo Alto, Calif. (UPI) Jun 16, 2009 Researchers at Stanford University in California say the chemical compound bismuth telluride could become the basis of more powerful computers. The physicists found bismuth telluride has an interesting property -- it allows electrons to travel through it without losing energy, the San Jose Mercury News reported. "We're at the very beginning of understanding this new class of mate ... more KODAK Imaging Technology To Explore Moon 
Rochester NY (SPX) Jun 16, 2009With this week's scheduled launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, imaging technology from Eastman Kodak Company will again play a key role in the exploration of our solar system. Using images captured by KODAK CCD Image Sensors, the orbiter will be used to create a comprehensive atlas of the moon's features and resources to aid in the design of a future manned lunar outpost. The Lunar ... more German TanDEM-X Radar Satellite Now Complete 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 16, 2009In early 2009, Friedrichshafen-based aerospace company Astrium completed construction of the German radar satellite TanDEM-X. This satellite was created in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center . The satellite, five metres in length and weighing 1.3 tons, has now been transported to Ottobrunn, a town near Munich. In special-purpose test facilities operated by Astrium and IABG, the ... more |
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