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Falcon 9 To Launch SES-8 To GTO In 2013Luxembourg (SPX) Mar 14, 2011 As the Satellite 2011 conference kicked off in Washington, D.C., Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and SES today announced an agreement to launch an SES satellite using the Falcon 9 rocket. SES is one of the largest satellite operators in the world, and the deal marks what will be the first geostationary satellite launch using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. The firm launch agreement with SpaceX also includes an option for a second SES launch. It supplements SES' existing multi-launch agreements w ... read more |
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  SSTL's European GNSS Payload Passes Design Review Payloads being delivered by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) for Europe's future satellite navigation system have passed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR), having proved to a panel including ... more | .. |
  Arianespace Moves To New Launcher Designation For Ariane, Soyuz And Vega The launcher components for Arianespace's third Ariane 5 mission of 2011 arrived this week in French Guiana, marking the first step in preparations for a heavy-lift flight with the ST-2 and GSAT-8 t ... more | .. |
  Aero SatComms Market Booming With New Apps Driven by ever-increasing communications needs from cockpit and cabin applications, revenue in the global aeronautical satellite communications market grew by almost 25% in 2010 and will continue to ... more | .. |
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 Rayonier's GIS Strengthens Asset Management Capability Rayonier signed an enterprise license agreement (ELA) with Esri that enables the international forest products company to improve land management of its 2.4 million acres of sustainably managed fore ... more | .. |
 Houston To Name Avenue After Soviet Cosmonaut Gagarin The Russkiy Mir foundation will next week name a park avenue in the U.S. city of Houston after the first man in space, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. To mark the 50th anniversary of the histor ... more | .. |
 United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Fourth NRO Mission In Six Months A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 6:38 p.m. local time EST Friday (Mar 11). Designate ... more | .. |
  How Do People Respond To Being Touched By A Robot For people, being touched can initiate many different reactions from comfort to discomfort, from intimacy to aggression. But how might people react if they were touched by a robot? Would they recoil ... more |
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  India tests two nuclear-capable missiles India tested two short-range nuclear-capable missiles along its eastern coast on Friday, an official said, as part of the nation's efforts to build up its nuclear deterrent. ... more | .. |
 Trident II D5 Missile Achieves 135th Consecutive Test Flight The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight March 1 of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). The Navy launched the unarmed missile from the submerg ... more | .. |
 New TomTom PRO 7150 Delivers Improved Efficiency For Businesses TomTom has unveiled a new navigation device for the North American market designed for businesses to deliver clear bottom-line benefits. The PRO 7150 from TomTom Business Solutions, the business uni ... more | .. |
 MapMyFITNESS To Attend 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival MapMyFITNESS has announced that it will attend and exhibit at the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival. The company aims to engage festival participants and demonstrate the ways that web and mobile techno ... more |
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 Garmin Announces The G1000H For Helicopters Garmin International has announced the G1000H, an all-glass avionics system designed specifically for the VFR Part 27 helicopter market. The G1000H provides important flight data - flight instrument ... more | .. |
 New Marine And Coastal Geospatial Data Available Astrium GEO-Information Services has introduced new marine and coastal geospatial data that is now downloadable from its www.geostore.com store. The new data includes the Admiralty Raster Charts, an ... more | .. |
 Complementary Technology Could Provide Solution To Our GPS Vulnerability The GNSS Interference, Detection and Monitoring Conference 2011 follows Tuesday's Royal Academy of Engineering report that set out the risks of GPS disruption from solar storms or illegal jamming an ... more | .. |
 Coalition To Save Our GPS Launched Representatives from a wide variety of industries and companies have announced that they have joined together to form the "Coalition to Save Our GPS" to resolve a serious threat to the Global Positi ... more |
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How fishes of the deep sea have evolved into different shapes
Carbon-rich waters are becoming even more acidic as atmospheric CO2 levels rise
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 The Future For Space Missions A new report from the National Research Council recommends a suite of planetary science flagship missions for the decade 2013-2022 that could provide a steady stream of important new discoveries abo ... more | .. |
  Stallion Renews Capacity Deal With SES WORLD SKIES To Deliver Connectivity To Oil Rigs SES WORLD SKIES has announced it has signed a three-year capacity agreement with Stallion Oilfield Services to enable mission-critical connectivity for hundreds of oil drilling sites throughout Amer ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman and Boeing Submit ABM Simulation Architecture Proposal Northrop Grumman and industry partner Boeing have submitted a joint proposal for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Objective Simulation Framework (OSF) program. OSF, which will integrate t ... more | .. |
 Space Team Improves GPS Capability For Warfighters Joint force warfighters around the globe will soon be able to assess real-time and future GPS accuracy, both where they are and where they're going, with a new capability developed by the 2nd Space ... more |
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  Three killed in US drone strike in Pakistan: officials At least three militants died Monday in a US missile strike on a vehicle in a tribal town in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border, security officials said. ... more | .. |
  Multispectral Intelligence Sensor Integrated Into E-8C Keel Accessory Bay With the goal of reducing the sensor-to-shooter timeline to just minutes and expanding airborne ground surveillance command and control, Northrop Grumman has completed the installation and testing o ... more | .. |
 US drone strike 'kills six militants in Pakistan' A US drone strike targeting a rebel vehicle and a compound on Sunday killed six militants and wounded five others in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. ... more | .. |
IAI unveils tilt-rotor 'Ghost' UAV Israel Aerospace Industries, a major manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, has unveiled a tilt-rotor drone dubbed "the Ghost" that weights just less than 9 pounds and is virtually silent. ... more |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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 US drone strike kills six militants in Pakistan: officials At least six militants were killed in two US drone attacks in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border on Friday, security officials said. ... more | .. |
  Marines Declare AH-1Z Cobra Operational The Marine Corps' newest attack helicopter, the AH-1Z Cobra, achieved Initial Operating Capability ahead of schedule in February. "Getting the AH-1Z to IOC has been a huge achievement for the entire ... more | .. |
 Excalibur: Turning 'Artillery Cannon Into A Sniper Rifle' A lot can happen during the course of a phone call. On Jan. 14, 2005, Tom Coradeschi placed a phone call to Robert Pinto, triggering a conversation that would give impetus to a revolutionary advance ... more | .. |
 Shadow Defies Gravity With Success An unmanned aircraft system in the Army's fleet is defying gravity, soaring ever higher in performance and zooming down on cost. And, in a budget-conscious Department of Defense, exceeding performan ... more |
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  Almost 600,000 evacuated in Japan after quake: UN About 590,000 people have been evacuated in Japan over the last three days following the devastating earthquake and tsunami there on Friday, the United Nations said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 N. Zealand orders quake building collapse inquiry New Zealand ordered a Royal Commission Monday into the catastrophic collapse of entire office blocks in last month's Christchurch earthquake. ... more | .. |
 Tokyo stocks hammered, BoJ unleashes record funds Japanese stocks tumbled Monday and the central bank poured a record amount of cash in a bid to soothe money markets shaken by Japan's biggest ever earthquake, a devastating tsunami and a nuclear emergency. ... more | .. |
 Japan asks Russia for more energy after quake: government Japan has asked Russia for more energy supplies as the earthquake-ravaged country is bracing for electricity shortages following the disaster, the Russian government said. ... more |
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