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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 | .. |
 Ariane 5 Moves To Final Assembly Building The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace's second launch of 2011 is now in the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport, where it will be fitted with the dual payload of Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat ... more | .. |
  Industry First VSAT with microSD Multi-Giga Byte Cache Memory Gilat Satellite Networks has launched WebEnhance, the industry's first VSAT with upgradeable, high-capacity, multi Giga byte microSD memory. Based on an innovative CacheMode technology, the We ... more | .. |
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  Africa's First Private Sector Telecom Satellite Is Readied For Launch Pre-launch checkout is continuing at the Spaceport in French Guiana for Intelsat New Dawn - the first-ever African private sector communications satellite - which is one of two spacecraft passengers ... more | .. |
  FASTSAT Mission Update To date, the MINI-ME instrument has acquired more than 29 days of observations at optimal science level (i.e., running with the power inputs and other characteristics to which it was initially calib ... more | .. |
  NASA Seeks Partners To Manage Night Rover, Nano-Sat Launcher Challenges NASA is seeking partner organizations to manage the agency's upcoming Night Rover and Nano-Satellite Launcher Centennial Challenges. NASA's Centennial Challenges are prize competitions for technolog ... more | .. |
 NASA Unveiling New Rocket Integration Facility At Wallops NASA will unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. EDT on March 22. The Horizontal Integration Facility ... more |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 HP looks to the 'cloud' Hewlett-Packard plans to offer a complete range of cloud computing services, HP chief executive Leo Apotheker said Monday as he outlined his strategy for the US computer giant. ... more |
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Carbon-rich waters are becoming even more acidic as atmospheric CO2 levels rise
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 SES gives SpaceX first geostationary satellite launch deal Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES said on Monday it had reached an agreement with the privately owned company SpaceX for a 2013 launch that will be the first geostationary satellite placement using the US firm's Falcon 9 rocket. ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 |
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  Britain won't scrap spy planes Two British spy planes planned to have been retired this month will be kept in service for at least three additional months. ... 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 | .. |
  Tactical Communications Group Completes Deployment Of Ground Support Systems Tactical Communications Group (TCG), the leading independent provider of tactical data link (TDL) software solutions for military test, training, simulation and operational applications worldwide, h ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Announces Next Generation of ACU Interoperable Communications Raytheon has launched the Audio Connect Unit-5000 that provides the ability to connect a greater number of channels to enable seamless communication among first responders. Designed for greate ... more |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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 Training Team Helping European Soldiers Counter IEDs Improvised explosive devices are the weapons of choice for insurgents, and representatives from Europe and the Middle East participated in the U.S. Army in Europe and the Joint Multinational Trainin ... more | .. |
 BAE And Dassault Sign MoU To Develop UAS Proposal BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate exclusively on the preparation and submission of a joint proposal to the UK and French Ministries of ... more | .. |
 Advanced Emulation Accelerates Deployment Of Military Network Technologies The US Army will soon be conducting a series of network developmental exercises and evaluations at Fort Bliss, TX and White Sands Missile Range that are intended to evaluate technologies and integra ... 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  In tragedy, Japan impresses the world Despite the horrific scenes of destruction, Japan may emerge from its quake-tsunami disaster with a stronger international brand-name as the nation's resilience wins wide praise. ... more |
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