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Iran Sends Rocket, Capsule Into SpaceTehran (AFP) Mar 18, 2011 Iran on Thursday signalled a broadening of its space ambitions by announcing the launch of a new rocket and a test capsule designed to house a monkey, amid Western concerns over its scientific advances. The Iranian Space Agency launched the Kavoshgar-4 rocket carrying the capsule without fanfare on March 15, the official IRNA news agency said, citing the president's office. Iran had announced it would conduct the launch before the end of Iranian year on March 21. The space capsule, unv ... read more |
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  SES And ILS Announce Launch Of SES-6 On ILS Proton In 2013 International Launch Services (ILS) and SES have announced the launch of SES-6 in 2013 on ILS Proton. SES-6 is the sixth mission under the SES Multi Launch Agreement (MLA) signed in June 2007 betwee ... more | .. |
  When A Bus Becomes A Satellite Alphabus has met Alphasat. Europe's largest telecom satellite is taking shape with final assembly and testing ready to begin in Toulouse, France. Planned for launch in late 2012 on Ariane 5, Alphasa ... more | .. |
  XTAR Awarded Bandwidth Contract from Intelsat General XTAR, LLC, the first U.S. commercial provider of services in the X-band frequency, has been awarded a bandwidth contract from Intelsat General Corporation. The multi-million dollar contract calls fo ... more | .. |
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 LockMary To Launch DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Earth Imaging Satellite Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Lockheed Martin, has announced that it has been chosen by DigitalGlobe to launch that company's next-generation, high-res ... more | .. |
 ASC Signal to Demonstrate Next Gen Controller ASC Signal will demonstrate the enhanced capabilities of its Next Generation Controller (NGC) for satellite antenna systems at SATELLITE 2011 in Washington, D.C., March 15-17. The technical enhancem ... more | .. |
 SpaceX And SES Announce Satellite Launch Agreement As the Satellite 2011 conference kicked off in Washington, D.C., Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and SES have announced an agreement to launch an SES satellite using the Falcon 9 rocket. ... more | .. |
  LockMart GPS III Team Completes Key Flight Software Milestone The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Position System, known as GPS III, has successfully completed the program's first major flight software integratio ... more |
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  Russian craft brings astronauts back to Earth A Russian Soyuz space capsule brought a US astronaut and two Russians safely back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) Wednesday, with the crew parachuting down in the Kazakh steppe. ... more | .. |
 Arianespace's Success Is Built On Transparency At this week's Satellite 2011 conference in Washington, D.C., Arianespace addressed an important "hot button" issue for the global launch services sector - and underscored its continued leadership a ... more | .. |
 ORBCOMM And SpaceX Set Plans To Launch Satellites On Next Falcon 9 ORBCOMM and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) have announced plans to carry the first two ORBCOMM next-generation OG2 satellites to orbit on the next Falcon 9 launch this year. Falcon 9 ... more | .. |
 AIAA To Host First Biennial Congressional Aerospace Policy Retreat On Friday, March 18, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will host its first biennial Congressional Aerospace Policy Retreat. This inaugural event will brief Members of Con ... more |
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 DLR Center Takes Over Operation Of The Swedish PRISMA Satellite Mission On 15 March 2011, the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) at the German Aerospace Center in Oberpfaffenhofen took over operation of the Swedish PRISMA satellite mission. The Swedish Space Corporat ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
XTAR Launches New Brand Identity XTAR, the first commercial provider of satellite communications services in the X-band frequency, has unveiled a new brand identity which is being introduced during the Satellite 2011 conference in ... 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
Halter Virtual Fencing revolutionizes cattle management across US | .. |
 UK Space Agency Champions Adaptation Of Space Technology For Terrestrial Uses UK space technology that is being developed to explore other worlds could soon be benefiting us on ours, with the launch of the UK Space Agency's new knowledge exchange programme. The UK Space ... more | .. |
  X-37B - This Is Only A Test We are regularly warned on emergency speakers that an upcoming alarm signal is only a test. It's a necessary precaution to prevent panic. Some members of community need a similar heads-up about anot ... 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 | .. |
 Arianespace To launch Argentina's Arsat-2 Satellite ARSAT has once again selected Arianespace for its commercial launch services - this time to orbit the Argentinean satellite operator's second satellite, Arsat-2. Participating in this week's S ... more |
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  Modified X-51A Waverider Ready For Next Hypersonic Test Air Force engineers currently plan to fly the second X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight test demonstrator as early as March 22, program officials said March 15. "We are proud of the first fligh ... more | .. |
  Civilians 'among 35 dead' in US strike in Pakistan Civilians and police were among 35 people killed when US missiles ploughed into a militant training compound in Pakistan's Taliban and Al-Qaeda-hit northwest on Thursday, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Army Deploying 'Individual Gunshot Detector' U.S. Army forces in Afghanistan will begin receiving the first of more than 13,000 gunshot detection systems for the individual dismounted Soldier later this month, service officials said. "We ... more | .. |
 Army Building New 'F' Model Kiowa Warrior The U.S. Army is beginning mission equipment upgrade modifications to its fleet of OH-58 Kiowa Warrior scout aircraft in an effort to build a new, high-tech "F" model helicopter designed with improv ... more |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
MIT physicists observe key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene
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 Iberia Converts Passenger Aircraft Into Mid-Air Refuelling Tanker Iberia has converted an Airbus A330-200 passenger airliner into a Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), equipped for mid-air refuelling. It was the first time such a complex task has been performed in ... more | .. |
  China aims new missile at Taiwan: intelligence chief Taiwan's top intelligence chief said Wednesday that China is targeting the island with a new type of ballistic missile. ... more | .. |
Death toll up to 24 in NW Pakistan drone strike: officials The death toll from a US drone strike in Pakistan's lawless northwest reached 24 on Thursday, and officials said all those killed were militants in the Al-Qaeda and Taliban-hit region. ... more | .. |
 Fuel Cell Milestone Validates Potential In-Theater Use Lockheed Martin and Technology Management for the first time have operated a fuel-cell generator for 1,000 hours using the military's standard fuel, JP-8. This milestone paves the way to field fuel- ... more |
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Mexico allows unarmed US drones over its territory Mexico admitted Wednesday that unarmed US drones have flown over its territory to gather intelligence on organized crime, showing increased, politically-sensitive cooperation in its drug war. ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Launches Integrated Assembly Line Northrop Grumman took a significant step in transitioning the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to full-rate production with the March 1 start-up of the company's integrated assembly line (IAL) in Palmdale. ... more | .. |
Mexico defends decision to use US drones in drug war Mexico's foreign minister on Thursday defended the government's decision to allow unarmed US drones over Mexico, in a rowdy session before the Senate on a controversial development in the drug war. ... more | .. |
 Russia's new secret weapon... inflatable tanks They may look like real tanks and missiles, but some of the weapons in Russia's arsenal may not all be what they seem. ... more |
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