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Russia, Sweden to boost space cooperationStockholm, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 29, 2011 Russia and Sweden agreed on Wednesday to improve cooperation in the space industry, including their intention to launch Swedish satellites using Russian carrier rockets. The two countries signed a relevant declaration during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to Stockholm. The sides also agreed to jointly use ground facilities to gather information for operating their own orbital objects and those of third countries. Sweden and Russia will also cooperate within a Russian spa ... read more |
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  Arianespace to launch ABS-2 in 2013 Arianespace has confirmed the launch date for the ABS-2 satellite for Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS), one of the leading satellite operators in the Asia Pacific. ABS-2 will be launched by an Ariane ... more | .. |
  Putin fires Russian space agency chief Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday fired Russian space agency chief Anatoly Perminov after a series of high-profile setbacks in the space programme. ... more | .. |
  Building a Heavenly Palace in outer space China's permanent space station, the Heavenly Palace, is to be launched into orbit within a decade. According to Chinese media reports, the 60-ton craft will include a central module and two laborat ... more | .. |
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  UMaine Students Test Wireless Sensors on Rocket Five University of Maine students participated in a recent launch process as a rocket loaded with wireless sensors the students developed in a UMaine lab blasted off in California's Mojave Desert. ... more | .. |
 Next-generation US space racers outline plans A handful of companies competing to make the spaceship to replace the iconic US shuttle said Thursday they are racing to shrink what will be a long gap in flying Americans into space aboard US craft. ... more | .. |
  US seeks changes in India's DTH satellite policy The US has said it will ''encourage'' India to change its policies which give exclusive rights to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for selling the satellite capacity to the lucrative di ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Delivers First Standard Missile-6 To US Navy Raytheon delivered the first Standard Missile-6 production round to the U.S. Navy. "Five years ago, Raytheon promised the U.S. Navy that SM-6 would be delivered in March 2011, and we delivered on th ... more |
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 Raytheon Awarded Contract for Patriot Tactical Missile Upgrades Raytheon has been awarded a $58.3 million contract for Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical, or GEM-T, missiles. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), Redstone Arsenal, Ala ... more | .. |
  Missile Warning Satellite Encapsulated in Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing The first Lockheed Martin-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft was encapsulated into its payload fairing April 20 in preparation for an early May liftoff aboar ... more | .. |
 GPS Operational Control Segment Enters Service With USAF Boeing has announced that its GPS Operational Control Segment (OCS) has gained full operational status with the U.S. Air Force 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. OCS keeps the GPS syst ... more | .. |
 Taiwan missile can reach Beijing: report Taiwan has developed a missile capable of reaching Beijing and tested it successfully three years ago, a report said Wednesday, citing a former defence minister. ... more |
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  $53 million pledged to Kickstarter in two years Kickstarter, a website which collects donations for creative projects, said Thursday that it has received pledges of more than $53 million since its launch two years ago. ... more | .. |
 BSkyB says net profits sink in third quarter BSkyB, the British pay-TV giant being wooed by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., announced on Thursday that third-quarter net profits fell owing to one-off charges, but added that demand was buoyant. ... more | .. |
  New material creates invisibility U.S. researchers say they've created a cloaking material that can render objects invisible in the terahertz range, which lies between infrared and microwaves. ... more | .. |
 Chip satellites depart on Endeavour's final launch A group of Cornell-developed, fingernail-sized satellites may travel to Saturn within the next decade, and as they flutter down through its atmosphere, they will collect data about chemistry, radiat ... more |
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AI enables tailored education for medical students at scale
MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic
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 NNSA Announces New Space Debris Modeling All this week, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is highlighting its advanced supercomputing capabilities with a week of features demonstrating the science and technology work done ... more | .. |
 Goodrich Delivers ORS-1 Satellite Goodrich, the prime contractor for the Operationally Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) satellite, has announced that the pre-ship review was successfully completed last week and the satellite is being prep ... more | .. |
  World's Smallest Ku-band Maritime VSAT Terminal Receives FCC License KVH Industries has announced two key developments for its new TracPhone V3 satellite communications system and mini-VSAT BroadbandSM network. The first shipments of the TracPhone V3, the smallest Ku ... more | .. |
 Five Things About NASA's Voyager Mission Here are five facts about NASA's twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, the longest continuously-operating spacecraft in deep space. The Voyagers were built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena ... more |
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 Russia to build aerospace defence shield Russia will build a national aerospace defense shield by the end of 2011, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Ozerov told reporters on Tuesday in the cosmonau ... more | .. |
 Apple denies tracking iPhones, to fix 'bugs' Apple on Wednesday dismissed claims it was tracking iPhone users but said it would fix software "bugs" that resulted in location data being unencrypted and stored for up to a year. ... more | .. |
  Shielding body protects brain from shell shocking blast injuries Stronger and tougher body armor to shield the chest, abdomen and back may be just what soldiers fighting in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars need to better protect their brains from mild injuries tied ... more | .. |
 Researchers create terahertz invisibility cloak Researchers at Northwestern University have created a new kind of cloaking material that can render objects invisible in the terahertz range. Though this design can't translate into an invisibility ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman Delivers 1000th Guardian Laser Transmitter Assembly Northrop Grumman has announced the delivery of the 1,000th Guardian Laser Transmitter Assembly (GLTA) to the U.S. government for use as part of the Department of Navy's Large Aircraft Infrared Count ... more | .. |
  LockMart Battle Command System Replaces US Army Legacy System A Lockheed Martin developed web-based capability for U.S. Army readiness reporting, force registration, mobilization, and force projection planning has completely replaced the legacy system that pre ... more | .. |
 Indonesia tests Yakhont missile, finally Indonesia has test fired a Russian-made Yakhont anti-ship missile during naval exercises in the Indian Ocean, Indonesia's Antara news agency said. ... more | .. |
  First Flight of Heavy-Fuel Powered Fury 1500 UAS AME Unmanned Air Systems (AME UAS) announces the successful first flight of the Fury 1500 Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (STUAS) powered by a heavy-fuel engine. The successful flight occurred ... more |
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 Apache to Field Ground Fire-Detection System Apache attack helicopters will soon field a new, high-tech Ground Fire Acquisition System, which uses cameras and infrared sensors to instantly identify the source location of ground fire, service o ... more | .. |
 Aviators Praise F Model Chinook The U.S. Army and its industry partner Boeing have built 126 CH-47 Chinook "F" model helicopters, the latest modernized cargo aircraft built with state-of-the-art avionics, automated flight controls ... more | .. |
 Boeing Vigilare System Completes Operational Testing in Australia The Boeing Vigilare network centric command and control system has passed its last formal operational test. Testing took place at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Williamtown's Eastern Regiona ... more | .. |
 US Army's new Lakota packed with high-tech gear The Army National Guard is preparing to receive the first light utility helicopter equipped with a new, state-of-the-art mission equipment package. The new MEP aboard the UH-72A Lakota light u ... more |
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