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Why Tiangong is not a Station HubSydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 29, 2011 There's been another round of inaccurate reporting in the Chinese media about China's Tiangong space laboratory. Stories have claimed that Tiangong 1, due to be launched within two months, is the cornerstone of a Chinese space station. This is not true. Let's review the facts in brief. Tiangong 1 is a small space laboratory module with a single docking port. It will be launched before the end of September 2011. Later this year, we expect the unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft to dock with ... read more |
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 China to launch experimental satellite in coming days China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Thursday said it will launch an experimental orbiter in the coming days. The orbiter, SJ-11-02, will be carried into space by China's indigenous Long ... more | .. |
  Vietnam Selecting Belgium For Second EO Satellite The government of Vietnam decided to go ahead with a second microsatellite for earth observations, through its VNREDSAT (Vietnam Natural Resources Environment and Disaster monitoring small Satellite ... more | .. |
  Toucans wearing GPS backpacks help Smithsonian scientists study seed dispersal Nutmeg-loving toucans wearing GPS transmitters recently helped a team of scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama address an age-old problem in plant ecology: accurately e ... more | .. |
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  US destroys missile over Pacific in test The US military on Wednesday destroyed one of its own nuclear-capable intercontinental missiles over the Pacific Ocean after it malfunctioned during a test, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Israel tests advanced missile interceptor Israel, concerned about both homemade Qassam rockets launched from Palestinian territory as well as the threat of Iranian ballistic missiles, has field-tested its Arrow 3 interceptor, its new anti-ballistic, long-range air defense system. ... more | .. |
  Robot seagull flies in Scotland A German engineering firm says it has developed a robotic seagull so lifelike it fooled real birds into believing it was part of the flock. ... more | .. |
 China launches navigation satellite: Xinhua China launched its ninth navigation satellite on Wednesday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing sources at the launch centre. ... more |
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Arrival of US aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack
Russia offers US nuclear talks in bid to ease tensions
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 Turksat turns to GMV for control of its satellites MELCO (Mitsubishi Electronics) has awarded GMV a contract for developing the ground segment for the 4A and 4B satellites of the Turkish satellite operator Turksat. GMV is the leading ground systems ... more | .. |
  BSkyB says Murdoch remains chairman as annual profits surge British pay-TV giant BSkyB said Friday that James Murdoch will remain chairman despite the phone-hacking row at main shareholder News Corp., as the broadcaster revealed a 23-percent jump in profits. ... more | .. |
  Germany gets first Euro Hawk The German Bundeswehr's first Euro Hawk first high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system is now in Germany for systems integration. ... more | .. |
 Global Hawk Completes First Full System Flight With MP-RTIP Sensor Northrop Grumman's RQ-4B Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed its first full system flight with the high performance AN/ZPY-2, also referred to as the Multi-Platform Radar T ... more |
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 Lockheed Martin's Multi-Mission Signal Processor Completes Tracking Test The Lockheed Martin Aegis SPY-1 radar successfully identified, tracked and conducted simulated engagements against live aircraft in a stressing electronic attack environment during a test of the Mul ... more | .. |
  Infrared Search and Track Sensor System Achieves Critical Development Milestone Lockheed Martin's Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor system for the U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F achieved critical Milestone B approval to proceed into the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development pha ... more | .. |
 Elbit Systems gets DAP contract Israel's Elbit Systems Ltd. has received a supplementary contract to continue work on the Israeli military's Digital Army Program. ... more | .. |
  Seoul officials under fire as storm toll hits 59 South Korean city planners and developers were blamed Friday for allegedly causing "man-made" disasters that killed at least 59 people and left thousands homeless after record rainfall this week. ... more |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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 1 tiny electron could be key to future drugs that repair sunburn Researchers who have been working for nearly a decade to piece together the process by which an enzyme repairs sun-damaged DNA have finally witnessed the entire process in full detail in the laborat ... more | .. |
  Chinese media attack US over debt battle Chinese media attacked the United States over its debt wrangling Friday, warning that lawmakers could depress the value of the dollar, fuel global inflation and plunge the world into another recession. ... more | .. |
  China train crash payments almost double: Xinhua China has almost doubled the compensation offered to relatives of those killed in a high-speed train crash, state media said Friday, after fierce criticism of authorities' handling of the disaster. ... more | .. |
 Japan's quake-hit electronics firms slide into red Japan's electronic giants plunged into the red in April-June after the March earthquake and tsunami hit production, as weaker sales and a strong yen pushed down profit forecasts, they said Thursday. ... more |
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  Argentine-U.S. ties reach new low Argentina's relations with the United States risk reaching a new low after the South American country received angry criticism from U.S. lawmakers over its style of government. ... more | .. |
Outside View: Debt-ceiling morass Cognitive dissonance - a refusal to accept objective facts that define rational behavior - is at the root of impending disaster in Washington. ... more | .. |
 Japan's industrial output rises for third month Japan's industrial production rose for the third straight month in June as companies led by automakers continued to revive output amid an ongoing recovery of supply chains after the March 11 tsunami. ... more | .. |
  Rolls-Royce flies into profit Rolls-Royce, the British maker of aircraft engines, rebounded into profit during the first half of 2011, aided by a record order book despite defence spending cutbacks in Britain, it said on Thursday. ... more |
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Collaborative Agreement to Advance Solar Arrays for Satellite Power Systems
Diraq progresses to new stage in DARPA drive for practical quantum computers
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  US regulators extend probe of Google's Admeld buy Google's acquisition of Admeld, a company that provides an advertising platform for publishers, is coming under increased antitrust scrutiny from the US Department of Justice. ... more | .. |
 China's Wen vows to punish those blamed for crash China's premier Wen Jiabao pledged Thursday to "severely punish" those responsible for a deadly train crash that has sparked public fury and triggered fears over the safety of high-speed rail. ... more | .. |
China cracks down on wi-fi in public spaces China has ordered public spaces offering wi-fi web access to install costly software to enable police to identify people using the service, state media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
China to censor outspoken crash coverage: analysts Chinese journalists and web users have defied censors with scathing criticism of the state after a deadly high-speed rail crash, but analysts predict the government will soon clamp down. ... more |
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  EU adopts automaker eco-innovation credit The European Commission has officially adopted a policy of allowing auto manufacturers to gain carbon dioxide emission credits through the use of "eco-innovations." ... more | .. |
Train crash threatens China rail exports: analysts A fatal crash on China's high-speed train network could scuttle Beijing's ambitions to sell the technology overseas and could also hit its existing rail exports, analysts said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Nissan sees quarterly profit slide 20.3% after quake Japanese automaker Nissan on Wednesday said net profit in April-June fell by a better-than-expected 20.3 percent on-year due to the impact of the March disaster on production and a strong yen. ... more | .. |
  Graphene's 'quantum leap' takes electronics a step closer Writing in the journal Nature Physics, the academics, who discovered the world's thinnest material at The University of Manchester in 2004, have revealed more about its electronic properties. ... more |
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