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QuetZsat-1 Satellite Delivered To Baikonur Launch BaseBaikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Aug 09, 2011 SES S.A. and Space Systems/Loral announce that the QuetzSat-1 satellite has safely arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on board an Antonov cargo plane. The QuetzSat-1 spacecraft, manufactured by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), will now be readied for launch onboard an ILS Proton Breeze M booster, scheduled for lift off in September 2011. QuetzSat-1 is an all Ku-band high-powered communications satellite with coverage of Mexico, USA, and Central America, which is fully contracted to ... read more |
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  Toys for Tiangong Wanna buy a spaceship? No, you can't have the real thing. But you can buy a model at a reasonable price. That's been the driving force behind a strongly entrenched space modeling industry for decade ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin-Built BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R Satellite Launched Successfully For Japanese Firms The BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R broadcasting and telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation ... more | .. |
  NASA funds 30 new space research projects The US space agency announced funding for 30 new space projects Monday, including ways to protect astronauts from deep-space radiation, eliminate space debris and improve spacesuit technology. ... more | .. |
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  Fusion diagnostic developed at PPPL sheds light on plasma behavior at EAST An instrument developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has enabled a research team at a fusion energy experiment in China to observe--in ... more | .. |
  NASA Announces Next Opportunity For Cubesat Space Missions NASA is seeking proposals for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned to launch between 2012 and 2014. These miniature spacecraft, known as CubeSats, could be auxiliary payload on previou ... more | .. |
  NASA Selects Companies To Study Storing Cryogenic Propellants In Space NASA has selected four companies to develop concepts for storing and transferring cryogenic propellants in space. These capabilities are important for the agency's future deep space human exploratio ... more | .. |
 Arianespace blasts another pair of satellites into orbit Arianespace orbited a pair of commercial relay satellites for direct television broadcasting services tonight on Ariane 5's fourth heavy-lift mission of 2011. During a 38-minute flight from th ... more |
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  Satellites in the developing world Within 24 hours of the catastrophic 2010 earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, space agencies and companies around the world tasked satellites with providing free images of the earthquake's afterma ... more | .. |
 Boeing Selects Atlas V Rocket for Initial Commercial Crew Launches Boeing has selected the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket to launch the Boeing Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft from Florida's Space Coast. "This selection marks a majo ... more | .. |
  Grapes protect against ultraviolet radiation Some compounds found in grapes help to protect skin cells from the sun's ultraviolet radiation, according to a study by researchers from the University of Barcelona and the CSIC (Spanish National Re ... more | .. |
 Penn Chemists Make First Molecular Binding Measurement of Radon Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 04, 2011 Even in trace quantities, the radioactive gas radon is very dangerous; it is second only to cigarette smoking as a cause of lung cancer deaths in the United State ... more |
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 Cosmonauts launch Gagarin satellite on second try Two Russian cosmonauts on Thursday completed a marathon spacewalk in which they launched a student-made satellite honouring the first spaceman Yuri Gagarin after initially aborting the delicate task. ... more | .. |
 Radar system could makes runways safer German researchers say a new sensing system to spot debris on a runway could prevent disasters like the 2000 crash of the Concorde in France that killed 113. ... more | .. |
  Bell Boeing Submits V-22 Osprey Multiyear II Contract Proposal The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Boeing and Bell Helicopter - Textron has submitted its proposal to the U.S. Navy for a second multiyear procurement (MYP II) contract for t ... more | .. |
 Five More Boeing Super Hornets Arrive at RAAF Base Amberley Five new Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets have arrived at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley, expanding the RAAF's fleet of the advanced multirole fighters to 20. Three aircraft landed at t ... more |
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Understanding the nuances of human-like intelligence
Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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 Eighth C-5B Inducted To Become Super Galaxy The sun shines above the newest addition to the C-5M modernization program. Tail number 85-0003, a C-5B Galaxy, is the eighth aircraft inducted into modernization production line to become a Super G ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Delivers First Advanced F-16s To Morocco The Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) unveiled the first four of 24 Lockheed Martin F-16 aircraft in a ceremony at Ben Guerrir Air Base in Morocco. Senior representatives from the Moroccan and U.S. go ... more | .. |
 Raytheon and Tobyhanna Army Depot Enter a Public-Private Partnership Raytheon and Tobyhanna U.S. Army Depot have signed a pledge of commitment for a public-private partnership to support various electronic and radar systems. Signed by Wayne Iurillo, vice presid ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Awarded $795 Million in E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Contracts Northrop Grumman has been awarded $795 million in contracts by the U.S. Navy for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Program. Under a sole source, firm-fixed price $761 million contract, prime contracto ... more |
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 Raytheon Small Diameter Bomb II Uncooled Tri-Mode Seeker Exceeds Expectations A series of laboratory tests on Raytheon's Small Diameter Bomb II tri-mode seeker demonstrated that it exceeds anticipated performance parameters. SDB II's seeker fuses millimeter-wave radar, ... more | .. |
 Wire pops lock certified for US defense facilities Hackers at a DefCon gathering were shown how a high-security lock certified for use in sensitive US government facilities can be easily opened with just a piece of wire. ... more | .. |
  Moscow warns NATO against extending missile shield Russia cautioned the US and its NATO allies Monday against plans to extend an anti-missile shield into northern European seas. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Successfully Links P25 Mobile Radio With Zetron's Dispatch Console System Raytheon has successfully integrated and tested its P25net land mobile radio with the Zetron Acom digital dispatch control system to demonstrate the ease of delivering interoperable communications t ... more |
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Collaborative Agreement to Advance Solar Arrays for Satellite Power Systems
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 Raytheon Debuts an Interoperable Server System With Digital and Analog Interfaces Raytheon has developed a new server-based system that links 4G LTE and P25 systems over the same network. This ensures that public safety officials can all stay connected when they need it most, whe ... more | .. |
 UN chief to visit Japan nuclear disaster zone UN chief Ban Ki-moon will visit the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone Monday, becoming one of the most senior foreign leaders to go near the crippled atomic power plant in Japan's northeast. ... more | .. |
 UN chief heads to Japan as nuclear crisis simmers UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Japan on Sunday, where he plans to visit the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone, as the crippled atomic power plant simmers and a food safety scare deepens. ... more | .. |
 Japan 'to mull backup capital city for emergencies' Japan will consider creating a backup capital in case a major terrorist attack or natural disaster like the March 11 earthquake strikes Tokyo, a news report said Monday. ... more |
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UN chief asks Japan to share lessons on nuclear safety United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday pledged solidarity with Japan after its quake, tsunami and nuclear disasters and asked Tokyo for input to a UN meeting on atomic safety next month. ... more | .. |
  Wearable device that vibrates fingertip could improve sense of touch A little vibration can be a good thing for people who need a sensitive touch. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a glove with a special fingertip designed to improve t ... more | .. |
  Engineers solve longstanding problem in photonic chip technology Stretching for thousands of miles beneath oceans, optical fibers now connect every continent except for Antarctica. With less data loss and higher bandwidth, optical-fiber technology allows informat ... more | .. |
  Rice discovery points way to graphene circuits Rice University materials scientists have made a fundamental discovery that could make it easier for engineers to build electronic circuits out of the much-touted nanomaterial graphene. Graphe ... more |
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