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50 percent more satellites to be launched in the decade aheadParis, France (SPX) Sep 05, 2011 Euroconsult has forecasted that an estimated 1,145 satellites will be built for launch during the next ten years (2011-2020), 51% more satellites than the previous decade. These projections come from Euroconsult's just-released "Satellites to be Built and Launched by 2020, World Market Survey." According to the report, now in its 14th edition, revenues from the manufacture and launch of these 1,145 satellites will be worth $196 billion worldwide, of which 70% can be attributed to government demand ... read more |
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  Space Agencies Meet To Discuss A Global Exploration Roadmap Senior managers representing 10 space agencies from around the world met in Kyoto, Japan to advance the Global Exploration Roadmap for coordinated space exploration. During the past year, the ... more | .. |
  Bad weather hampers search for debris of Russian space freighter Poor weather conditions in South Siberia's Altai Republic may prevent the search for the crash site of a Progress-M spacecraft for the second consecutive day, a Russian space official said on Friday ... more | .. |
  Saft signs contract with Boeing to build Li-ion satellite batteries for MEXSAT-1 and 2 Saft has won a multi-million dollar contract from Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems to supply lithium-ion (Li-ion) satellite batteries for MEXSAT-1 and MEXSAT-2. The satellites are part of the n ... more | .. |
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  Space junk at dangerous 'tipping point': study Clouds of space junk orbiting the Earth have reached a dangerous "tipping point", threatening to smash satellites and endanger astronauts, US scientists warned in a study this week. ... more | .. |
 NASA Needs Strategic Plan to Manage Orbital Debris Efforts Although NASA's meteoroid and orbital debris programs have responsibly used their resources, the agency's management structure has not kept pace with increasing hazards posed by abandoned equipment, ... more | .. |
  Time To End Pork Barrel Monster Rocket And Expensive Russian Space Ferry The Texas Space Alliance (TXA) urged Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and the rest of the Texas Congressional delegation to give their full support to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's call for transferring funding ... more | .. |
 Hands-on space experience at German Aerospace Day 'Encounter' a satellite in orbit, view the Moon and the Rhine Valley in 3D, board SOFIA, the airborne observatory, or visit the wind tunnel or astronaut training facility to experience the extreme c ... more |
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  SwRI selected as payload integrator for three NASA suborbital flight opportunities research providers Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been selected to provide payload flight integration services as part of three suborbital flight provider contracts recently announced by NASA to Virgin Galact ... more | .. |
 Ariane 5's upper payload completes its integration at the Spaceport Integration of the upper portion of Ariane 5's dual-passenger "stack" has been completed, with the Arabsat-5C satellite and SYLDA dispenser system now encapsulated inside the launcher's payload fair ... more | .. |
 Russian Firm Unveils Plan for Space Tourism A Russian firm has unveiled its plans for an orbital hotel by 2016 and space tours to Mars by 2030. The news comes as Russia has grounded its Soyuz rockets after an unmanned cargo vessel, bound for ... more | .. |
 Third ATV begins its preparations for launch on Ariane 5 The preparation campaign for Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has begun in French Guiana as this large cargo resupply spacecraft is readied for a spring 2012 Ariane 5 launch by Ariane ... more |
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 Kazakhstan won't ban Russian rocket launches from Baikonur Kazakhstan does not plan to ban launches of Russian rockets from its space center in Baikonur after accident with Progress M-12M space freighter, Talgat Musabayev, the head of the Kazakh space agenc ... more | .. |
 Russia may put space program under state defense order The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday it is considering returning the federal space program to the framework of the state defense order to ensure steady financing and reduce t ... more | .. |
 Orbital Receives License for Taurus II COTS Demonstration Mission Orbital Sciences has received a Commercial Space Transportation Launch License from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program ... more | .. |
  India postpones latest Agni missile launch India postponed until next week a test-firing of its indigenously built Agni II ballistic nuclear capable missile due to a technical glitch. ... more |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
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  Turkey to host radar for NATO missile defense Turkey plans to deploy an early warning radar by the end of the year as part of NATO's missile defense system for Europe, officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
  AeroVironment Wins Switchblade Agile Munition Systems and Services Contract AeroVironment has received a contract on June 29 from the U.S. Army Close Combat Weapons Systems (CCWS), Program Executive Office Missiles and Space (PEO MS). The $4,907,840 contract for the Switchb ... more | .. |
  Bell Boeing Receives Order for New and Upgraded CV-22 Training Devices The Bell Boeing V-22 Program, a strategic alliance between Boeing and Bell Helicopter has received a $34 million order from the U.S. Air Force for three new CV-22 training devices and an upgrade to ... more | .. |
  Haiti political knot complicates governance: outgoing PM Haiti's caretaker prime minister warned that day-to-day government in the quake-ravaged country has been snarled by a political impasse between the new president and an opposition-controlled parliament. ... more |
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 Obama tours flooded, storm-hit New Jersey President Barack Obama on Sunday toured the flood-battered state of New Jersey to survey damage from Hurricane Irene, which last week left entire towns underwater and claimed dozens of lives along the US east coast. ... more | .. |
 Reconstruction from quake top priority: Japan PM Noda Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Friday said that reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and the resolution of the nuclear crisis were top priorities for his government. ... more | .. |
 A "nano," environmentally friendly, and low toxicity flame retardant protects fabric The technology in "fire paint" used to protect steel beams in buildings and other structures has found a new life as a first-of-its-kind flame retardant for children's cotton sleepwear, terrycloth b ... more | .. |
 Record-low error rate for quantum information processing with one qubit Thanks to advances in experimental design, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have achieved a record-low probability of error in quantum information processing w ... 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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 Iron Veins Are Secret of Promising New Hydrogen Storage Material With a nod to biology, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have a new approach to the problem of safely storing hydrogen in future fuel-cell-powered cars. T ... more | .. |
 Ion armageddon: Measuring the impact energy of highly charged ions Much like a meteor impacting a planet, highly charged ions hit really hard and can do a lot of damage, albeit on a much smaller scale. And much like geologists determine the size and speed of the me ... more | .. |
  Toyota to make key hybrid parts in China Toyota Motor will manufacture the Prius hybrid and its key parts in China in a bid to boost sales in the world's largest car market, a company spokeswoman said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  China's double-edged trade with Latin America Soy from Argentina, copper from Chile, iron ore from Brazil: China's seemingly insatiable appetite for Latin America's raw materials is credited with fueling blistering economic growth for both. ... more |
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 Penn Physicists Develop New Insight Into How Disordered Solids Deform In solid materials with regular atomic structures, figuring out weak points where the material will break under stress is relatively easy. But for disordered solids, like glass or sand, their disord ... more | .. |
 Hollywood lusts for China film sales, with caution Hollywood filmmakers are joining forces with Chinese companies to gain a foothold in the Asian nation's huge movie market - but obstacles remain in the form of commercial restrictions and censorship. ... more | .. |
 Police help Apple search for missing iPhone San Francisco police have assisted Apple in the search for a prototype of the latest iPhone that went astray in a bar in a repeat of an embarrassing loss that took place last year. ... more | .. |
  World Bank chief warns of economic 'danger zone' World Bank chief Robert Zoellick warned Saturday that the global economy was heading into a new "danger zone", as he urged China to speed up structural reforms to help its development. ... more |
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