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Roscosmos to enhance control of Soyuz rocket engines' productionMoscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 09, 2011 A special commission investigating the causes of the August 24 failed launch of Russia's Soyuz carrier rocket has recommended enhancing the control of the production of engines for Soyuz rockets, Russian space agency Roscosmos said. A Soyuz rocket engine failure resulted in the loss of the Progress M-12M space freighter on August 24, the first loss of a Progress freighter in the history of Russia's space industry. The freighter failed to separate from the rocket and fell in South Siberia's Altai R ... read more |
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  US Congress sends Obama major patent overhaul The US Senate Thursday passed legislation to drag the web of US patent laws into the Internet age and spur high-tech innovation, sending the measure to President Barack Obama to sign into law. ... more | .. |
  SES and Gazprom to provide additional satellite capacity to Russian market Global satellite operator SES S.A. and Russian fixed satellite service operator Gazprom Space System (GSS) announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to provide additional satelli ... more | .. |
 Planetary Congress meeting in Moscow The Association of Space Explores (ASE) Planetary Congress has started in Moscow and will run from the 5th to the 9th of September. The ASE and its participants are cosmonauts and astronauts and the ... more | .. |
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  Aitech Appoints Vice President for Growing Space Business Sector Aitech Defense Systems Inc., a pioneer in true military embedded and mission critical computing technologies and an independent manufacturer of open architecture boards and subsystem products for en ... more | .. |
  Automated Tool Points Way to Safe Separation of Aircraft on Final Approach Air traffic controllers at the Minneapolis Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) are using an innovative next generation tool developed by Lockheed Martin and the Federal Aviation Administration ... more | .. |
 Asia Broadcast Satellite Awards Optimal Satcom Multi-Year Deal For Enterprise Capacity Management Optimal Satcom has been awarded a multi-year contract by Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to provide its industry leading, enterprise satellite capacity system to help manage ABS' growing commercial s ... more | .. |
 Arianespace to launch Amazonas-3 for Hispasat Spanish operator Hispasat has chosen Arianespace to launch its new Amazonas-3 telecommunications satellite. Petra Mateos-Aparicio, Chairwoman of Hispasat, Carlos Espinos, CEO of Hispasat, and Jean-Y ... more |
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  Corvus Energy Lithium-Polymer Batteries Pass Lloyd's Register Certification Tests Corvus Energy's sophisticated 6.5 kWh lithium-polymer batteries passed the requirements of Lloyd's Register Type Approval certification tests. Lloyd's Register North America, Inc., a member of ... more | .. |
 NASA Needs to Preserve Skilled Astronaut Corps In Post-Shuttle Era NASA should take steps to ensure that it maintains a highly trained astronaut corps to meet International Space Station (ISS) crew requirements while accounting for unexpected attrition or demands o ... more | .. |
 Honeywell Wins Ground Systems and Mission Operations At Goddard Honeywell has won a five-year, $450 million contract with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) to provide Ground Systems and Mission Operations (GSMO) services for the agency's fleet of scienti ... more | .. |
 Russia beefs up Plesetsk space center funding Russia will spend over 5 billion rubles ($170 mln) on the development and expansion of the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia this year, Space Forces spokesman Col. Alexei Zolotukhin said on W ... more |
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 Attempt to revive silent satellite planned British scientists say they will try to revive a satellite launched almost 40 years ago that has been silent since 1996. ... more | .. |
 US astronaut shortage poses risks: study The United States does not have enough astronauts to meet the changing needs of human spaceflight in the coming years, warned a report Wednesday by a non-profit group that advises on science policy. ... more | .. |
 Japan firm creates radiation-detecting plastic Japan's Teijin Chemicals Limited said Wednesday it had created a plastic that emits a blue light when exposed to radioactivity, which it says will lead to cheaper radiation detectors. ... more | .. |
  KVH mini-VSAT Broadband Service Now Fully Global with Live Service in South America KVH Industries has announced that mini-VSAT BroadbandSM service is now available to mariners in South American waters, officially completing the original global coverage plan for the maritime satell ... more |
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Cane toad invasion threatens Pilbara biodiversity and culture
Amazonian forests altered by human actions show broad changes in diversity and evolutionary patterns
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  Tiangong 1 might be launched in late September Due to the launch failure of the experimental orbiter SJ-11-04, the Chinese unmanned space module Tiangong 1, the prototype of the Chinese space experiment station, which was scheduled to launch in ... more | .. |
 ViaSat Wins Contracts from Boeing for Ground Based Beam Forming System for Mexican Satellite System ViaSat has been awarded contracts valued at approximately $40 million by Boeing to develop a ground based beam forming (GBBF) system for the Mexican Satellite System (MEXSAT). The beam forming ... more | .. |
 Cleaning up with space tech There's just about nowhere that state-of-the-art space technologies cannot reach - from the martian atmosphere to those hard-to-clean spots under the couch. The search for space dust is giving us cl ... more | .. |
  Malfunction at devices connection blamed for orbiter launch failure China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said Monday that malfunction at connection between devices of rocket led to the orbiter launch failure last month. Investigation result showe ... more |
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  British firms partner on UGVs Britain's Roke Manor Research has joined with Marshall Land Systems for a mobile surveillance and electronic warfare capability for Marshall's unmanned ground vehicle platforms. ... more | .. |
 Iran ups criticism of Turkey over NATO missile shield Iran toughened Thursday its criticism of Turkey over its plan to host an early-warning radar as part of NATO's missile defence system, saying it will create tension and lead to "complicated consequences." ... more | .. |
  Embraer joins forces with Elbit to make unmanned aircraft Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer has set up a joint company with the Brazilian arm of Israeli weapons maker Elbit Systems to make unmanned aircraft, according to a company statement Thursday. ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
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 Elbit Systems Completes Customer Tests For First 30mm Unmanned Turret Supplied To Brazil Elbit Systems Ltd. has successfully concluded customer acceptance tests of first 30mm unmanned turret UT30BR, integrated into the Brazilian IVECO 6X6 Guarani vehicle. The unmanned turret was f ... more | .. |
 Indra Finishes Implementation Of The First Four Radar Stations In India Four out of the nine radar stations which Indra will start up in India to enhance air traffic management are already into service. The Chennai, Bellary, Bhopal and Porbandar radar stations are now e ... more | .. |
 Curtiss-Wright Signs Contract With Selex Galileo Curtiss-Wright Corporation has been selected by SELEX Galileo to supply rugged embedded digital signal processor modules for use on Saab's new Gripen Next Generation (NG) fighter aircraft. The ... more | .. |
 Sweden orders Australian weapons stations Sweden has ordered 60 protected weapon stations from Australian firm W&E Platt to provide firepower and protection to vehicle gunners. ... more |
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  Brazil to recondition Argentine missiles Brazil and Argentina are in talks to work out the details of a contract that will see the Brazilian defense industry recondition missiles in the Argentine armed forces' inventory. ... more | .. |
  Environmental Testing of New Military Communications Satellite Completed Lockheed Martin has completed thermal vacuum testing of the U.S. Navy's first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, a major program milestone that validates spacecraft performance in a simu ... more | .. |
 Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer Demonstrates Capability to Protect Manned Aircraft The U.S. Air Force demonstrated that Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy Jammer could protect aircraft when it completed the first test of the MALD-J in a simulated operational environment. ... more | .. |
  Victims struggle six months on from Japan quake As Japan prepares to mark six months since the March earthquake, tens of thousands remain in temporary housing, mourning loved ones, fearful of radiation and despairing over a marathon road to recovery. ... more |
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