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Vega arrives at French Guiana in preparation for its January 26 inaugural launchKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 26, 2011 The first lightweight Vega was delivered to the Spaceport with this latest member of Arianespace's expanded launcher family arriving only days after the service entry of its other new vehicle - the medium-lift Soyuz. Vega came to French Guiana aboard the MN Colibri roll-on/roll-off ship, which docked yesterday at Kourou's Pariacabo Port after a two-week Atlantic crossing from Europe, and was unloaded this morning for the launcher's transfer by road to the Spaceport. The four-stage Vega's fir ... read more |
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  ROSAT re-entered atmosphere over Bay of Bengal On 23 October 2011 at 03:50 CEST, the German research satellite ROSAT re-entered the atmosphere over the Bay of Bengal; it is not known whether any parts of the satellite reached Earth's surface. ... more | .. |
 Weather Favorable for NPP Launch At this time, there is a zero percent chance of not meeting the launch weather criteria for liftoff of the NPP mission. Skies will be mostly clear with good visibility, forecasters say. At NAS ... more | .. |
  Spacenet Selected by Cumberland Farms to Provide Managed Network Services Solution Gilat Satellite Networks reports that its subsidiary, Spacenet, was selected by Cumberland Farms to upgrade and manage its communications infrastructure for over 600 stores across 11 states. T ... more | .. |
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  Living on Tiangong With China's first space laboratory, Tiangong 1, settled into orbit, it's now time to consider the missions that will follow. We're expecting China to perform two docking tests with the unmanned She ... more | .. |
  New SES Satellite Astra 1N Operational SES has announced that its new ASTRA 1N satellite has entered commercial service at the orbital position of 28.2 degrees East. ASTRA 1N was built by Astrium on the Eurostar E3000 platform and is equ ... more | .. |
 Space Systems/Loral Delivers AsiaSat 7 Satellite to Baikonur Launch Site Ahead of Schedule AsiaSat 7, a new communications satellite designed and built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the world's leading provider of commercial ... more | .. |
  Is Your Space Elevator Going Up Anyone who follows new space concepts has heard of the Space Elevator. This is conceived as a non-rocket space structure that is intended to transport material from the Earth's surface into space. ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
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  Russia to launch four Glonass satellites in November Russia is planning to add four Glonass navigation satellites to its orbital grouping in November. Three Glonass-M satellites will be launched on November 4 aboard a Proton-M carrier rocket fro ... more | .. |
 Successful launch for Europe's satellite navigation system Europe's first two fully operational Galileo satellites were successfully launched October 20 2011 from the European spaceport in French Guiana, South America. The satellite payloads were buil ... more | .. |
 Space Waste Transporter: Going Where No Garbage Man has Gone Before With the growing number of incidents of falling space debris in the news, there is a pressing need to find an alternative solution. John D. Arwood, a Native American and owner of Arwood Waste, propo ... more | .. |
 One Soyuz launcher, two Galileo satellites, three successes for Europe The first pair of satellites for Europe's Galileo global navigation satellite system has been lofted into orbit by the first Russian Soyuz vehicle ever launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Gui ... more |
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 Thousands of dreams to fly on Shenzhou 8 The dreams of more than 40,000 people will be stored as text and video on a chip and sent into space along with Shenzhou VIII spacecraft next month. The Shenzhou VIII is slated to take off in ... more | .. |
 Proposal would 'recycle' satellite parts The U.S. Department of Defense says it is looking for ways to recycle space junk thousands of miles above Earth into valuable new satellite parts. ... more | .. |
 GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients to hit US The first shoes with built-in GPS devices - to help track down dementia-suffering seniors who wander off and get lost - are set to hit the US market this month, the manufacturer says. ... more | .. |
 Soyuz places Galileo satellites in orbit - mission control A Russian rocket on Friday placed in orbit the first two satellites in Europe's Galileo geopositioning system after its maiden launch from Europe's space base, mission controllers said. ... 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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 German satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere A German satellite the size of a car re-entered the Earth's atmosphere early Sunday, officials said, adding they did not know yet if any debris had hit the Earth. ... more | .. |
  Emirates seek French military satellite The United Arab Emirates has reopened negotiations with France for a military surveillance satellite, underlining the Persian Gulf state's concerns about Iran's expansionist policies. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Advances in Ground Vehicle Protection Northrop Grumman has successfully demonstrated advanced technologies for ground vehicle protection and situational awareness at the Camp Roberts range. In one of the test scenarios, Northrop G ... more | .. |
  Marines use Excalibur to limit collateral damage in Afghanistan The U.S. Marine Corps issued an urgent operational need for 1,037 Raytheon 155 mm Excalibur extended range, precision-guided artillery projectiles for use in Afghanistan. Successfully fielded ... more |
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 UK Defence Selects Lockheed Martin UK for Contract to Upgrade Warrior Vehicles The Ministry of Defence has selected Lockheed Martin UK to lead a 642 million pound ($1 billion) contract as part of the major 1 billion pound ($1.6 billion) upgrade of the British Army's Warrior Ar ... more | .. |
 Russia delivers radar jammers to Iran Russia has sent a set of mobile radar jammers to Iran and is negotiating future deliveries that Moscow believes do not contravene the current UN sanction regime on the Islamic state, an official said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 F-22 fighters back in the air: US Air Force The US Air Force has allowed dozens of F-22 fighter jets back in the air after commanders briefly grounded the planes at two bases amid safety concerns, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Lightweight MEADS Launcher Arrives At White Sands for Initial Flight Test After completing extensive system integration testing, the first Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) launcher has arrived at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., ready to demonstrate its advanced ... more |
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China emissions flat in third quarter as solar surges: study
Conference travel emissions exceed research energy use
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 Launchers carry AMRAAM, Sparrow, Sidewinder missiles The U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Raytheon a contract valued up to $83 million to produce LAU-116B/A missile launchers. The contract includes a $7.3 million firm-fixed-pric ... more | .. |
US Air Force grounds F-22 fighters -- again: officers The US Air Force has had to ground dozens of F-22 fighter jets for the second time this year after concerns a pilot suffered a lack of oxygen in the cockpit, officers said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Boeing Dreamliner to make first commercial flight Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner makes its first commercial flight on Wednesday, giving a handful of deep-pocketed passengers the chance to fly into history on what is touted as an aviation breakthrough. ... more | .. |
 News popular on tablets but few want to pay: study Catching up on news is among the most popular activities for tablet computer owners, but most are not willing to pay for it, according to a study published on Tuesday. ... more |
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  Nanoparticles and their size may not be big issues If you've ever eaten from silverware or worn copper jewelry, you've been in a perfect storm in which nanoparticles were dropped into the environment, say scientists at the University of Oregon. ... more | .. |
 Plastic fantastic - the future of biodegradables Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a thermoplastic polyester which occurs naturally in bacteria as Ralstonia eutropha and Bacillus megaterium. Even though PHB is biodegradable and is not dependent on f ... more | .. |
 Wearable depth-sensing projection system makes any surface capable of multitouch interaction OmniTouch, a wearable projection system developed by researchers at Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University, enables users to turn pads of paper, walls or even their own hands, arms and le ... more | .. |
  Outside View: The fed Is out of tricks U.S. Federal Reserve officials are flailing about for new tools - for example, more quantitative easing or a better communications strategy - to jump-start the U.S. economy. ... more |
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