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Arianespace Completes 2011 Launch Manifest With Successful Soyuz CampaignKourou, French Guiana (SPX) Dec 16, 2011 Arianespace confirmed Soyuz' mission flexibility in operations from the Spaceport with tonight's successful launch that placed six satellite passengers into Sun-synchronous orbit. Departing precisely at the planned liftoff time of 11:03:08 p.m. in French Guiana, the Soyuz performed a 3-hour, 26-minute flight to deploy its payload of the French Pleiades 1 and Chilean SSOT satellites for civilian and defense image gathering, along with four French ELISA micro-satellite demonstrators for defense-rela ... read more |
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 Vega moves closer to its first liftoff The integration of Vega's first, second and third stages is now complete at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The new rocket is moving full speed ahead towards its maiden flight at the end of Jan ... more | .. |
  China celebrates success of space docking mission China held a rally on Friday to celebrate the success of the country's first space docking mission between the target orbiter Tiangong-1 and the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft. President Hu Jintao, als ... more | .. |
  NASA Reaffirms Agency Scientific Integrity Policy NASA has reaffirmed its commitment to science with the release of a new framework on scientific integrity. The framework summarizes the agency's policies and practices that strengthen and uphold sci ... more | .. |
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  NASA Takes Next Step In Developing Commercial Crew Program NASA has announced a modified competitive procurement strategy to keep on track the agency's plan to have U.S. companies transport American astronauts into space instead of outsourcing this work to ... more | .. |
 Industry Leaders Discuss New Booster Development for Space Launch System On Dec. 15, more than 120 aerospace industry leaders from more than 70 companies attended the Space Launch System's Advanced Booster Industry Day held at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ... more | .. |
 Acra Control Proven in Low Earth Orbit Acra Control is proud to support Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) as they work to become the first commercial company in history to berth with the International Space Station (ISS). In ... more | .. |
Tiangong-1 orbiter starts planned cabin checks against toxic gas The Chinese prototype space lab Tiangong-1 on Thursday started regular checks for toxic gas inside the cabin to better prepare for the country's future manned space docking mission. The Tiango ... more |
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  AsiaSat and THAICOM Sign Cooperation Agreement Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Thaicom Public Company Limited (THAICOM), have announced the signing of a cooperation agreement to provide satellite services from the ... more | .. |
 NASA to change private spacecraft plans NASA says planned changes in the next stage of a program to develop privately operated U.S. spacecraft will give it more flexibility amid funding uncertainties. ... more | .. |
 Soyuz is cleared for its second Arianespace launch from the Spaceport Arianespace's no. 2 Soyuz mission from French Guiana has been given the launch go-ahead, moving preparations into their final phase for a nighttime liftoff tomorrow with six satellite passengers. ... more | .. |
 NASA Announces: Dragon To The Space Station December 8 2011, marked the one year anniversary of Dragon's first Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight. The flight made history as SpaceX became the only commercia ... more |
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 NASA Concludes 2011 Testing of J-2X Engine NASA conducted its final J-2X rocket engine test of the year Dec. 14, the 10th firing in a series of tests on the new upper-stage engine that will carry humans farther into space than ever before. ... more | .. |
 Is there profit in outer space Inside an immaculate but otherwise nondescript industrial building just outside the Beltway in suburban Virginia, half a dozen engineers and technicians, wearing lab coats, shoe covers, and hairnets ... more | .. |
  Gilat Selected by JSC NC Kazsatnet for High Speed Data Connectivity Gilat has been selected by JSC NC 'Kazsatnet', a Republic of Kazakhstan telecommunications company, to deploy a SkyEdge II broadband satellite network to complement its fiber and IP networks. ... more | .. |
 Arianespace Signs First launch contracts for Vega With preparations under way for the first launch of Europe's new light launcher Vega from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, Arianespace has signed its first commercial launch Service and Sol ... more |
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No picnic: How to survive a bear encounter; as Japan battles spike in attacks
COP30: Indigenous peoples vital to humanity's future
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 Raytheon Announces Commercial Availability of High Speed Guard Raytheon's High Speed Guard cross domain technology is now commercially available as an off-the-shelf product. High Speed Guard, previously offered as a service, has been on the U.S. Department of D ... more | .. |
 Russia space agency 'bans foreign travel' They may be working to reach the final frontier, but employees of Russian space agency Roscosmos face going no further than Russia for their holidays. ... more | .. |
 SES Further Increases Its Sales Focus On Emerging Markets SES has announced that it further increases the focus on emerging and growth markets and introduces four global sales regions with a dedicated management leading the strong SES teams in each region. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon BBN Awarded Research Contract To Enable Early Awareness Of Emerging Technology Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $5.2 million by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) under the Foresight and Understanding from Scientific Exposition (FUSE) progra ... more |
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 Orion Drop Test Makes A Clean Splash Testing continues at NASA Langley Research Center as the 18,000-pound (8,165 kg) Orion test article took its eight and final splash of the year into the Hydro Impact Basin on Dec. 13. Orion, t ... more | .. |
  Glonass satnav system targets Latin America and India The Latin American and Indian markets will be a priority for Glonass, Russia's global satellite navigation system, Russian Space Systems Deputy General Director Grigory Stupak said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Orbital Selects Antares as Permanent Name For New Rocket Based On Taurus II Program Orbital Sciences has announced that Antares will be the permanent operational name for the medium-class launch vehicle created by its research and development program formerly known as Taurus II. Or ... more | .. |
 Galileo in tune as first navigation signal transmitted to Earth Europe's Galileo system has passed its latest milestone, transmitting its very first test navigation signal back to Earth. The first two Galileo satellites, launched on 21 October, are in the midst ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
Teaching robots to map large environments
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  Lockheed Martin Ships First Mobile User Objective System Satellite To Cape For Launch Lockheed Martin delivered the U.S. Navy's first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on December 15, where it will be prepared for a Feb. 16, 2012 ... more | .. |
  Raytheon To Supply New Patriot Missile Defense Systems for Taiwan Raytheon has received a $685.7 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for additional new fire units of the combat-proven Patriot Air and Missile Defense System for Taiwan. "Our partners ... more | .. |
  USAF Awards Northrop Grumman Major Joint STARS Support Contract The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a 30-month, $540 million contract for Total System Support Responsibility (TSSR) of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STAR ... more | .. |
  Republicans mock Obama on lost drone Republicans vying to oust Barack Obama from the White House ridiculed the Democratic president on Thursday for asking arch-foe Iran to "pretty please" return a downed US drone. ... more |
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Northrop Grumman's Joint STARS Takes to the Sky With New Engines Northrop Grumman's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System's (Joint STARS) T-3 testbed aircraft successfully completed its "first flight" using new, upgraded Pratt and Whitney production- ... more | .. |
  Microfinancing lifts tsunami-hit Japan firms The world's third largest economy might not seem the obvious place to find the need for microfinancing, but for businesses in tsunami-ravaged northeast Japan, it could be the key to revival. ... more | .. |
 Key steps to Fukushima plant 'cold shutdown' Japan's announcement that crippled reactors at its Fukushima nuclear plant have been brought to a state of cold shutdown marks the second step in the government's recovery plan and is the culmination of nine months of sometimes chaotic efforts to bring the reactors under control. ... more |
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