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Astrium and Vizada become a world leader in satellite communications servicesParis, France (SPX) Dec 23, 2011 Astrium, Europe's leading space company, completes the acquisition of Vizada after receiving the necessary regulatory approvals. Vizada is a leading independent provider of global satellite communications services and will be integrated into Astrium Services. This acquisition represents a total consideration of 673 million euro and contributes to EADS' strategic Vision 2020. "We are happy to welcome Vizada into the EADS Group, which concludes a successful year for us in terms of acquisitions", sai ... read more |
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 USAF Hosted Payload On SES Satellite Completes Initial On Orbit Tests SES Government Solutions (SES-GS) reports that the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP), hosted on the SES-2 satellite launched in September, has successfully completed initial on-orbit test ... more | .. |
  SES Partners With Rustyice Solutions For Satellite Broadband Services In The UK SES has signed an agreement with the UK networks systems integrator Rustyice Solutions Ltd for the distribution of SES' satellite-based broadband service ASTRA2Connect. The service will be marketed ... more | .. |
  GMV tracks the first Galileo IOV Satellite GMV has announced the tracking of both data and pilot channels of Galileo first satellite signal with its own line of GNSS receiver products. The first two Galileo satellites were launched fro ... more | .. |
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 "Space ball" drops on Namibia A large metallic ball fell out of the sky on a remote grassland in Namibia, prompting baffled authorities to contact NASA and the European space agency. ... more | .. |
  Stefan Gardefjord to lead SSC as new CEO Stefan Gardefjord has been appointed as the new CEO of SSC by the Board of Directors. He succeeds Lars Persson who is moving on after serving five years as CEO. At fifty-three years of age, St ... more | .. |
 Belarus Strongman Vows Nation Will Build World's Best Spacecraft Ever Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday the former Soviet republc would build the best spaceship the world has ever seen. Lukashenko, once famoulsy dubbed "Europe's last dictator ... more | .. |
  Astrophysicist John Grunsfeld to Head NASA Science Directorate NASA has named physicist and former astronaut John Grunsfeld as the new associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington. Grunsfeld will take th ... more |
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European Response to Escalating Space Security Crisis
BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer
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  Vega to fly ESA experimental reentry vehicle The launch of ESA's IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle on Europe's new Vega rocket is now in detailed planning, a major step towards the craft's flight in 2014. Launched into a suborbital t ... more | .. |
 A Brighter Future for Spaceflight Recent times have been troubling for the global spaceflight community. We have witnessed the end of the venerable Shuttle program, without an operational replacement vehicle for NASA. America's spac ... more | .. |
  Raytheon's Navy Multiband Terminal Tests With On-Orbit AEHF Satellite Raytheon has successfully tested with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite that will provide secure communications for the U.S. military and international partners. Raytheon' ... more | .. |
  New system may one day steer microrobots through blood vessels for disease treatment Microscopic-scale medical robots represent a promising new type of therapeutic technology. As envisioned, the microbots, which are less than one millimeter in size, might someday be able to travel t ... more |
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 GIS Degree A Safe Bet for Professionals in the Ever-Growing Oil Industry The Keystone Pipeline Project has been a hotly debated topic in Washington and around the country. The pipeline would carry crude oil from northeastern Alberta, Canada to several locations in the U. ... more | .. |
  Britain adding armored vehicles Britain's Defense Ministry has announced multimillion-dollar investments for armored vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicle development. ... more | .. |
  Finland says it has no German permit for missile shipment Finland did not receive the paperwork required from Germany to allow the transit of 69 Patriot missiles through its territory, despite Berlin's claims it had sent the documents, a government official said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Finland detains two Ukrainians in Patriot missile probe Finnish authorities have detained two Ukrainians over 69 surface-to-air Patriot missiles found on board a ship that docked in Finland en route to China, customs officials said Thursday. ... 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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 Philippines seeks US F-16s amid China concerns The Philippines wants to acquire F-16 fighter jets from the United States as part of stepped up efforts to defend the archipelago, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Finland launches probe into China-bound Patriot missiles Finland has launched a probe after 69 surface-to-air Patriot missiles were found in a ship bound for the Chinese port city of Shanghai, police said. ... more | .. |
 Japan Selects Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II The Japan Ministry of Defense has announced its selection of the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II as the Japan Air Self Defense Force's (JASDF) next generation fighter aircraft, followi ... more | .. |
 Troubled F-35 fighter jet gets a boost from Japan Japan's decision to buy the US-built F-35 fighter jet gives a shot-in-the-arm to a troubled program faced with a litany of technical setbacks and a ballooning budget, analysts say. ... more |
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  More help arrives for Philippine flood victims Philippines authorities on Friday doubled the number of dead and missing in deadly floods to more than 2,000, as relief groups rushed in aid for desperate survivors. ... more | .. |
 Room at the inn for Fukushima believers Christmas for one homeless pastor and his itinerant flock, forced to flee when Japan's nuclear crisis erupted, will have echoes of its origins this year as they gather in a shelter far from home. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima reactors may take 40 years to dismantle Japan said Wednesday that decommissioning the tsunami-wrecked reactors at Fukushima could take as long as 40 years, with melted nuclear fuel possibly stuck where it is for a quarter of a century. ... more | .. |
 New Take on Impacts of Low Dose Radiation Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), through a combination of time-lapse live imaging and mathematical modeling of a special l ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
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 Landmark discovery has magnetic appeal for scientists A fundamental problem that has puzzled generations of scientists has finally been solved after more than 70 years. An international team of scientists has discovered a subtle electronic effect in ma ... more | .. |
  Self-healing electronics could work longer and reduce waste When one tiny circuit within an integrated chip cracks or fails, the whole chip - or even the whole device - is a loss. But what if it could fix itself, and fix itself so fast that the user never kn ... more | .. |
  Paraguay presses for better trade terms Landlocked Paraguay pushed its demand for better terms of economic collaboration and trade with its Mercosur partners, increasingly a sore point because of what Paraguayans see as unfair treatment by Argentina and Brazil. ... more | .. |
  EU, US lock horns on Europe airline emissions charges Europe and the United States headed for confrontation Wednesday after the EU won key legal backing for its proposal to slap carbon emissions charges on all airlines in its airspace from January 1. ... more |
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  China reports massive vehicle emissions Motor vehicles produced more than 52 million tons of pollutants in China last year, a government report indicates. ... more | .. |
 Australia's Gloucester, China's Yanzhou in tie-up Australia's Gloucester Coal Friday agreed to a merger with China's Yanzhou in a deal valued at some Aus$2.2 billion (US$2.3 billion), a tie-up which will create a major Australia listed coal firm. ... more | .. |
 China says it opposes EU airline emissions charges China Thursday joined Washington in opposing a plan by the European Union to impose carbon emissions charges on all airlines in its airspace from January 1, warning it risked sparking a trade war. ... more | .. |
  Japan cuts growth outlook as yen, disasters weigh Japan on Thursday cut its economic growth forecast for the year to March 2012 and the following 12 months, citing the impact of a soaring yen, natural disasters and the eurozone debt crisis. ... more |
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