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China's satellite navigation system live: XinhuaBeijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2011 China's home-grown satellite navigation system launched a limited positioning service Tuesday, the official Xinhua news agency said, as the country seeks to break its dependence on foreign technology. China started building its space-based navigation network in 2000 to stop it having to rely on the US-controlled Global Positioning System (GPS), and previous reports have said it will provide a worldwide service by 2020. The Beidou, or Compass, navigation system was now providing services for Chin ... read more |
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  Launch of Russian Proton-M carrier rocket postponed The launch of a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket with a Dutch telecommunications satellite SES-4 (NSS-14) onboard was called off on Monday due to "technical problems", a spokesman for the Khrunichev ... more | .. |
  Siberian man miraculously unharmed as satellite piece crashes through roof A Siberian resident miraculously escaped serious injury or even death when a fragment of a Russian communication satellite crashed through the roof of his house. A Meridian satellite that was ... more | .. |
  NASA Conducts Orion Parachute Testing for Orbital Test Flight NASA successfully conducted a drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's parachutes high above the Arizona desert Tuesday, Dec. 20, in preparation for its orbital flight test in 2014. Orion will carry as ... more | .. |
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  Raven Industries Tactical High Altitude Balloon Systems Used in UAV Flight Testing Raven Industries Aerostar aided the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Vehicle Research Section on September 1, 2011 on achieving successful unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight tests for the Autonomou ... more | .. |
 Was that Santa up there? No, Soyuz rocket debris A ball of light streaking across the night sky in northern Europe on Saturday at a time when many imagined that Father Christmas was doing his rounds was nothing more than Soyuz rocket debris, Belgian experts say. ... more | .. |
 Doctors look to treat sick children in virtual worlds Doctors in a domed laboratory in Canada are designing a virtual world where they hope to one day treat traumatized children with colorful avatars using toy-like medical gadgets. ... more | .. |
 $25 computer nears production An eagerly awaited $25 computer is about to go into production in Britain in the hope it will inspire a new generation of technology-savvy kids, its maker said. ... more |
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  Russia's space chief says industry in 'crisis' after latest failure Russia's space industry needs an influx of new faces to overcome its current crisis, the head of the Roscosmos agency said on Friday, hours after a satellite crashed in southern Siberia. "The ... more | .. |
  Emirates 'close to French satellite buy' French hopes of selling 60 Dassault Rafale fighters to the United Arab Emirates may be dimming but France is reported to be close to another major military contract: a surveillance satellite built by Astrium. ... more | .. |
 Russian satellite crashes into Siberia after launch A Russian satellite on Friday crashed into Siberia minutes after its launch due to rocket failure, the defence ministry said, in the latest humiliating setback for Russia's embattled space programme. ... more | .. |
 Russian satellite hits 'cosmonaut street' in Siberia A fragment of a Russian satellite that crashed into Siberia in the latest setback for Russia's space programme hit a residential house on a street named after cosmonauts, officials said Saturday. ... more |
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 Astrium and Vizada become a world leader in satellite communications services 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 communic ... 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 | .. |
"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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  Finland says missile ship free to leave Finland has removed a cargo of 69 missiles found aboard a merchant ship that docked in the country and allowed the vessel to leave, transport safety officials said Monday. ... more |
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  Bart LaGrone to Lead Airborne Early Warning and Battle Management Command and Control Programs at NG Northrop Grumman has appointed Bart LaGrone vice president, airborne early warning and battle management command and control (AEW/BMC2) programs. In this position, LaGrone is responsible for the con ... more | .. |
 S. Korea to buy two spy planes from France South Korea will buy two French spy planes capable of intercepting radio messages from North Korea and detecting its missile launches, a state agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
 CIA suspends drone missile strikes in Pakistan: report The US Central Intelligence Agency has suspended drone missile strikes on gatherings of low-ranking militants in Pakistan due to tensions with that country, The Los Angeles Times reported. ... more | .. |
 US has found 5,000 missiles in Libya US experts sent to Libya to recover weapons left over by the regime of fallen leader Moamer Kadhafi have found about 5,000 surface-to-air missiles, the State Department said Friday. ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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  Japan atomic regulators, TEPCO 'unprepared': panel The operators of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant and government regulators were woefully unprepared for disaster, the first official probe into the March 11 catastrophe said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Japan PM's public support plunges: Nikkei Support for Japan's prime minister plunged in December as voters lost faith in his leadership, amid party turmoil and criticism over his handling of the nuclear crisis, a poll said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Tent cities loom for Philippine flood victims Tens of thousands of flash flood survivors in the Philippines face life in tent cities for months while safe areas to resettle them are sought, top relief officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Sad Christmas for Philippine flood victims Tens of thousands of Philippine flood survivors queued for their Christmas meal in evacuation centres Sunday, holiday spirits doused by thoughts of more than 2,000 dead or missing kin. ... more |
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