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December 29, 2011
DRAGON SPACE
China lays out five-year space plans
Beijing (AFP) Dec 29, 2011
China said Thursday cleaner fuel will power its next-generation rockets, which will launch heavy cargoes into space, bringing nearer plans to build a space station and put a man on the moon. In a white paper outlining its ambitious space programme's five-year plan, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said the Long March-5 rockets "will use non-toxic and pollution-free propellant". Speaking at press briefing outlining the paper, CNSA spokesman Zhang Wei said the rockets would be capabl ... read more

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Arianespace Completes 2012 With Soyuz Launch Partner Mission For Globalstar
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SPACEMART

Northrop Grumman Extends Its Commercial Space Portfolio
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MISSILE NEWS

Russia test fires long-range missile with new warhead
Russia on Tuesday successfully test fired its long range ballistic missile RS-18 from its Baiknonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with a new warhead aimed at overcoming Western air defence systems, news agencies said. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Journaling the Journey into Space
They likely don't make a notation of the star date or call it a captain's log, but astronauts aboard the International Space Station, like many other voyagers, keep journals during their journeys. T ... more
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Orbcomm Prepares For Launch Of Second AIS Satellite
LuxSpace, an affiliate of OHB System AG, has confirmed that construction and testing of the LuxSpace VesselSat2 AIS satellite has been successfully completed. The spacecraft has been shipped t ... more
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GPS NEWS

Russia, India to cooperate in production of satellite navigation equipment
Russia and India intend to cooperate in the production of satellite navigation equipment and to provide services to civilian users of the Glonass system, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Indian ... more
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GPS NEWS

China's homegrown navigation satellite network starts providing services
China's homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System began providing initial positioning, navigation and timing operational services to China and its surrounding areas from Tuesday, a spokesman for ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

First J-2X Engine Rockets Through First Round of Testing
The best tech gift for propulsion engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.? It's NASA's first new human-rated rocket engine to be developed in 40 years. The J-2X engine - hi ... more
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SPACEMART

Star images helping to save Vatican books
Antique books in the Vatican Library are being digitised to preserve them for future generations using a technique developed through ESA to store satellite images of the sky. The Library neede ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Soyuz poised for Globalstar second-generation satellite launch at Baikonur
Another Soyuz is ready for liftoff at the service of Arianespace - with this workhorse launcher to carry six Globalstar second-generation satellites in a mission scheduled for tomorrow night from th ... more
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TECH SPACE

Owner of house hit by satellite fixes roof himself amid compensation snag
A Siberian homeowner who miraculously escaped serious injury when a fragment of a Russian communication satellite crashed through the roof of his house had to fix it himself as the authorities wrang ... more
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GPS NEWS

China's satellite navigation system live: Xinhua
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. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

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
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SPACE TRAVEL

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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TECH SPACE

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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TECH SPACE

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
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TECH SPACE

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
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MISSILE NEWS

Taiwan navy retires two missile boats
Taiwan on Wednesday retired two patrol boats, the navy's first vessels armed with ship-to-ship missiles, that were hailed as "critical" to safeguarding the island, officials said. ... more
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UAV NEWS

Raven Industries Tactical High Altitude Balloon Systems Used in UAV Flight Testing
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MILTECH

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
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MILTECH

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
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MISSILE NEWS

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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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Japan's tsunami refugees brace for harsh winter
As the mercury plunges in Japan's disaster-hit northeast, thousands of people in temporary homes are digging in for what could be a long, hard and very cold winter. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Fukushima report faults TEPCO, government
A report on Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster chided both the Japanese central government and Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of the nuclear plant. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Harvard physicists demonstrate a new cooling technique for quantum gases
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CHIP TECH

New technique makes it easier to etch semiconductors
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POLITICAL ECONOMY

Proposals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions must balance with development needs
Efforts to combat climate change should take into account the development levels of different countries when negotiating agreements, according to a study published in the Dec. 21 issue of the online ... more
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AEROSPACE

Raytheon to Provide Improved Surveillance Capability for National Airspace System
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TRADE WARS

Strike at China LG plant ends after concessions
Thousands of workers at a plant in eastern China owned by South Korea's LG Group have returned to work after the firm doubled bonuses to end a three-day strike, a government official said Thursday. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Tablets, e-readers closing book on ink-and-paper era
Tablet computers and electronic readers promise to close the book on the ink-and-paper era as they transform the way people browse magazines, check news or lose themselves in novels. ... more
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TRADE WARS

Record mining splurge makes global impact in 2011
The China-driven commodities boom transformed economies and environments across the globe in 2011, a year that saw cashed-up mining giants invest record amounts into extracting Earth's riches. ... more
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