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China launches Ziyuan III satelliteTaiyuan, China (XNA) Jan 10, 2012 China successfully launched the Ziyuan III satellite Monday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province. The satellite was launched at 11:17 a.m. Monday aboard a Long March 4B rocket. The rocket also carried a satellite from Luxemburg, according to the launch center. div class="BDTX">Source: a href="http://www.chinaview.cn/">Source: Xinhua /a> /div> ... read more |
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  Orion Drop Test - Jan. 06, 2012 After six months of testing, an 18,000 pound (8,165 kg) Orion mockup took its final splash into NASA Langley Research Center's Hydro Impact Basin on Jan. 6. Orion, the next deep space explorat ... more | .. |
 Fifty-Seven Student Rocket Teams to Take NASA Launch Challenge More than 500 students from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities in 29 states will show their rocketeering prowess in the 2011-12 NASA Student Launch Projects flight challenge. Th ... more | .. |
 Europe's Vega rocket launch set for early February The maiden voyage of Europe's Vega rocket, designed to launch small payloads of about 1.5 tonnes into low-Earth orbit, is set for February 9, the head of the European Space Agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
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  SpaceX To Be First To Use Solar Panels On A Manned US Spacecraft For its first mission to the International Space Station, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will use deployable solar arrays as its primary power source for running sensors, driving heating and cooling sys ... more | .. |
 China to launch Bolivian satellite in 2013: Chinese Ambassador China would put Bolivia's first telecommunications satellite into orbit in December 2013, China's Ambassador to Bolivia Shen Zhiliang announced Thursday. The manufacturing process of the satel ... more | .. |
 Arianespace Set To Ride The Power of Three In 2012 Arianespace is preparing for the busiest year of flight activity ever in 2012, building on an industry leadership position that benefits from the operational synergy, availability and commercial adv ... more | .. |
Rocket pioneer Lowell Randall dies Lowell Randall, described as one of the "great pioneer rocket scientists" who launched the U.S. space program, died this week in New Mexico. ... more |
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BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer
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  Hawking: Mankind must colonize space British physicist Stephen Hawking says mankind faces the threat of nuclear annihilation and should build colonies on Mars and beyond. ... more | .. |
 Spying on Tiangong In early January, the mass media went viral over a controversial story in the journal "Spaceflight", published by the British Interplanetary Society. To cut a long story short, "Spaceflight" claimed ... more | .. |
  Israel and US to hold joint missile drill Israel and the United States are to hold a joint missile defence exercise, the Israeli military said late on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Ariane 5, Soyuz, Vega: Three world-changing launch vehicles After confirming its world leadership in 2011, Arianespace is now ramping up for operations in 2012. It aims to carry out seven Ariane 5 launches, five Soyuz launches and the first Vega launch. ... more |
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  Successful Compatibility Testing of UHF Hosted Payload on Intelsat-22 It's pretty cool to think about the power of satellite communications (SATCOM), and the advantages it provides for our military customers. What's definitely not cool is the fact that interoperabilit ... more | .. |
 China's space ambitions ally glory with pragmatism As China pushes to become a global space power, experts say its ambitions go well beyond a symbolic moon landing, to satellite observation and a global positioning system to rival that of the United States. ... more | .. |
 Satellites: Europe's Arianespace sets 13 launches for 2012 European satellite launch operator Arianespace said on Thursday it had scheduled 13 missions for 2012, the first year in which it would deploy rockets in all three categories of payload. ... more | .. |
  ARISSat-1/KEDR Amateur Radio Satellite Deorbits On January 4, 2012, the Amateur Radio satellite, ARISSat-1/KEDR ended its 5 month mission as it deorbited through Earth's atmosphere. A report from the AMSAT web site states, "The last full telemetr ... 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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 2011 in Polish astronautics The year 2011 was very important for the space industry development in Poland. This article contains a short summary of most important Polish space-related events. b>Poland to join ESA br> /b ... more | .. |
  Intelsat General Helps US Navy Maximize Use of Leased Bandwidth Our nation's defense systems require the most cutting-edge solutions in the areas of end-to-end satellite and terrestrial communications. In order to achieve this, the U.S. Navy needed to be able to ... more | .. |
 U.S. companies key to gulf missile shield Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have become key elements in an accelerating drive by Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf partners to build an integrated missile defense shield to protect the energy producers against Iran's growing missile arsenal. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded contract for New Missile Defense Interceptor Raytheon received a $30.2 million contract from Rafael Advanced Defense Systems for continued development of the Stunner interceptor. Stunner is an advanced, multi-mission, multi-platform intercepto ... more |
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 LockMart Receives THAAD Production Contract For UAE Lockheed Martin received an undefinitized contract totaling $1.96 billion to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency and the United Arab ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin to Upgrade USAF C-130 Training Devices The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $24 million contract to upgrade weapons systems trainers used in the C-130 Aircrew Training System (ATS) II. The C-130 ATS II program p ... more | .. |
  Raven Industries completes Vista Research Acquisition Raven Industries, has announced that its Aerostar division has completed the acquisition of Vista Research, Inc., a leading provider of surveillance systems that enhance the effectiveness of radars ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
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 India completes more air refueling trials India's air force has completed more trials of an EADS Airbus 330 and an Ilyushin 78 air-to-air refueling aircraft as part of its latest attempt to purchase six planes, likely for around $2 billion. ... more | .. |
  Missile shipment leaves Finland for South Korea A British-registered vessel detained in Finland for two weeks after it was found to be carrying 69 Patriot missiles without proper documentation left the country Friday, a shipping official said. ... more | .. |
 Why The X-37B Is Not Spying On Tiangong In early January, the mass media went viral over a controversial story in the journal "Spaceflight", published by the British Interplanetary Society. To cut a long story short, "Spaceflight" claimed ... more | .. |
 Britain voices concern over future of F-35 in US British Defence Minister Philip Hammond voiced concern on Thursday about possible cuts or delays in the US F-35 fighter program as London plans to equip a future aircraft carrier with the stealthy aircraft. ... more |
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  Haitian PM says 2012 is year of reconstruction Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille promised Friday that 2012 would be a year of reconstruction and economic recovery in Haiti with a growth rate of eight percent. ... more | .. |
  Graphene's piezoelectric promise Graphene, the ultra-durable carbon material that holds promise for a range of applications, has yet another trick up its single-atom-thick sleeve. Engineers at the University of Houston have used qu ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: Central Bank revolution Perhaps the most portentous result of the financial crisis has been the way central banks have taken extraordinary and unprecedented measures to maintain credit and liquidity. ... more | .. |
  US extends Grand Canyon mining ban for 20 years The US administration announced Monday a 20-year ban on new mining projects around the Grand Canyon, protecting the prized tourist area from the impact of uranium extraction for a generation. ... more |
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