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Fourth Boeing Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite Ready for LiftoffEl Segundo, CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2012 Boeing has announced that the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite the company is delivering to the U.S. Air Force has successfully completed prelaunch testing and is ready for launch. WGS-4, the first spacecraft in the program's upgraded Block II series, is scheduled to launch at 7:38 p.m. Eastern time on Jan. 19 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The Block II satellites (WGS 4-6) add a switchable radio frequency bypass that ... read more |
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  US joins effort to draw up space 'code of conduct' The United States pledged Tuesday to join an EU-led effort to develop a space "code of conduct" that would set rules for orbiting spacecraft and for mitigating the growing problem of orbiting debris. ... more | .. |
  Shenzhou 9 Behind the Curtain The first crew to fly to a Chinese space laboratory could lift off within three months. The launch of the Shenzhou 9 mission to the Tiangong 1 module could take place at the end of March or early Ap ... more | .. |
 China Plans to Launch 30 Satellites in 2012 China is planning to launch 21 carrier rockets with 30 satellites in 2012, the China Aerospace and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Wednesday. The country's ambitious space program will s ... more | .. |
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  Lockheed Martin Acquires Procerus Technologies Lockheed Martin has announced the acquisition of Procerus Technologies, a company specializing in autopilot and other avionics for micro unmanned aerial systems. The terms of the agreement were not ... more | .. |
 Voyager Instrument Cooling After Heater Turned off In order to reduce power consumption, mission managers have turned off a heater on part of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, dropping the temperature of its ultraviolet spectrometer instrument more than ... more | .. |
  Russian Scientists Mock U.S. Radar Theory on Mars Probe The theory that Russia's Mars mission failed due to a U.S. radar is extremely "exotic," Russian scientists said on Tuesday. Phobos-Grunt, Russia's most ambitious planetary mission in decades, was la ... more | .. |
 Russia to Test if US Radar Caused Failed Space Probe Russia says the failure of its space probe that was intended to travel to a moon of Mars could have been caused by radiation from U.S. radars. Space official Yuri Koptev said Tuesday he will h ... more |
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  SpaceX delays February flight to space stationl SpaceX said Tuesday it has postponed its February test flight of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the first-ever bid by a private company to dock at the orbiting lab. ... more | .. |
 US Army Testing Demonstrates Readiness of Raytheon's MAINGATE Radio Raytheon's Mobile Ad hoc Interoperability Network GATEway (MAINGATE) radio system successfully provided tactical networking capabilities at two major U.S. Army exercises, giving soldiers reliable ba ... more | .. |
 Another Russian Mars Mission Fails The ill-fated Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe reentered on Sunday at 1745 GMT (12:45 p.m. EST). Most of the surviving pieces reportedly fell into the Pacific Ocean. About two months ago Phobos ... more | .. |
 Goddard Spacecraft Cleanroom Goes Green For Magnetospheric Multiscale Fab When it launches in 2014, NASA's new Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission will give scientists unprecedented insights into a little-understood physical process at the heart all space weather. Thi ... more |
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  Raytheon to Develop Mission Critical Launch and Check Solution for Global Positioning System Raytheon has been awarded a $27.4 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center for development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Launch and Checkout System (LCS), which ... more | .. |
 US Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Third and Fourth GPS III Satellites The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $238 million contract for production of the third and fourth satellites in the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation, known a ... more | .. |
  Missile Defense "National Team" Awarded C2BMC Contract Lockheed Martin as prime contractor leading a consortium of five major defense contractors, has been awarded a follow-on contract with an estimated value of $980M to continue work on the Command, Co ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Receives Contract for Patriot Missile Upgrades Raytheon has been awarded a $51.3 million contract to upgrade Patriot Advanced Capability-2 missiles to the Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T) configuration. The U.S. Army Aviation and Missi ... 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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  Lockheed Martin F-35 Program Exceeds 2011 Flight Test Goals The Lockheed Martin F-35 System Development and Demonstration 2011 flight test program resulted in the completion of more test flights and test points than in any year. The 2011 flight test pl ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Canada Awarded Contract for NextGen HFSWR Raytheon Canada Limited has been awarded a Technology Demonstration Program for its Next Generation High Frequency Surface Wave Radar (HFSWR) by the Canadian Department of National Defence, Defence ... more | .. |
  Disasters cost $366 billion in 2011: UN Natural disasters such as the huge earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan caused a record $366 billion (285 million euros) damage in 2011, the UN disaster risk reduction agency UNISDR said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  2 Million Jobs On Offer If Americans Thinks Big on Energy Efficiency America is thinking too small when it comes to energy efficiency, while also making the mistake of "crowding out" economically beneficial investments in energy efficiency by focusing on riskier and ... more |
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  A new Artificial Intelligence technique to speed the planning of tasks when resources are limited Scientists at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M) have presented a new technique based on Artificial Intelligence that can automatically create plans, allowing problems to be solved with much gr ... more | .. |
 Neutron scattering provides window into surface interactions To better understand the fundamental behavior of molecules at surfaces, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are combining the powers of neutron scattering wi ... more | .. |
  Deal on Europe-wide patent 'in days': Barnier EU internal market commissioner Michel Barnier said Wednesday he hoped that a final agreement for a single European patent would be reached within days, ending a three-decade struggle for a deal. ... more | .. |
 Newspapers in Japan defy West's media malaise Printed newspapers may be in crisis in the West but circulations remain enormous in high-tech Japan - and its media will even resort to medieval methods to get copies to readers. ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
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 Global Smart Grid Market to Invest $2 Trillion by 2030, peaking at $155bn in 2018 A new report from Memoori Research on the global Smart Grid business, forecasts total expenditure to 2030 and highlights investment and financial activity in the market. By 2018 the world pure ... more | .. |
 China's Wen calls for Gulf free trade pact Chinese Premier Wen Jaibao called for the speedy conclusion of talks on a free trade pact with Gulf states, as he paid a visit to the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Hollywood, Silicon Valley face off over piracy bill Wikipedia, Google and hundreds of other websites staged online protests Wednesday against US legislation targeting Internet piracy of movies and music and the sale of counterfeit goods. ... more | .. |
  China's economy shows more signs of slowing China's economy is showing signs of slowing, with foreign investment falling for the second straight month in December and home prices dropping in most cities, the government said Wednesday. ... more |
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China home prices drop in most cities in December China's moves to curb property speculation are finding their mark as home prices in nearly three-quarters of its major cities fell in December from November, the government said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang resigns, shares jump Jerry Yang, who co-founded Yahoo! nearly 17 years ago and had an ill-fated stint as chief executive, abruptly resigned on Tuesday from all of his positions with the struggling Internet company. ... more | .. |
  10-second dance of electrons is step toward exotic new computers An international team of researchers including scientists at Princeton University have achieved a 100-fold increase in the ability to maintain control the spins of electrons in a solid material, a k ... more | .. |
 New microtweezers may build tiny 'MEMS' structures Researchers have created new "microtweezers" capable of manipulating objects to build tiny structures, print coatings to make advanced sensors, and grab and position live stem cell spheres for resea ... more |
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