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Future of Space TransportationPeterson AFB CO (SPX) Feb 20, 2012 The Air Force Space Command commander spoke to the critical aspects of space launch, new technologies in launch operations and the long range vision for the launch mission during his speech at the 15th Annual Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Conference in Washington. General William Shelton addressed an audience of fellow space-focused members of the Department of Defense, FAA, and NASA, along with industry partners and foreign nationals, on the future of space trans ... read more |
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  Shenzhou 9 To Carry 3 Astronauts To Tiangong-1 Space Station Chinese space officials said Friday that three astronauts will fly to Tiangong 1 aboard Shenzhou 9. This reverses previous published state media reports that the Shenzhou 9 mission would be unmanned. ... more | .. |
  UA Huntsville scientific team helping Japanese space program launch safely A team of scientists from The University of Alabama in Huntsville's Earth System Science Center is working with the Japanese space agency to develop new rules to protect spacecraft from lightning. ... more | .. |
 Rocket to be launched from Poker Flat Research Range Scientists are now at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks waiting for acceptable conditions for the launch of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration sounding rocket. The rock ... more | .. |
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  2.5 million pound investment will grow UK space technology industry Twenty-two British companies are to share 2.5 million pound of government support to enable them to develop commercial products and services using space technology or space-derived data. The g ... more | .. |
 NuSTAR Mated to its Rocket NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) is being mated, or attached, to its Pegasus XL rocket at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California. The mission's launch is now ... more | .. |
 50th anniversary of first US space flight is bittersweet The United States marks the 50th anniversary Monday of the first flight of an American into orbit. But the historic landmark is bittersweet: the first nation to land people on the Moon now depends on Russia for its manned space flights. ... more | .. |
  Russia may set up defence research agency Moscow, Feb 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian government will submit a proposal to the parliament on the establishment of an advanced military research agency, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has said. ... more |
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Deloitte launches Silent Shield system to monitor satellite cyber threats
Trump deploys nuclear submarines in row with Russia
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  France, Britain to launch joint drone project: report France and Britain are to launch a joint project to build air combat drones during a visit by Prime Minister David Cameron to Paris, newspaper Les Echos reported on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Upgrade will triple the satellite capacity for airborne radio terminals Raytheon is tripling the satellite capacity for all AN/ARC-231 airborne radio terminals at no cost to the end-user. The enhancement is provided by an upgrade to Integrated Waveform (IW) software, fo ... more | .. |
  Interference worries may scuttle cell plan An attempt by U.S. company LightSquared to set up a 4G broadband service in the frequency band next to one used by GPS satellites may be over, experts say. ... more | .. |
 Google bypassed Apple privacy settings: researcher Google was under fire Friday after it was revealed the Internet giant's ad-targeting "cookies" bypassed track-blocking software on Apple's web browser for iPhones and computers. ... more |
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  SES Relocates AMC-3 Satellite To 67 Degrees West To Serve Latin American Growth Markets SES S.A. reports that the AMC-3 satellite is being relocated from its former location of 87 degrees West to 67 degrees West to optimize coverage of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. T ... more | .. |
 Media Networks Latin America Signs Major DTH Capacity Agreement With SES SES has announced that Media Networks Latin America (MNLA) has signed a long-term capacity deal to expand its pay-TV service across Central America and the Caribbean. Under the milestone partn ... more | .. |
 NASA Seeks Space Launch System Advanced Booster Risk Reduction Solutions NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has issued a NASA Research Announcement for the Space Launch System (SLS) Advanced Booster risk-reduction effort. NASA is looking for a ... more | .. |
 NASA Performs First J-2X Powerpack Test of the Year Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center conducted an initial test of the J-2X engine powerpack Feb. 15, kicking off a series of key tests in development of the rocket engine that will carry humans ... more |
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A weakening forest buffer challenges EU climate goals
DefendEye adds Starlink Mini to tube drone system for real time global search ops
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 Space Systems/Loral-Built SES-4 Successfully Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the world's leading provider of commercial satellites, has announced that the SES-4 satellite, designed and built for SES, is successfully performing post-launch maneuver ... more | .. |
 China to launch spacecraft in June: report China will launch another spacecraft in June to dock with its Tiangong-1 space lab, and one more spaceship next year to conduct a more demanding manual docking, according to sources with the China A ... more | .. |
 Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Successfully Completes J-2X Powerpack Test Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed the first in a series of powerpack hot-fire tests on the J-2X engine, which is being developed for NASA to power humans further into space than ev ... more | .. |
 Gilat will provide Ka-band customer hubs and terminals for O3b's VSAT services Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that it has signed an agreement with O3b Networks Limited, the developer of a new high-speed, low-latency satellite-based service for telecommunication operato ... more |
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 Is Shenzhou Unsafe? The recent announcement that China will fly its next Shenzhou spacecraft without a crew aboard is a shock. It completely goes against a tide of recent official statements and general feelings within ... more | .. |
  Cleaning up Earth's orbit A Swiss satellite tackles space debris The proliferation of debris orbiting the Earth - primarily jettisoned rocket and satellite components - is an increasingly pressing problem for spacecraft, and it can generate huge costs. To combat ... more | .. |
 Landsat's Thermal Infrared Sensor Arrives at Orbital A new NASA satellite instrument that makes a quantum leap forward in detector technology has arrived at Orbital Sciences Corp. in Gilbert, Ariz. There it will be integrated into the next Landsat sat ... more | .. |
  Tel Aviv to get missile interceptor system: army The Israeli military will on Monday deploy a battery of rocket interceptors from its "Iron Dome" system in the Tel Aviv region, a military spokesman said on Sunday. ... more |
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Ancient Roman concrete longevity offers mixed sustainability benefits
Increasing solar energy use offers key opportunity to reduce US carbon emissions
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 U.S. Navy satellite launch scrubbed again A second attempt to launch a U.S. Navy communications satellite into space was scrubbed late Friday due to poor weather, a spacecraft-launch service said. ... more | .. |
 US drones monitor events in Syria: report A "good number" of unmanned US military and intelligence drones are operating in the skies over Syria, monitoring the Syrian military's attacks against opposition forces and civilians, NBC News reported. ... more | .. |
 Data Link wins South Korean F-16 upgrade Data Link Solutions, a joint venture between Rockwell Collins and BAE Systems, has won a $5.5 million contract to provide multifunctional information distribution systems for South Korea's F-16 jets. ... more | .. |
 Eurocopter, Airbus military tout sales It has been a boon week for some of Europe's manufacturers of rotor and fixed-wing aircraft for the military and civilian markets. ... more |
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  Virtual Communities Tap Satellite Technologies for Disaster Response Matching the power of satellite technology to disaster risk reduction and emergency response here on Earth is the subject of a new publication issued by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Aff ... more | .. |
 Europe Needs a "RESCUE" Revolution Resolving the world's major challenges whether climate change, environmental pollution, urbanisation, our ageing population or resource scarcity requires a sweeping shift in our approach to sustaina ... more | .. |
 Japan to host global meeting on nuclear safety Japan said Friday it will co-host a global conference on nuclear safety with the United Nations atomic watchdog in December in the region hardest hit by last year's nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
  New system allows robots to continuously map their environment Robots could one day navigate through constantly changing surroundings with virtually no input from humans, thanks to a system that allows them to build and continuously update a three-dimensional m ... more |
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