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'See Me' satellites may help ground forcesWashington (UPI) Mar 13, 2012 The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency says it will research a system to let soldiers overseas access near-live satellite images of their location. Current satellites cannot provide such information as they are in the wrong orbits and are difficult for troops on the ground to access, experts said. DARPA's SeeMe program (Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements) would create a swarm of inexpensive disposable satellites to allow soldiers on the ground to hit a "see me" bu ... read more |
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  SpaceX Signs Launch Agreements With Asia Broadcast Satellite And Satmex Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has signed contracts with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex) for two launches aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. "This announ ... more | .. |
  Boeing to Build 4 Satellites for Asia Broadcast Satellite Satmex Team Boeing has been awarded a four-satellite contract, with options for four additional satellites, through a joint procurement by Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex). Financ ... more | .. |
 Arianespace to launch EUTELSAT 25B and Eshail 1 satellites Eutelsat Communications and Es'hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, have selected Arianespace to launch their EUTELSAT 25B1 / Es'hail 1 satellite in the second quarter of 2013 on board an Ariane 5 ... more | .. |
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  Safety Requirements Shape Commercial Crew Designs NASA's plans for a new generation of commercially owned and operated spacecraft and launches involve meeting a number of goals, none higher than keeping to the agency's high standards for crew safet ... more | .. |
  US may disclose missile defence data to Russia The US has said it is willing to disclose classified information to Russia on the missile defence shield to be deployed in Europe, a move that a military analyst said could solve the impasse over th ... more | .. |
  UUAV conducts 7-hour mission Germany's Atlas Elektronik reports that its SeaCat autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle has successfully completed a seven-hour mission. ... more | .. |
 Rafael eyes Iron Dome exports after Gaza Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is looking to export its Iron Dome counter-rocket system because of its high interception rate against a four-day onslaught by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. ... more |
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Deloitte launches Silent Shield system to monitor satellite cyber threats
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 Boeing Completes PDR of Commercial Crew Space Transportation Vehicle Boeing successfully completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the company's integrated Commercial Crew Space Transportation system, which includes the Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacec ... more | .. |
 Sea Launch to Launch the Intelsat 27 Spacecraft Sea Launch has been selected to launch the Intelsat 27 communications satellite in early 2013. Intelsat 27 will be placed into an optimized geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) utilizing the highly-p ... more | .. |
 Sea Launch Selected to Launch Eutelsat's W5A Spacecraft Eutelsat has assigned the launch of its EUTELSAT 70B (ex. W5A) communications satellite to Sea Launch to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2012. The launch will occur from Sea Launch's laun ... more | .. |
 Sea Launch Signs Two Satellite Launch Contracts The Sea Launch consortium said on Monday it has signed contracts on the launch of a European and a U.S. telecoms satellites. The company is expected to launch the Eutelsat 70B communications s ... more |
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  Roboticists Gear Up For Horizon 2020 THE European Robotics Forum, the largest Robot industry and academia gathering in the EU, was held this year at Odense, Denmark. Delegates heard a renewed commitment to Robotic R and D from the Euro ... more | .. |
 Arianespace to launch Jabiru-1 satellite Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Adrian Ballintine, founder and Chief Executive Officer of NewSat Limited (NewSat), have signed the launch services contract for the Jabiru-1 s ... more | .. |
  Maglev-launched spacecraft proposed One of the U.S. inventors of the superconducting maglev train says a bigger, better version of the technology could fire payloads from Earth into orbit. ... more | .. |
  Maritime Satellite Communications Market Tops 1.4 Billion in Revenues Euroconsult has forecast that the number of satellite communications terminals in the global maritime market will nearly double over the next decade, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% ... 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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  Lockheed Martin Space Fence Radar Prototype Tracking Orbiting Objects A prototype of a new radar system developed by a Lockheed Martin-led team is now tracking orbiting space objects, bringing the U.S. Air Force's Space Fence program one step closer to revolutionizing ... more | .. |
  Iris: watch how satcoms help pilots ESA is set to unveil a new interactive display in Amsterdam demonstrating communications via satellite for pilots as part of its pioneering Iris air traffic management project. By 2020 Iris will all ... more | .. |
 Latest Hot Fire Test on Launch Abort Engine for Boeing CST 100 Spacecraft Completed Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has successfully completed a full-mission duration hot-fire test on a Launch Abort Engine (LAE) for Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft. The CST-100 ... more | .. |
  Shenzhou-9 may take female astronaut to space Authorities have completed the initial selection of crew members for China's first manned space docking mission, and the roster includes female astronauts, an official with the country's manned spac ... more |
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 Smartphones can help track diseases Smartphones can improve disease surveillance in the developing world with more accurate, faster, cheaper gathering of disease information, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Europe's Arianespace inks new deals at US conference European satellite launch operator Arianespace announced at a satellite expo in Washington Tuesday that it had signed two new contracts this week for launches in the coming years. ... more | .. |
 China to launch 100 satellites during 2011-15 China has set a target of completing a space mission of "100 rockets, 100 satellites" between 2011 and 2015, according to a space official. According to Zhang Jianheng, deputy general manager ... more | .. |
 NASA exploring ways to clean up space debris Faced with increasing threats of space debris, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is actively exploring ways to clean up the outer space. Donald Kessler, an astrophysi ... more |
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 Most experienced US spacewalker retires A NASA astronaut who spent more hours walking in space than any other American and also set a record for the longest spaceflight mission has retired to join the private sector, the US space agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Space travel impacts eyes, brain A study of astronauts' eyes and brains shows that they are affected after a long space stint. This includes flattening of the rear of the eyeball, bulging of the optic nerve and changes in the ... more | .. |
 China needs own space laws: Official China needs its own law to protect its rights in outer space as well as regulate its domestic space activities, a top official has said. "China is among the very few countries that are active ... more | .. |
 Eye problems common in astronauts: study Brain and eye problems have surfaced in astronauts who spent more than a month in space, marking a potential setback to plans for longer deep space missions, a US study said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman Wins Contract for USAF Command and Control Modernization Program The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman for the Air and Space Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System (WS) modernization program with an initial award of $120 million. The contract has a pote ... more | .. |
 Israel sees Gaza rocket fire as part of Iran threat Just days after returning from Washington for talks on the Iran nuclear threat, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu found southern Israel hammered by rockets from Gaza, with the premier insisting the two threats are twinned. ... more | .. |
  Disney to hire 1,000 US military veterans The Walt Disney Company will give jobs or career opportunities to at least 1,000 returning US military veterans over the next three years, the entertainment and theme park giant said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Israel lauds its anti-rocket system Top Israeli officials Sunday praised its homemade anti-rocket system Iron Dome after it intercepted volleys of rockets fired by Gaza militants. In a sudden flare-up of violence that shattered ... more |
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