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Soviet Weather Satellite Falls in AntarcticaMoscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 28, 2012 Meteor 1-1, the Soviet Union's first fully operational weather satellite, fell in Antarctica on Tuesday after more than four decades in orbit, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "According to data provided by the Main Center for Space Reconnaissance, which is part of Russia's Space Forces, fragments of the Meteor 1-1 satellite entered the Earth's atmosphere at 02:17 a.m. Moscow time on Tuesday [22:17 GMT Monday]," Space Forces spokesman Col. Alexey Zolotukhin said. The official added that th ... read more |
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 AMPAC-ISP Hydrazine Propulsion Module Completes Pre-Ship Review AMPAC-ISP and Orbital Sciences Corporation have completed the Pre-Ship Review for the Hydrazine Propulsion Module (HPM) for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite, a collaboration betw ... more | .. |
  Intelsat Global Broadband Maritime and Aeronautical Infrastructure Continues To Advance Intelsat and International Launch Services (ILS) have announced that an ILS Proton M vehicle successfully launched the Intelsat 22 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Liftoff ... more | .. |
  NASA Extends Cooperative Agreement With NSBRI NASA's Johnson Space Center has awarded a five-year, $120 million extension of its cooperative agreement with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or NSBRI, of Houston. Under the extens ... more | .. |
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  ICAP Ocean Tomo Auctions NASA Software Patent Portfolios The Innovative Partnership Program Office of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will hold a March 29 auction with ICAP Ocean Tomo LLC of Chicago to sell three NASA-developed techn ... more | .. |
  First Boeing 702 Medium Power Satellite Sends Initial Signals from Space Boeing has received the first on-orbit signals from Intelsat 22, the first of a series of 702MP (medium power) satellites it is delivering for Intelsat. The signals indicate that Intelsat 22 is heal ... more | .. |
 Not your average heat shield In a new approach to invisibility cloaking, a team of French researchers has proposed isolating or cloaking objects from sources of heat-essentially "thermal cloaking." This method, which the ... more | .. |
 Soviet Weather Satellite to Fall to Earth Meteor-1, the Soviet Union's first fully operational weather satellite, will on Monday night re-enter the Earth's atmosphere after more than four decades in orbit, the web site of the U.S. Strategic ... 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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 Artemis Listens Out For ATV Whisper On Route To ISS ESA's Artemis communications satellite is in action again to ensure the safe arrival of Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle at the International Space Station with vital supplies. Contai ... more | .. |
 Boeing Receives Phased Array Antenna System Contract from Yahsat Boeing has finalized a firm-fixed-price contract with Al Yah Satellite Company (Yahsat), the United Arab Emirates-based multipurpose satellite operator, to design and build active electronically ste ... more | .. |
 Russia to Focus on Its Orbital Cluster - Popovkin Russia will prioritize the development of its satellites over manned spaceflight, aiming to boost the country's economy, the head of the Federal Space Agency Vladimir Popovkin said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  ILS Proton Launches Intelsat 22 Intelsat S.A., and International Launch Services (ILS) announced today that an ILS Proton vehicle successfully launched the Intelsat 22 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Liftoff ... more |
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 SciTechTalk: Can long space missions work? As the United States considers a manned mission to Mars by the mid-2030s, ongoing research is beginning to raise doubts about the ability of human astronauts to survive such a multi-year journey in zero gravity without severe and possibly permanent physical or psychological damage. ... more | .. |
  N. Korea takes rocket main body to launch site North Korea has transported the main body of a long-range rocket to a site in the far northwest of the country in preparation for next month's launch, Seoul's military said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Europe's smart supply ship on its way to Space Station ESA's ATV Edoardo Amaldi lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, Friday at 04:34 GMT (05:34 CET, 01:34 local) on an Ariane 5 launcher, operated by Arianespace, heading towards t ... more | .. |
 Experimental Payloads Selected For Commercial Suborbital Flights NASA's Flight Opportunities Program has selected 24 cutting-edge space technology payloads for flights on commercial reusable launch vehicles, balloons and a commercial parabolic aircraft. Six ... 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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 Astrium's satellites reap first fruits in Canada Astrium Services' PixAgri satellite imaging service for crop management has just successfully completed its first agricultural campaign for "La Coop federee", the largest agrifood business in Quebec ... more | .. |
 China hands over NigComSat 1-R to Nigeria China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) handed the recently launched NigComSat 1-R to its Nigeria counterpart on Monday at the Obasanjo Space Center in Abuja. NigComSat 1-R, which was la ... more | .. |
 NASA Seeks Space Launch System Advanced Development Solutions NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has issued a NASA Research Announcement (NRA) for advanced development proposals to support the nation's next heavy-lift rocket, the Space La ... more | .. |
  Pentagon backs expanding Israel's anti-rocket defenses The Pentagon said Tuesday it will request funding to expand Israel's "Iron Dome" short-range air defense system, which helped thwart rocket attacks out of Gaza earlier this month. ... more |
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 Obama hits back in Russia 'hot mike' row US President Barack Obama Tuesday hit back at Republicans who pounced after he was overheard telling Russia's leader he could be more flexible over a missile defence row following November's election. ... more | .. |
  Canada mulls replacing aging CF-18 jets Canada is aiming to replace its aging CF-18 Hornets fleet, or what remains of it after nearly three decades of service, and much hangs on what will replace the aircraft. ... more | .. |
  NASA Flight Tests New ADS-B Device on Ikhana UAS NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center flew its Ikhana MQ-9 unmanned aircraft with an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B, device, for the first time on March 15. It was the fir ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Receives THAAD Follow-On Development Contract Lockheed Martin received a $66 million follow-on contract from the Missile Defense Agency to continue development of the highly successful Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System. ... 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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 First New-production Patriot System Debuts in Flight Test Raytheon has successfully completed a system-level guided flight test of the new-production Patriot at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The modernized Patriot provides an affordable, low-risk and rap ... more | .. |
 Embraer selects AdaCore for jet upgrade Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer has selected AdaCore's GNAT Pro avionics software as part of its strategy to upgrade Brazilian Air Force AMX combat aircraft. ... more | .. |
 'Israel needs double Iron Dome defenses' Amid fears Israel faces a massive missile bombardment from Iran and its allies, former Defense Minister Amir Peretz says the country needs double the number of Iron Dome counter-rocket batteries it plans to buy to protect the home front. ... more | .. |
 Obama asks Russia for 'space' on missile defence US President Barack Obama on Monday told President Dmitry Medvedev that he had little flexibility to address Russia's objections to a US missile defence shield before his November reelection bid. ... more |
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 S. Korea to shoot down N. Korea rocket if it strays South Korea is preparing to shoot down a North Korean rocket if it strays into the South's territory during a launch planned for next month, the defence ministry said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Work on new Chernobyl sarcophogus to start next month The construction of a new sarcophagus above the defunct Chernobyl Atomic Power Station will begin on April 26, the 26th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster, Ukraine said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  New twist on 1930s technology may become a 21st century weapon against global warming Far from being a pipe dream years away from reality, practical technology for capturing carbon dioxide - the main greenhouse gas - from smokestacks is aiming for deployment at coal-fired electric po ... more | .. |
  More energy efficient transistors through quantum tunneling Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Pennsylvania State University have announced breakthroughs in the development of tunneling field effect transistors (TFETs), a semiconductor technolog ... more |
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