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N. Korea begins fuelling rocket: reportTokyo (AFP) March 29, 2012 North Korea has begun fuelling a rocket for a launch that the West considers a missile test, a Japanese newspaper reported Thursday, citing a source "close to the government" in Pyongyang. "The launch is coming closer. The possibility is high that the launch date will be set for April 12 or 13," the source said according to the Tokyo Shimbun in a report from Seoul. It cited the source as saying that North Korea had begun injecting liquid fuel into the rocket. The paper also said a diplomatic ... read more |
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  Leading Government Space Programs Under Strong Budget Pressure Euroconsult has announced that global budgets for space programs have reached a plateau of roughly $70 billion, confirming a slowdown in expansion experienced by the space industry for the last 10 y ... more | .. |
  UNL offers new degree in space, cyber and telecommunications law Six people on board the International Space Station hopped into emergency escape pods early Saturday morning in case of a possible collision with a chunk of a wrecked Russian satellite, according to ... more | .. |
  ATREX Mission Launched from Wallops NASA successfully launched five suborbital sounding rockets this morning from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a study of the upper level jet stream. The first rocket was launched ... more | .. |
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  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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Deloitte launches Silent Shield system to monitor satellite cyber threats
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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 '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 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 |
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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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  Soviet Weather Satellite Falls in Antarctica 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 ... 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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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, Elbit Systems to Collaborate on Simulation for Super Hornet Boeing and Elbit Systems are collaborating on a joint distributed simulation project that will link a Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet simulator in St. Louis with an AEL Avionics Laboratory simulator i ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman to Develop New Atom-Based Magnetic Sensor in Enhanced, Compact Package for the U.S. Navy Northrop Grumman has been selected by the Office of Naval Research to develop a new cost-effective atom-based magnetic sensor, or magnetometer, for antisubmarine warfare operations. The highly ... more | .. |
 SM-3 IIA Team Completes TDACS Preliminary Design Review Raytheon completed the preliminary design review (PDR) of the SM-3 Block IIA's throttleable divert and attitude control system. Essentially a rocket motor with four main divert nozzles and six attit ... more | .. |
 US could fly spy drones from Australian territory Australia said Wednesday it may allow the United States to use its territory to operate long-range spy drones, as part of an increased US presence in the Asia-Pacific that has rankled China. ... 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 |
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  Work on new Chernobyl sarcophagus 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 | .. |
 Japan: Lessons learned from Fukushima Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda urged world leaders not to be lulled into a "myth of safety" regarding nuclear power. ... more | .. |
 Record catastrophe claims push Lloyds in heavy loss Lloyd's of London insurance market on Wednesday posted its second-largest annual loss owing to record claims for catastrophes including Japan's earthquake disaster and floods in Thailand. ... more | .. |
  Argentina courts trouble over unpaid debts Argentina is courting trouble again in its dealings with the United States over unpaid debts dating to its infamous sovereign default a decade ago. ... more |
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