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May 22, 2012
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SpaceX blasts off to space station in historic first
Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) May 22, 2012
Opening a new era in private space flight, the US company SpaceX on Tuesday became the first commercial outfit to launch its own craft toward the International Space Station. "Three, two, one and launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, as NASA turns to the private sector to resupply the International Space Station," said NASA commentator George Diller, as the spacecraft blasted off at 3:44 am (0744 GMT). The test flight of the Dragon space capsule, which launched atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, aim ... read more

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GPS NEWS

Scientists design indoor navigation system for blind
University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments at two national conferences in ... more
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VSAT NEWS

Gilat's Spacenet Introduces Connect Series of Managed Network Services
Gilat's wholly owned subsidiary Spacenet has introduced the Connect Series of network services. Spacenet's Connect Series is a tiered set of managed services that helps clarify and simplify network ... more
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SES-5 Satellite Delivered To Baikonur Launch Base
SES has announced that the SES-5 satellite has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it will now be processed for launch aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by Internati ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

NASA Team to Test New Vehicle-Descent Technologies
NASA technologists will get a chance next summer to relive the good old days when Agency engineers would affix space-age gizmos to rockets just to see if the contraptions worked. In what will ... more
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TECH SPACE

Loral-Built Nimiq 6 Satellite ly Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers
Space Systems/Loral reports that the Nimiq 6 satellite, designed and built for Telesat, one of the world's leading satellite operators, is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers according to ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Robotic Refueling Mission Results To Be Presented At NASA Satellite-Servicing Workshop
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will present results to date from the satellite-servicing Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) during the Second International Workshop, On-Orbit Satellite Servicing, h ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

When Will Shenzhou 9 Be Launched
The answer is known only to the planners and leaders of China's space programme. However, with eight missions under the belt of China's piloted spacecraft, some clues have come to light from those e ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
North Korea warns US against pushing it to give up nukes
Iran vows stronger response if attacked again by US, Israel
Ukraine says Russian attacks targeted western city, home to airfield
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Friction Stir Welding Brings Together Reliability and Affordability For Space Launch System
NASA's next heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System, is moving further in development faster thanks to proven advanced technologies like friction stir welding. Friction stir welding ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

SpaceX scrubs launch to ISS after engine problem
Engineers aborted the launch of a privately built spacecraft on a landmark mission to the International Space Station at the last second Saturday due to a rocket engine problem. ... more
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SPACEMART

Andre Kuipers: world ambassador
Observing Earth from far above, ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers is acting as a world ambassador for the WWF, which issued its flagship publication the Living Planet Report. The Living Planet Report meas ... more
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SPACEMART

Lockheed Martin Orbits 100th and 101st Commercial Geo Satellites
The 100th and 101st Lockheed Martin commercial geostationary communication satellites have been successfully placed in orbit after a dual launch aboard an Ariane 5-ECA launch vehicle. Both satellite ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

XCOR Announces Lynx Suborbital Flight Winner
XCOR Aerospace has announced the grand prize winner of a trip aboard the Lynx Mark I suborbital launch vehicle. XCOR Chief Operating Officer Andrew Nelson made the announcement at the Spacecraft Tec ... more
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Ariane 5's second launch of 2012
Early this morning, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, JCSAT-13 and Vinasat-2, into their planned tra ... more
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ILS Proton Launches Telesat's Nimiq 6 Satellite
International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the Nimiq 6 satellite into the planned orbit t ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Paralysed woman's thoughts control a DLR robot
Almost 15 years after being paralysed by a stroke, a 58-year-old US-American woman was once again able to serve herself a drink of coffee. This was possible thanks to a state-of-the-art DLR robot ar ... more
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BAE Systems completes delivery of NOAA and NASA space weather satellites for fall launch
Building blocks of life found in distant star system suggest origins in interstellar space
Deep-sea fish confirmed as a significant source of ocean carbonate
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DRAGON SPACE

China's space women wait for blast-off
China will definitely launch a female air force pilot into space, onboard the ambitious Shenzhou 9 rendezvous and docking mission, likely to launch in mid-June, according to a senior space programme ... more
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GPS NEWS

Thousands of Young Adventurers Kept Safe with M2M Connectivity from Eseye
More than 2,400 teenagers aged between 14 and 19 took part in Saturday's event, trekking 35, 45 or 55 miles over what the Ten Tors director Brigadier Piers Hankinson called the "forbidding Dartmoor ... more
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Japan in first commercial satellite launch
Japan joined the commercial space race Friday after its workhorse rocket put a paid-for South Korean satellite into orbit, pitting the country against Russia and Europe in the competition for customers. ... more
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SpaceX scrubs launch to ISS over rocket engine problem
SpaceX on Saturday scrubbed the highly anticipated launch of its Dragon capsule toward the Space Station due to a rocket engine problem. ... more
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GPS NEWS

N. Korea denies jamming GPS of civilian aircraft
North Korea on Friday denied it had jammed the GPS systems of hundreds of civilian aircraft and ships in South Korea, accusing the South of using problems with navigation equipment to smear the North. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA chooses rocket for Orion launches
NASA says it will modify an existing and proven Delta IV rocket second stage to launch an Orion spacecraft on an unmanned test flight in 2017. ... more
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GPS NEWS

Chinese navigation system to cover Asia-Pacific this year
China's homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System, or Compass Navigation System, will be able to provide high-quality services to most users in the Asia-Pacific region this year, an unidentified ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Researchers Improve Fast-Moving Mobile Networks
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) allow people in multiple, rapidly-moving vehicles to communicate with each other - such as in military or emergency-response situations. Researchers from North Caroli ... more
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Palantir, the AI giant that preaches US dominance
China and US wrap first day of trade talks
'Food on table' outweighs health risks for Philippine e-waste dismantlers
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AEROSPACE

Peru to upgrade fast aging air force jets
Peru is going ahead with a $266 million upgrade of its fast aging combat aircraft while it considers how to keep its air force up to speed with changing technologies and modern warfare requirements. ... more
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AEROSPACE

China criticises US vote on Taiwan fighter jet sales
China on Monday criticised a vote by the US House of Representatives last week requiring the United States to sell 66 new fighter jets to Taiwan, describing the measure as interference by Washington. ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

NATO activates missile shield, reaches out to Russia
NATO leaders launched Sunday the first phase of a US-led missile shield for Europe and sought to appease Russian anger over the system by renewing an invitation to cooperate. ... more
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MILTECH

Raytheon awarded $57.8 million Phalanx contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a contract totaling $57.8 million to overhaul and upgrade nine Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems, and manufacture two SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense systems. ... more
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AEROSPACE

Military aviation: a new bomber and the fifth generation fighter planes
Yesterday at the Voice of Russia a round table discussion was held that was dedicated to the 100-year anniversary of the Russian Air Force and the prospects for development of Russian military aviat ... more
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GPS NEWS

Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates New Target Location Module
Northrop Grumman has announced the successful demonstration of the company's new Target Location Module (TLM), a key component of the battle-proven, man-portable Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefi ... more
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AEROSPACE

Russia's military aircraft industry: overview and outlook
During the round table discussion regarding the current state and the process of re-equipment and the prospects of the Russian Air Force Konstantin Makienko, deputy director of the Center for Analys ... more
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UAV NEWS

Russia 'may buy' $50 mln worth of Israeli UAVs
Russia may buy a large new consignment of unmanned aerial vehicles from Israel and 24 command and control systems worth around $50 million in the foreseeable future, a high ranking source in the Rus ... more
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