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US cargo ship on return voyage from space stationWashington (AFP) May 31, 2012 The US company SpaceX's Dragon cargo vessel was released by the robotic arm of the International Space Station early Thursday at the start of its return to Earth from an historic mission. "Dragon is free from the International Space Station," a NASA TV spokesman announced at 0949 GMT, as a live video feed showed the white capsule floating against the backdrop of the blue planet. The unmanned cargo vessel then fired up its engines in three departure "burns" to power it towards the Earth's atmosph ... read more |
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  Robotic jellyfish could one day patrol oceans, clean oil spills, and detect pollutants Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers are working on a multi-university, nationwide project for the U.S. Navy that one day will put life-like autonomous robot jellyfish in waters around t ... more | .. |
  Hosted Payloads Report Sheds Light on Government and Industry Requirements Euroconsult has released its latest research report, "Hosted Payloads: The View From Within." Following discussions with the Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA), Euroconsult decided to pursue development ... more | .. |
  Cambridge Consultants completes new trials on Iridium-based global push-to-talk radio system Cambridge Consultants has completed initial trials with Iridium Communications Inc of new key components of the world's largest push-to-talk (PTT) radio system - the US Department of Defense (DoD) D ... more | .. |
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  New Findings on Astronaut Vision Loss Could vision changes experienced by astronauts be linked to a vitamin B-12 or folate deficiency? While investigating the vision changes recently identified in astronauts, nutritional assessment data ... more | .. |
 Intelsat Signs First Commercial Falcon Heavy Launch Agreement with SpaceX Today, Intelsat, the world's leading provider of satellite services, and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the world's fastest growing space launch company, announced the first commercial con ... more | .. |
 Once Upon a Time Once upon a time there where two big bad wolves, each ripping off the taxpayers by charging exorbitant prices for putting satellites into orbit. For years and years these wolves were getting away wi ... more | .. |
  Building 45 Payloads for Balloon Mission Robyn Millan's lab is a little crowded at the moment. It overflows with electronics. And foam. And parachutes and aluminum frames and drills. Based at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, Millan and he ... more |
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Airbus CO3D satellites begin mission to generate high precision global 3D map
BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
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  Lockheed Martin Completes Navigation Payload Milestone For GPS III Prototype Lockheed Martin is helping develop the next generation Global Positioning System III satellites has completed a major integration and test event on the program's satellite pathfinder, known as the G ... more | .. |
  Russia, Kazakhstan in Deadlock Over Rocket Launches Russia and Kazakhstan have failed so far to reach an agreement on a new drop zone for the debris of Russian carrier rockets being launched from the Baikonur space center, Kazakh space agency Kazcosm ... more | .. |
 BC Company Becomes First Official Producer and Distributor of Replica SpaceX Spacecraft Less than an hour after Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) made spaceflight history by becoming the first commercial company ever to dock a spacecraft at the International Space Station, an ind ... more | .. |
  China launches telecommunication satellite China successfully sent a telecommunication satellite, "ChinaSat 2A," into orbit on Saturday evening, using a Long March-3B carrier rocket launched from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch Cen ... more |
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 TomTom eyes expanding S. American market In-vehicle location and navigation expert TomTom has spotted a major business opportunity in Latin America where it is teaming with Digibase to expand operations from consumer, corporate sector to government and security services. ... more | .. |
 Astronaut-inspired bone test could speed diagnoses A simple urine test could soon reveal more about a person's bones than X-rays, US researchers said Tuesday after publishing results of an early phase study funded by NASA. ... more | .. |
 Embraer to team up with Brazil telecoms in space plan Brazil's leading planemaker Embraer signed a shareholding agreement Tuesday with Telebras, the country's state-owned telecom provider, to set up a joint venture to launch a communications satellite. ... more | .. |
  J-2X Engine Continues to Set Standards Testing of the next-generation J-2X rocket engine continues to set standards. Last fall, the engine attained 100 percent power in just its fourth test and became the fastest U.S. rocket engine to ac ... more |
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First wildfire images reveal FireSat's unmatched detection capabilities
MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
MicroCarb satellite launch marks new era in urban carbon tracking | .. |
 Liquid Oxygen Piston Pump Ready for Reusable Space Flight XCOR has achieved a key technical milestone with its flight weight rocket piston pump hardware. XCOR engineers have successfully and repeatedly pumped liquid oxygen (LOX) at flow rates required to s ... more | .. |
 Ariane 5 booster roars into life An Ariane 5 solid-propellant booster was test-fired yesterday at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana to help improve the reliability of Europe's heavy launcher. The firing was performed in the ... more | .. |
 Emerging Markets Sustain Robust Growth for Satellite TV Platforms Euroconsult has announced that the satellite pay-TV industry reached revenues close to $90 billion in 2011, up from $79 billion in 2010. Global industry revenues are expected to reach close to $150 ... more | .. |
 Tiangong 1 Ready To Meet Shenzhou 9 After Shenzhou 8 departed in November 2011, controllers raised the orbit of Tiangong 1 to preserve it from potential re-entry brought about by the air drag that causes all low orbits to decay. ... more |
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  Surrey engineers use games console technology to make space building blocks Space innovators at the University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) are developing 'STRaND-2', a twin-satellite mission to test a novel in-orbit docking system based upon XBO ... more | .. |
 Dragon maiden flight and the Russian space program Successfully docking the first ever commercial spaceship to the government-funded International Space Station is not only a question of competition. Transferring the part of space obligations to pri ... more | .. |
 Sea Launch Prepares for the Launch of Intelsat-19 The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, California for the equator, in preparation for the launch of the Intelsat-19 satellite owned by Intelsat. Liftoff is planned ... more | .. |
 Canada replaces Polaris jet servicing firm Canada must replace the main firm maintaining and servicing its fleet of Polaris transport aircraft after the business ran into trouble, idling its plants and laying off its work force. ... more |
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Trump administration expected to say greenhouse gases aren't harmful
MicroCarb satellite launches to map global carbon dioxide emissions from space
Rollable solar array by GalaxySpace redefines satellite compactness and power efficiency | .. |
 Russia, India to produce transports Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd of India and Russia's United Aircraft Corporation-Transport Aircraft are jointly building a new military transport. ... more | .. |
  Elbit Systems Contract to Supply Advanced Dismounted Soldier Systems to Finnish Army Elbit Systems has announced that it was awarded a contract by the Finnish Army, to supply advanced dismounted soldier systems, in the first phase of a comprehensive ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance ... more | .. |
  New Mobile Antenna from ASC Signal Designed For Rapid Deployment by Defense and Commercial Users ASC Signal has unveiled a new 2.4 meter nomadic antenna that incorporates the company's advanced mobile features in the lightest, most agile package it has ever offered to defense and commercial cus ... more | .. |
 Raytheon unveils reconnaissance system prototype to Canadian Army Raytheon Technical Services Company (RTSC) has unveiled its Light Armoured Vehicle Reconnaissance Surveillance System (LRSS) prototype to the Canadian Army in Ottawa, Ontario. Raytheon designe ... more |
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  Northrop Grumman, L-3 MAS to Join Forces on Unmanned System for Canadian Security Northrop Grumman and L-3 MAS announced plans to join forces on a variant of the Northrop Grumman-produced Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for Canada t ... more | .. |
 Boeing Delivers First EA-18G Growler Featuring Bharat Electronics Limited Cockpit Subassembly Boeing delivered to the U.S. Navy the first EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft on May 3, with a cockpit subassembly produced by Bangalore-based Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). The subassemb ... more | .. |
  Rafael seeks to boost range of Iron Dome Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is reported to be striving to boost the range of the Iron Dome counter-rocket system so it can help intercept longer-range weapons. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan tests nuclear-capable missile Pakistan said Tuesday it had successfully test fired a short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile. ... more |
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