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Orbital Launches Company-Built NuSTAR Satellite Aboard Pegasus Rocket for NASADulles VA (SPX) Jun 14, 2012 Orbital Sciences reports that its Pegasus rocket has successfully launched the company-built Nuclear Spectroscopic Array Telescope (NuSTAR) satellite for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) into its intended orbit. Early results indicate that the NuSTAR satellite is operating as expected at this stage of its mission. The Pegasus/NuSTAR mission originated from the U.S. Army's Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, which is a part of the Marshall Islands in the mid-Pacific Ocean. Fo ... read more |
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  Media Tonedown for Tiangong Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 14, 2012 The launch of the first crew to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory is a major step forward for China's astronaut program. It's attracted the attention of the w ... more | .. |
 Tiangong's Big Tasks The flight of the first crew to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory is another step in China's most ambitious human spaceflight project to date. While much of the mission has yet to be completed, Ti ... more | .. |
 NASA's NuSTAR Mission Lifts Off NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) launched into the morning skies over the central Pacific Ocean at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) Wednesday, beginning its mission to unveil secrets of bu ... more | .. |
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 China's manned spacecraft in final preparations for mid-June launch China's Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft is in final preparations for its launch in mid-June, paving the way for China's first manned space docking mission, as well as the country's first space mission ... more | .. |
  GPS being used as weather forecast tool Australian scientists say the global positioning system can make weather forecasting more accurate by providing a new type of temperature observation. ... more | .. |
  US drone kills three militants in Pakistan: officials A US drone attack killed at least three militants early Thursday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, known as a hotbed of Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants, security officials said. ... more | .. |
  Raytheon receives contract to link Navy Multiband Terminal to USAF's Polar Satellite Raytheon has received a $19 million contract to modify the Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) to link it with the Air Force's Enhanced Polar Satellite (EPS). The link will allow U.S. Navy and Air Force w ... 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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 Raytheon receives $79 million award for US Navy Multiband Terminal systems Raytheon has received a $79 million contract from the U.S. Navy for 47 more Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) systems. NMT is one of three Raytheon Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) terminals tha ... more | .. |
  Boeing, US Navy Conduct FA-18EF Satellite Communications Test Boeing and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed an in-flight demonstration of a satellite communications (SATCOM) system that, if implemented, will enable F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircrews to con ... more | .. |
  NTU researchers study little mighty creature for scientific breakthrough A scientist from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) may be onto an ocean of discovery because of his research into a little sea creature called the mantis shrimp. The research is likely to lead ... more | .. |
  Javelin Missile Proves New Capability during Vehicle-Launched Norwegian Tests Lockheed Martin and Raytheon's Javelin Joint Venture recently demonstrated the capability to launch Javelin missiles from a vehicle in winter conditions at a test range in Norway. In a Norwegi ... more |
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 Swedish Defence Materiel Administration Orders AeroVironment Puma AE and Wasp Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems AeroVironment has received a firm fixed-price order for 12 hybrid small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Forsvarets Materielverk) on behalf of the Sw ... more | .. |
 Corruption causes Cold War arms to still kill in Bulgaria Twenty years after the disbanding of the communist Warsaw Pact alliance, its weapons still kill in Bulgaria as lack of money and suspected corruption hinder the dismantling of tons of old munitions. ... more | .. |
  Ancient effect harnessed to produce electricity from waste heat A phenomenon first observed by an ancient Greek philosopher 2,300 years ago has become the basis for a new device designed to harvest the enormous amounts of energy wasted as heat each year to produ ... more | .. |
  UCSB scientists synthesize first genetically evolved semiconductor material In the not-too-distant future, scientists may be able to use DNA to grow their own specialized materials, thanks to the concept of directed evolution. UC Santa Barbara scientists have, for the first ... more |
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First wildfire images reveal FireSat's unmatched detection capabilities
MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
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 'No-sleep energy bugs' drain smartphone batteries Researchers have proposed a method to automatically detect a new class of software glitches in smartphones called "no-sleep energy bugs," which can entirely drain batteries while the phones are not ... more | .. |
  Germany, most appealing European market for China: study China, already the top foreign investor in Germany last year, sees Europe's top economy as the most attractive country to invest in after the United States, a new study showed on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Apple maps a path to mobile throne Apple is mapping a path to the throne of the Internet age mobile lifestyle. ... more | .. |
  Composites could lead to greener cars Swiss researchers say new techniques for creating composite structures will lead to lighter, greener cars that burn less fuel and emit less carbon dioxide. ... more |
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  EU to fight until 'very last moment' at Rio summit The EU will fight to the last for credible commitments at the Rio+20 Earth summit but it will be "very very difficult", the bloc's environment commissioner Janez Potocnik said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
China growth could fall below 7.0% in Q2: report China's economic growth could fall below 7.0 percent in the second quarter, state media on Wednesday quoted an economist at an influential government-linked think-thank as saying. ... more | .. |
Argentina faces grim economic outlook Argentina faces a further economic slowdown as restrictive government economic policies dampen investors' enthusiasm for real estate projects and farmers battle for a more liberal regime. ... more | .. |
Asian investors buy Saab to make electric cars for China Bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab received a new lease on life on Wednesday, with Asian investors aiming to revive the iconic brand to make electric cars for the Chinese market. ... 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
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Asylum seekers target Australia's Cocos Australian maritime authorities are being stretched by efforts to patrol thousands of miles of ocean around the Cocos Islands, the latest territory targeted by asylum seekers. ... more | .. |
 New national supercomputer to perform astronomical feats The University of Leicester has been awarded funding to establish a multi-million pound national supercomputer which will make it possible to study space in unprecedented detail and provide new insi ... more | .. |
  Tesacom to Offer KVH mini-VSAT Broadband Service in South America KVH Industries will offer its mini-VSAT Boadband service and TracPhone satellite communications terminals to maritime customers throughout South America through Tesacom, South America's leading mobi ... more | .. |
 Shenzhou-9 May Face Thunder, High Temps The Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft will face tests of thunder, high temperatures and other adverse weather conditions this summer ahead its launch, experts said Monday. The spacecraft will be launched ... more |
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 Shenzhou-9 full-system drill a success The Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft mission successfully completed its first full-system drill on Tuesday afternoon, and everything went well, an unidentified official with the mission said. The ... more | .. |
 Welcome Aboard Tiangong Soon, three Chinese astronauts on the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft will dock with China's first space laboratory, Tiangong 1. This will mark the first docking of a crewed Chinese spacecraft with another ve ... more | .. |
 New KVH Series 1750 IMU Offers Breakthrough Performance in Ultra Compact Form Factor KVH Industries, Inc., has introduced the new Series 1750 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), an advanced 6-degrees-of-freedom sensor (DOF) designed to integrate easily into the most demanding stabiliza ... more | .. |
 COMSOFT Satellite Services Becomes Distributor of Romantis VSAT Products COMSOFT Satellite Services GmbH (CSS), a part of the COMSOFT Group, has announced a partnership with Romantis Group, a global provider of satellite capacity and satellite networking equipment, to be ... more |
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