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US military launches new satellite into spaceWashington (AFP) June 20, 2012 The US military launched an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday carrying a top secret satellite into space, officials said. The Atlas V lifted off at 8:28 am local time (1228 GMT) with a NROL-38 payload on board for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the US intelligence agency that oversees spy satellites. Details of the NROL-38 remained classified but according to a specialist website, Nasaspaceflight.com, it was likely a new communications satellite, the 18th military satell ... read more |
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  Space is Big, But Getting Smaller Last week there was an event that tells us the "end" is nearing; the end of BIG SPACE. Ever since the first satellite was launched some 55 years ago, the space community has thought of space as bein ... more | .. |
  DeLorme and Pivotel Partner to Deliver inReach Satellite Communicator in Australasia and Indonesia DeLorme has announced a partnership with Pivotel Satellite, the leading provider of mobile satellite services in Australia. As a Delorme service partner, Pivotel will deliver the award-winning inRea ... more | .. |
  Via satellite: staying in touch at sea Working on the high seas can be lonely separated from friends and family for weeks at a time. Communications via satellite close this gap by providing the means to stay in touch. Now, with ESA's sup ... more | .. |
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  SES Gathers Momentum In Asia-Pacific With Further Significant Fleet Investment The increasing popularity of direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television and the growing demand for High Definition (HD) broadcast content across Asia-Pacific are driving the demand for satellite capa ... more | .. |
  Seven scientists named as research team leaders for NSBRI The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) has enlisted seven of the nation's top scientists to serve as team leaders in its efforts to protect astronaut health during long-duration sp ... more | .. |
  Robotics 101 - With NASA's Chris McQuin + Jaret Matthews When you hear the word "robot," you might think of Hollywood creations such as the Terminator, C-3PO or Megatron. Thankfully, the reality of current robotics isn't quite that sinister, emotional or ... more | .. |
 Optimal Satcom and O3b Networks Enter into a Strategic Partnership Agreement Optimal Satcom and O3b Networks announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership agreement whereby Optimal Satcom will provide enterprise capacity management systems to O3b and its cust ... 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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 Science world commemorates father of computer science Scientists will gather from Bangalore to Texas on Saturday to honour British mathematician Alan Turing, a pioneer of the modern computer whose code-cracking is credited with shortening World War II. ... more | .. |
  Rocket Scientist Who 'Spied for China' Freed The former head of a Russian rocket technology firm who was jailed in 2007 for selling state secrets to China has been released on parole, Radio Liberty reported. Igor Reshetin, the former dir ... more | .. |
 Backup Plans for Tiangong So far, so good. The first crewed expedition to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory has been highly successful, with three astronauts travelling to the module and beginning work. In just a few days, ... more | .. |
  Trial by vacuum brings next Galileo satellites closer to launch The next two Galileo navigation satellites have now endured the harsh vacuum and temperature extremes of space on the way to their scheduled 28 September launch. The fourth satellite completed 20 da ... more |
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 A milestone in launcher preparations for Arianespace's fourth Ariane 5 flight of 2012 Initial assembly of the fourth Ariane 5 for launch by Arianespace in 2012 has been completed at the Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a new milestone in preparations for a mission to loft a dual-p ... more | .. |
 Boeing Completes Fifth GPS IIF Satellite for USAF Boeing has completed the fifth of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The spacecraft was built at the Satellite Development Center in El ... more | .. |
 Physicists use ultrafast lasers to create first tabletop X-ray device An international research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has generated the first laser-like beams of X-rays from a tabletop device, paving the way for major advances in many fields i ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin ATC Delivers Flight Hardware For Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission Engineers and scientists at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) have completed delivery of key hardware subsystems for NASA's Magnetosphereic Multiscale mission (MMS). ... 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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 Gilat's Wavestream Amplifiers Selected by Harris CapRock for Cruise Ship VSAT Antenna Systems Gilat Satellite Networks has been selected by Harris CapRock Communications, a premier global provider of managed solutions for remote and harsh environments, to supply Ku-band solid state power amp ... more | .. |
 Robot 'finger' more sensitive than human's Researchers in California say a robot equipped with a sensor to mimic the human fingertip has a touch more sensitive than a human's. ... more | .. |
 Boeing Completes CDR of MEXSAT Geomobile Satellite System Boeing and its supplier partners have completed the Critical Design Review of the MEXSAT Geomobile Satellite Communications System with their customer, the Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes ... more | .. |
  Two Russians convicted of treason over missile data Russia on Wednesday sentenced two professors from an engineering university to 12.5 and 12 years for handing over information about a new intercontinental missile to China, an official said. ... more |
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  Portuguese armor vehicle to test in Brazil Portuguese manufacturer Pinhol plans to test its new four-wheel explosive-resistant armored vehicle in Brazil with a view to developing a long-term production and marketing partnership in the Caribbean and Latin American region. ... more | .. |
 Grand Finish For X-37B After a marathon 15-month mission in orbit, the second X-37B spaceplane has finally landed. Launched by the US Air Force on a semi-secret mission, the mission has apparently flown a successful missi ... more | .. |
  U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman Complete X-47B Flight Testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Move Second Unmanned Aircraft to East Coast The first major phase of flight testing the X-47 B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft came to a successful conclusion on May 15 when Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy wrapped u ... more | .. |
  2nd Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Successfully Completes 1st Flight Boeing reports the successful de-orbit and landing of the second X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. The X-37B landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5 ... more |
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MicroCarb satellite launches to map global carbon dioxide emissions from space
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 X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle lands at Vandenberg The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:48 a.m. (PDT) June 16. OTV-2, which launched from Cape Canaveral ... more | .. |
  Boeing FAB-T Demonstrates Communications with On-orbit AEHF Satellite Boeing has demonstrated end-to-end communication using a terminal from the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) system and the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Completes Environmental Testing on Second US Navy Satellite Lockheed Martin has completed thermal vacuum testing of the U.S. Navy's second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, designated MUOS-2. Completion of this major program milestone validates ... more | .. |
 Air Force spy planes facing postwar cut The U.S. Air Force plans to cut back on the number of Hawker Beechcraft's MC-12 spy planes it wants to operate after the drawdown from Afghanistan and Iraq, official data indicated. ... more |
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 Saudis 'boost German tank buy to 600-800' Saudi Arabia is reported to be seeking 600-800 Leopard 2A7+ main battle tanks made by Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann worth around $12.6 billion, rather than the 270 originally envisaged in 2011. ... more | .. |
  Embraer ups components output in Portugal Brazilian aviation and defense manufacturer Embraer is expanding components manufacturing in Portugal as part of a global strategy to compete in different international markets. ... more | .. |
 UN urges answers on US drone attacks, targeted killings A UN expert on Tuesday urged Washington to clarify its rules on hunting Taliban and other suspects amid a "dramatic increase" in the use of drone attacks. ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Unveils U.S. Navy's First MQ-4C BAMS Unmanned Aircraft Northrop Grumman has unveiled the first U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) in a ceremony at Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, Calif., manufacturin ... more |
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