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IAI to launch new 5-ton Amos satelliteTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jul 6, 2012 Israel's Spacecom Satellite Communications plans to replace the Amos-2 commercial communications satellite with the 5-ton Amos-6 craft to be built by Israel Aerospace Industries, the Jewish state's leading defense and aerospace company. The $200 million Amos-6, Israel's 14th satellite since its first successful launch in September 1983, is scheduled for liftoff in the first quarter of 2015. It's designed to have an orbital life of 16 years. It will replace the 1.4-ton Amos-2, also built ... read more |
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  Space for dessert? All chefs know that preparing the perfect chocolate mousse is one part science and one part art. ESA's microgravity research is helping the food industry understand the science behind the foams foun ... more | .. |
  Spaceflight may extend the lifespan of microscopic worm The effect of spaceflight on a microscopic worm - Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) - could help it to live longer. The discovery was made by an international group of scientists studying the loss ... more | .. |
  XCOR Aerospace And Midland Development Corp Announce New Commercial Spaceflight Research Center The Midland Development Corporation and XCOR Aerospace have jointly announced the establishment of XCOR's new Commercial Space Research and Development Center Headquarters that will be created over ... more | .. |
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 Space Systems/Loral-Built Broadband Satellite for Hughes Launched, Begins Post-Launch Maneuvers Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that the EchoStar XVII satellite, designed and built for Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar, was launched yesterday ... more | .. |
  NASA Workshop Discusses How On-Orbit Robotic Satellite-Servicing Becomes Reality Envision a space with more options and increased capacity: a place where aging and ailing satellites could place a service call for a helpful boost to the right orbit, a quick repair, or a fuel top- ... more | .. |
 HI-C Sounding Rocket Mission Has Finest Mirrors Ever Made On July 11, NASA scientists will launch into space the highest resolution solar telescope ever to observe the solar corona, the million degree outer solar atmosphere. The instrument, called HI-C for ... more | .. |
  SMOS satellite measurements improve as ground radars switch off Over a dozen radio signals that have hindered data collection on ESA's SMOS water mission have been switched off. The effort also benefits satellites such as NASA's Aquarius mission, which measures ... more |
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New MachLab rocket test site launches UK into next phase of space engineering
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 Physicists find chink in the Batsuit Batman would need a parachute to land safely in real life, say physicists who recommend a cape redesign if the masked superhero is to pursue his exploits outside the pages of comic books or celluloid. ... more | .. |
  Announcement of ACRIDS product line for Precision Airdrop Systems The Dutch SSBV Aerospace and Technology Group (SSBV) has unveiled its ACRIDS product line for Precision Airdrop Systems. ACRIDS, an acronym for Aerial Cargo Rider System, is based on the use a ... more | .. |
 SSTL announces exactView-1 satellite launch date Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is announcing the planned launch of exactView-1, the highest detection performance Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite ever built, on 22nd July by ... more | .. |
 Galileo pathfinder GIOVE-A retires Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has put the GIOVE-A satellite into retirement, ending a successful extended mission for the European Commission's Galileo satellite navigation programme under ... more |
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  Roscosmos to launch five satellites from Baikonur in July The Russian Federal Space Agency "Roscosmos" plans to launch five satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in July. The launch of a "Soyuz" with five satellites is scheduled for July 22. The pr ... more | .. |
  China Beats Russia on Space Launches For the first time in the history of space exploration, China beat Russia on the number of space launches in a given period of time, a rocket engine manufacturer said on Wednesday. China condu ... more | .. |
 VINASAT-2 Satellite Begins Service for Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group The VINASAT-2 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) of Vietnam, is now ready for service following successful ... more | .. |
 Shenzhou mission sparks 'science fever' The launch and safe return of the Shenzhou IX spacecraft has ignited an outbreak of "popular science fever" in China, which provides an excellent opportunity to boost science awareness, according to ... more |
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Australia's mammal megafauna face long-term decline from extinctions and invasive species
Alien life clues may emerge from deep sea volcanic vents on Earth
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  Poland orders more C295s, produces helos Poland was in the news in Europe and Asia this week for acquisition of aircraft and delivery of others. ... more | .. |
Brazil jet bid extended 6 months The Brazilian air force has asked bidders to renew their offers on a contract to provide 36 next-generation fighter jets, extending for six months a race between US, French and Swedish contestants. ... more | .. |
 Phone app allows US users to film police activity A US civil rights advocacy group has launched a free mobile phone application that allows users to record police activity discreetly, saying it will help boost police force accountability. ... more | .. |
 US Aerospace Firms in Talks With Russia's Energia Russia's Energia space corporation is holding talks with U.S. aerospace giants Boeing and Lockheed Martin over manufacture of docking sites and thermal protection equipment for space capsules for th ... more |
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  Raytheon awarded $636 million for Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Raytheon has been awarded a $636 million development and sustainment contract to provide the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle to The Boeing Company, which is the prime contractor for the Ground-based Mid ... more | .. |
  Norway fires first ground-based Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile from NASAMS launcher The Royal Norwegian Air Force successfully fired a Raytheon Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile from a National Advanced Surface-to-Air-Missile System (NASAMS). During the first-of-its-kind test at the Ando ... more | .. |
 Raytheon reveals new missile defense system architectural analysis capability Raytheon has introduced a new missile defense system architectural analysis tool designed to help identify the best ways to leverage current NATO assets in support of growing Europe's integrated air ... more | .. |
 U.S. Navy Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Additional VLA Missiles US Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $27 million, firm-fixed-price contract to produce components for 22 Vertical Launch anti-submarine (VLA) missiles. A supersonic, urgent attack anti-submarine warfar ... more |
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 Unique MEADS Mobile Testing Capability Arrives At White Sands Missile Range A first-of-its-kind mobile test facility has been delivered to White Sands Missile Range, N.M. to support the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). The mobile test facility, or the MEADS Syste ... more | .. |
 New Raytheon Standard Missile factory nears completion in Alabama Raytheon's all-up-round Standard Missile production facility in Huntsville, Ala., is nearing completion. The state-of-the-art factory, located on the U.S. Army's Redstone Arsenal, should be complete ... more | .. |
 U.K. boosts up-armed Typhoon for Mideast British Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled a major sales push for the Eurofighter Typhoon armed with new weapons systems, with the Persian Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates and Oman as key targets. ... more | .. |
 Two missiles miss targets in Taiwan drill Two of 26 missiles missed their targets when Taiwan's military carried out a live-fire exercise Monday, but officers in charge said they were happy with the result. ... more |
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  Report faults Fukushima response A Japanese parliamentary panel has determined that the Fukushima plant nuclear crisis was a "man-made" disaster. ... more | .. |
  Quantum computing, no cooling required It's a challenge that's long been one of the holy grails of quantum computing: how to create the key building blocks known as quantum bits, or qubits, that exist in a solid-state system at room temp ... more | .. |
 New method knocks out stubborn electron problem A newly published article in Physical Review Letters eliminates one of the top unsolved theoretical problems in chemical physics as ranked by the National Research Council in 1995. Scientists now ca ... more | .. |
 Researchers Develop an Artificial Cerebellum than Enables Robotic Human-like Object Handling University of Granada researchers have developed an artificial cerebellum (a biologically-inspired adaptive microcircuit) that controls a robotic arm with human-like precision. The cerebellum is the ... more |
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