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Fourth Galileo satellite reaches French Guiana launch siteParis, France (ESA) Aug 24, 2012 The next two Galileo satellites are now in place at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, being prepared for their shared launch this autumn. The fourth Galileo satellite flight model arrived at Cayenne Airport in French Guiana on Friday 17 August, flown from the Thales Alenia Space facility in Rome aboard an Ilyushin aircraft. Cocooned inside a protective air-conditioned container, the satellite was then transported to the preparation facility at the Guiana Space Centre to join the third Galileo s ... read more |
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  Russia to Build New Space Plant A space satellite manufacturing plant will be built in the town of Shchyolkovo, just outside the Russian capital, Moscow Region Governor Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday. "It will be a new prod ... more | .. |
  Sarah Brightman In Talks Over Space Trip British singer Sarah Brightman is in talks with the space tourism firm Space Adventures to become the world's eighth space tourist, a senior Russian space official said on Wednesday. "I think that i ... more | .. |
  ReAgent Supports Space Balloon Project Josh hit the headlines in October last year when he launched his home-made space balloon into the atmosphere and posted the video on YouTube. The astonishing results became an overnight sensation ge ... more | .. |
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  China unveils ambitious space projects China will launch several space projects, including a hard X-ray telescope for black hole studies, between 2014 and 2016, according to a senior Chinese astronomer. Su Dingqiang, an academic at the C ... more | .. |
  ASTRA 2F touches down in French Guiana for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 dual-passenger mission The second passenger for Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 mission has arrived in French Guiana with today's delivery of the Astrium-built ASTRA 2F satellite, which will be operated by Luxembourg-base ... more | .. |
 Singer Sarah Brightman could be next space tourist: report British soprano Sarah Brightman could become the next space tourist to blast off to the International Space Station (ISS), a senior official at the Russian space agency hinted Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Satellite preparations move into full swing for the next Arianespace Soyuz mission from French Guiana Both Galileo navigation satellites for Arianespace's third Soyuz flight from the Spaceport are now in French Guiana, marking a new milestone for this mission scheduled in the second half of 2012. ... more |
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BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations
GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications
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  UCSB researchers demonstrate that 15=3x5 about half of the time Computing prime factors may sound like an elementary math problem, but try it with a large number, say one that contains more than 600 digits, and the task becomes enormously challenging and impossi ... more | .. |
  NASA Picks Revolutionary Space Tech Proposals For Development NASA's Space Technology Program has selected five technologies that could revolutionize America's space capabilities. In March, NASA issued a call for proposal focused on sudden and unexpected innov ... more | .. |
  Intelsat 21 Will Boot Latin America TV ANd Mobile Across South Atlantic Intelsat has announced that a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL launch vehicle successfully launched the Intelsat 21 satellite from a mobile platform in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Liftoff occurred at 2:55 a.m ... more | .. |
  Pakistan summons US diplomat to protest over drones Pakistan summoned a US diplomat on Thursday to protest over drone strikes in its northwestern tribal area, which it called "unlawful", the foreign ministry said in a statement. ... more |
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  Britain, others tap CAE for simulators Britain's Ministry of Defense and Airbus Military of Spain have contracted CAE of Canada for flight simulator projects. ... more | .. |
 India's first Embarer AWAC headed home India has taken delivery of the first of three Embraer 145 airborne early warning and control aircraft from Embraer Defense and Security in Brazil. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Wins Contract for JLTV Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase Lockheed Martin has received a $65 million contract from the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps to continue developing the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) through the Engineering and Manufacturing ... more | .. |
  S-400s to protect APEC summit Russia is deploying a regiment of its new-generation S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in the far-eastern city of Nakhodka, not far from Vladivostok. The production of S-400s is gaining pace. With ... more |
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One billion years of protein evolution reveals surprising design flexibility
MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch
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 Next generation of military aircraft will be unmanned The role of unmanned aerial vehicles in future will increase, Russian Air Force Commander-in-chief Maj. Gen. Viktor Bondarev told Interfax. "The trends for weapons of armed struggle, including comba ... more | .. |
 Raytheon, US Navy begin JSOW C-1 integrated testing The U.S. Navy has begun integrated testing (IT) of Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) C-1. During its first flight in IT, the JSOW C-1 was retargeted to strike a large moving ship target. "This ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Wins Role on Defense Information Systems Agency Program The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) selected Lockheed Martin for a role on its Test and Evaluation Mission Support Services (TEMSS) program. Six other companies were also select ... more | .. |
US drones kill three militants in NW Pakistan: officials A US drone strike on Tuesday killed at least three militants in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. ... more |
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 Elusive metal discovered Carnegie scientists are the first to discover the conditions under which nickel oxide can turn into an electricity-conducting metal. Nickel oxide is one of the first compounds to be studied for its ... more | .. |
 New catalyst could improve production of glass alternatives University of Oregon chemists have identified a catalyst that could dramatically reduce the amount of waste made in the production of methyl methacrylate, a monomer used in the large-scale manufactu ... more | .. |
 Ames Laboratory scientists crack long-standing chemistry mystery A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has answered a key question concerning the widely-used Fenton reaction - important in wastewater treatment to destroy hazardo ... more | .. |
 One-molecule-thick material has big advantages The discovery of graphene, a material just one atom thick and possessing exceptional strength and other novel properties, started an avalanche of research around its use for everything from electron ... more |
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MicroCarb satellite launches to map global carbon dioxide emissions from space
Chemistry breakthroughs open new frontiers in industrial carbon capture
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 Engineers achieve longstanding goal of stable nanocrystalline metals Most metals - from the steel used to build bridges and skyscrapers to the copper and gold used to form wires in microchips - are made of crystals: orderly arrays of molecules forming a perfectly rep ... more | .. |
 Northwestern scientists create chemical brain Northwestern University scientists have connected 250 years of organic chemical knowledge into one giant computer network - a chemical Google on steroids. This "immortal chemist" will never retire a ... more | .. |
 Silicone Foul Release Coatings Show Most Promise at Managing Quagga and Zebra Mussels at Water and Hydropower Facilities The Bureau of Reclamation has found that silicone foul release coatings may be an important tool for mitigating invasive quagga and zebra mussels' impacts to water and hydropower infrastructure. All ... more | .. |
  Argentina under fire for protectionism Argentina is under fire for increasing protectionist barriers and fighting criticism with countercharges against nations that complain about the trade policies of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. ... more |
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  China manufacturing hits nine-month low: HSBC China's manufacturing activity fell to a nine-month low in August as firms struggled with global woes, providing further impetus for Beijing to beef up economic stimulus efforts, HSBC said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Dozens hurt as Chinese trains collide Two Chinese passenger trains collided Thursday leaving dozens of people injured, the official Xinhua news agency reported, in the latest accident to hit the country's rail network. ... more | .. |
 Facebook unveils speedier app for iPhone, iPad Facebook unveiled a new mobile app Thursday for its users on Apple iPhone and iPad, saying it would speed up the performance of people accessing the world's biggest social network. ... more | .. |
 Global tablet sales to top 100 million in 2012: survey The global market for tablet computers is extending its sizzling growth and will likely top 100 million in 2012, a research firm said Thursday. ... more |
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