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Mankind's messenger at the final frontierParis (AFP) Sept 5, 2012 It looks like a dustbin lid strapped to a cluster of fishing rods. Its computer is so puny it could not even start up your iPhone. And if E.T. wants to listen to the message it brings, he'll need a gramophone to play it on. But in the history of space exploration, there is not a probe that can touch the glittering career of Voyager 1, mankind's first messenger to the cosmos. Thirty-five years after it was launched, the doughty explorer is on the brink of leaving the Solar System and heading into ... read more |
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  Israel's Arrow 3 missile to be tested soon After nearly year's delay, Israel's Arrow 3 anti-missile is to be tested soon. ... more | .. |
  Gilat Enhances SkyEdge VSAT Platform's Disaster Recovery Capabilities with Automated Dual IPsec Provides ATM banking, retailers and other distributed enterprises with rapid recovery for continuous processing without the need for additional hardware. Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has announced ... more | .. |
  Monitech Announces Zero-Installation Tracking System for Automotive Industry Monitech and Telit Wireless Solutions have announced the launch of Monitech's Car Lighter Tracker or CLT, a zero-Installation compact tracking device based on Telit's cellular M2M, GPS+GLONASS satel ... more | .. |
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 Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Complete First Launch Exercise for Next Generation GPS Satellites Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have successfully completed the first launch readiness exercise for the U.S. Air Force's next generation GPS III satellites. The exercise is a key milestone demonstratin ... more | .. |
  Boeing 702MP Selected for first Intelsat EpicNG Satellite The Boeing 702MP satellite bus has been selected by Intelsat S.A. for the Intelsat 29e satellite, the first of the recently announced Intelsat EpicNG next-generation high-performance system. " ... more | .. |
 35 years on, Voyager 'dancing on edge' of outer space NASA's Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is nearing the outer boundary of the solar system and may already be "dancing on the edge" of outer space, the experts behind the pioneering craft said. ... more | .. |
 Africa needs own space agency: Sudan's Bashir Africa needs its own space research agency, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir told a regional conference of communications ministers who met on Wednesday as the continent's IT sector grows. ... more |
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Western aid cuts cede ground to China in Southeast Asia: study
Russia faces intense barrage of drones, shutting down Moscow airports
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 Mobile users wary of privacy invasion by apps: survey Users of mobile devices are rejecting or uninstalling some apps because of concerns about how much personal and private information is collected, a US survey showed Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Russia Delays 2012 Military Launches After Satellite Failure Russia will delay launches of military spacecraft this year because of a failed satellite launch last month, a top defense official said on Tuesday. The delays will be "insignificant," Russian ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman to Supply Bridge Navigation Systems for Swire Group's Dry Cargo Ships Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract to supply navigation bridge equipment for a series of 39,500-dwt dry bulk cargo ships being built in China for the China Navigation Company Pte. Ltd., Si ... more | .. |
  SES inks capacity deal with Romantis for Russia and Central Asia SES has signed a capacity agreement with Romantis, a global provider of satellite capacity and networking equipment, to support the growing connectivity needs across Russia and Central Asia. R ... more |
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 KVH Introduces New TracPhone V7-IP for mini-VSAT Broadband Service its latest initiative to advance the quality, speed, and affordability of broadband data connectivity at sea, KVH Industries, Inc., introduces a revolutionary new onboard terminal for its industry-l ... more | .. |
 Small GEO satellite platform lands at ESA After a careful four-day road trek from Switzerland, the first model of the Small GEO communications satellite platform has arrived at ESA for testing. During its time at ESA's ESTEC facility in the ... more | .. |
 Africa eyes joint space agency African nations would work together in peaceful research under a proposal for a space agency being considered Wednesday at a meeting in Sudan of the continent's communications and IT ministers. ... more | .. |
 Space Center Chief Loses Job over Failed Launches Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Vladimir Nesterov as general director of the Khrunichev Space Center, the state press service reported on Monday. The Russian space industry has ... more |
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ICJ to deliver landmark climate ruling
'No life without water': settler attacks threaten West Bank communities
Sunbears to elephants: life at a Thai wildlife hospital | .. |
  China Focus: Timeline for China's space research revealed A senior Chinese astronomer on Friday revealed a timeline for China's planned program of space research. In an interview with Xinhua, Zhang Shuangnan, an astrophysicist at the Institute of High Ener ... more | .. |
 Moles, crabs and Moon dust: DLR at the ILA Space Pavilion Satellites with electric propulsion, a 'mole' for exploring the Martian subsurface, a mobile robot that moves sideways like a crab, a pinch of Moon dust and a hands-on medical experiment where test ... more | .. |
 SES and Castor expand capacity to meet Southern Africa connectivity needs SES and Castor Networks has announced that the Dutch provider of teleport, VSAT and broadcasting services has signed a capacity expansion agreement on SES' NSS-7 satellite to meet the growing needs ... more | .. |
 Tiangong Orbit Change Signals Likely Date for Shenzhou 10 August 30, Tiangong 1's controllers raised its orbit by 11 kilometres, indicating that a target date for the Shenzhou 10 mission has probably been set. As August 30 dawned, Tiangong 1 was following ... more |
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  AeroVironment Receives $16.5 Million of Funding from U.S. Army for RQ-11B Raven AeroVironment has received $16,472,298 in additional funding to perform on Aug. 10, 2012 from the United States Army under a contract action with a total projected value of $65,889,191. The company ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Highlights International Capabilities in Unmanned Aircraft Systems at ILA Berlin Air Show 2012 Northrop Grumman is participating in the ILA Berlin Air Show, where it will highlight its industry-leading intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities with the EURO HAWK and NA ... more | .. |
  Raytheon successfully tests HARM upgrades Raytheon has completed testing of High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) upgrades, which make the combat-proven missile more precise and accurate, while reducing collateral damage. HARM supp ... more | .. |
  Powerful new explosive could replace today's state-of-the-art military explosive Borrowing a technology used to improve the effectiveness of drugs, scientists are reporting discovery of a new explosive more powerful than the current state-of-the-art explosive used by the militar ... more |
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US environment agency axes nearly a quarter of workforce
Japan sees bright future for ultra-thin, flexible solar panels
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  Chilean deal with EADS falling through Talks on business collaboration between Chilean state aviation company Enaer and European manufacturer EADS are stalled over legal technicalities that may prove to be the undoing of draft contracts known to be under negotiation. ... more | .. |
  Intelsat General Awarded Contract in US Government's New Custom SATCOM Solutions Program Intelsat General has been selected as a prime contractor under the U.S. government's new Custom SATCOM Solutions contract, a program that will provide satellite communications to military and other ... more | .. |
 Raytheon receives $230 million contract for SM-3 The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon a $230 million contract for 14 Standard Missile-3 Block IA missiles and five SM-3 Block IB missiles. The SM-3 Block IA missiles will bolster the ... more | .. |
 Russia to create new ICBM by 2018 Russia is due to create a new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by 2018, Strategic Missile Forces commander Sergei Karakayev said on Monday. "Construction of the missile is ongoing," ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman Welcomes UK Defence Minister to Unmanned Ground Vehicle Facility in Coventry Northrop Grumman welcomed the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Peter Luff MP, to the company's production facility for unmanned ground systems in Coventry, U.K. The visit mark ... more | .. |
  Greensmith now providing distributed energy storage systems Greensmith Energy Management Systems is now with fourteen customers, including eight electric utilities using the company's field-tested suite of product offerings. By expanding its line-up of energ ... more | .. |
  Two slightly injured in accident at French nuclear plant A steam leak due to an accidental chemical reaction on Wednesday at France's oldest nuclear plant led to two people being slightly burnt and renewed calls to reduce the country's heavy reliance on atomic energy. ... more | .. |
  Internet has no 'off switch', says web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, the British inventor of the World Wide Web, on Wednesday warned governments that attempts to block the Internet were doomed to failure due to its scattered structure. ... more |
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