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Gaia Payload Module Integration CompletedToulouse, France (SPX) Sep 20, 2012 Integration of the Flight Model of the Gaia Payload Module has been completed. It has undergone acceptance vibration testing; thermal balance and thermal vacuum testing will be carried out towards the end of this year. The first article in this journal covered vibration testing of the Structural Model of the Gaia Payload Module (PLM). That test qualified the structural design and manufacture of the optical bench, or torus, but mass dummies represented some of the PLM components. The integrat ... read more |
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  China launches another 2 navigation system satellites China successfully launched another two satellites into space for its indigenous global navigation and positioning network at 3:10 a.m. Beijing time on Wednesday. They were the 14th and 15th s ... more | .. |
 Astrium wins DEOS contract to demonstrate in-orbit servicing Astrium is preparing a new technology mission for the maintenance and disposal of satellites. At the ILA Berlin Air Show, the DLR Space Administration announced that Astrium Friedrichshafen will be ... more | .. |
 Improved positioning indoors The NAVVIS positioning system is primarily based on visual information. The TUM researchers had to develop a special location recognition system for this project. They started by taking photos of a ... more | .. |
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 Capturing defective satellites in space - DLR awards contract to Astrium A service satellite captures an uncontrollable satellite in space, repairs or refuels it and, at the end of the mission, ensures that the defective satellite is disposed of in a controlled manner. S ... more | .. |
  HISPASAT chooses Arianespace to launch its Amazonas 4A and AG1 satellites Spanish operator Hispasat has once again chosen launch services company Arianespace, this time for its two satellites Amazonas-4A and Hispasat AG1. They will be the 8th and 9th satellites from the H ... more | .. |
 Arianespace signs multi-launch services agreement with SKY Perfect JSAT of Japan Shinji Takada, Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, has announced the signature of ... more | .. |
 e2v chosen to supply high performance imaging sensors for Japan's X-ray Free-Electron Laser e2v has been chosen to provide imaging sensors to form part of the next generation of focal plane imaging sensors in the SPring-8 Angstrom Compact free electron Laser (SACLA), an X-ray Free-Electron ... more |
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Ukraine 'shouldn't target' Moscow: Trump
Trump gives Russia 50 days to make Ukraine deal
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 Failure Review Oversight Board Establishes Proton Return to Flight Schedule The Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concluded the review of the Russian State Commission report on September 11 concerning the root cause of the Russian Federal Telkom-3/Express MD-2 mission f ... more | .. |
  Brazil unveils tax incentives to boost tech innovation President Dilma Rousseff has approved new tax incentives to boost innovation in the information technology and telecommunications sectors, the official agencia Brasil reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Space formula of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky 155 years ago, on September 17, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics, was born in the Russian province. One of his famous sayings goes: "Earth is the crad ... more | .. |
 ITT Exelis announces new capability in GPS interference, detection and geolocation ITT Exelis has announced a significant development in the field of GPS technology. To be known as the Exelis GPS Interference, Detection and Geolocation (IDG), it will provide near real-time geoloca ... more |
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 Boeing Establishes Configuration of Commercial Crew Transportation Boeing and NASA recently established the firm baseline configuration for the company's Commercial Crew Transportation System, achieving the first performance milestone in NASA's Commercial Crew inte ... more | .. |
 The most stable laser in the world A laser with a frequency stability so far unequalled: This is the result of a research cooperation of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) within the scope of the Excellence Cluster QUEST ... more | .. |
  Robotic tuna is built by Homeland Security No question about it, they're very good at what they do. But they don't take well to orders, especially those to carry out inspection work in oily or dangerous environments, or in any kind of harsh ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Solidify Long Range Radar Requirement for 3DELRR Program The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a nearly $36 million contract for the next part of its Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long Range Radar (3DELRR) program. The 3DELRR is intended to serve a ... more |
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Underappreciated threat of nanoplastic pollution revealed in Atlantic Ocean study
Deadly China-Nepal flood caused by glacial lake: experts
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  NASA Global Hawks Support Hurricane Missions From Both U.S. Coasts Now deployed to the U.S. East coast, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) -built unmanned NASA Global Hawks will be able to better support environmental scientists during Hurricane and Severe Sto ... more | .. |
  India follows Pakistan with missile test India test-fired its second-longest-range missile on Wednesday, a defence official said, two days after Pakistan announced its own missile test. ... more | .. |
  EU offers Italy 670 mn euros in quake aid The European Commission offered Wednesday 670 million euros ($880 million) to help reconstruction efforts after two powerful earthquakes in northern Italy caused loss of life and massive damage. ... more | .. |
 New tool gives structural strength to 3-D printed works Objects created using 3-D printing have a common flaw: They are fragile and often fall apart or lose their shape. "I have an entire zoo of broken 3-D printed objects in my office," said Bedrich Bene ... more |
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  Deadly South Africa miners' strike ends A wage deal involving striking miners in South Africa is expected to end a shutdown of the country's gold and platinum fields, a work action in which 45 people were killed in the worst violence since the apartheid era ended in 1994. ... more | .. |
 US judge won't lift Samsung tablet ban A judge has refused to lift a ban on US sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computers as legal brawling continued between the South Korean electronics titan and Apple. ... more | .. |
  New US lobby calls for 'free, innovative' Internet A new Washington lobby group - comprised of the biggest firms in the online space - formally launched Wednesday, saying it would fight for a "free and innovative" Internet. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan boosts airport amid China tourism boom Taiwan, which is seeing a boom in tourism from China, will spend Tw$463 billion ($15.4 billion) on a new terminal and other facilities at its main airport, the government said Wednesday. ... more |
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Nvidia's Huang says China's open-source AI a 'catalyst for progress'
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  Digital initiative aimed at helping world's poor A shift to digital payments can improve the global effort to fight poverty and improve conditions for those trapped in a cycle dependent on cash, say backers of a new initiative launched Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong cracks down on parallel Chinese traders Hong Kong has launched a crackdown on the thousands of mainland Chinese who travel across the border every day to buy products to resell at a profit in China, officials said. ... more | .. |
 China's Wen to meet EU amid debt crisis, trade row Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets Europe's leaders Thursday as the world's second-biggest economy falters in the eurozone debt crisis downdraft and the two sides face a long list of trade disputes. ... more | .. |
 US finance sector warned of cyber attacks A US financial industry group warned banks and other institutions to beware cyber attacks Wednesday, after some firms reported sporadic problems with their websites. ... more |
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 Bank of Japan easing total hits $1 trillion The Bank of Japan followed its US and European counterparts Wednesday, announcing extra bond buying to take its total monetary easing effort past $1 trillion as it seeks to revitalise the economy. ... more | .. |
 Solving bubble troubles: new surface can prevent liquid explosions or even frost Explosions caused by boiling liquid could be reduced by suppressing the liquid from bubbling, according to a new University of Melbourne study. The research, which is the first of its kind, has iden ... more | .. |
 International team of physicists makes discovery about temperature in convection An international team of physicists is working to ascertain more about the fundamental physical laws that are at work in a process known as convection, which occurs in a boiling pot of water as well ... more | .. |
  Boeing Business Jets proves range capability with record-setting trans-Pacific flight Boeing Business Jets set a new world record for "Speed Over a Recognized Course" when a BBJ flew non-stop from Los Angeles to Auckland, New Zealand for installation of its VIP interiors. The BBJ, a ... more |
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