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Singer Sarah Brightman to be next space touristMoscow (AFP) Oct 10, 2012 British soprano and crossover singer Sarah Brightman announced in Moscow on Wednesday that she will blast off as a space tourist to the International Space Station (ISS). The singer, 52, known for her roles in West End musicals such as "The Phantom of the Opera", would be the first tourist to go into space after a hiatus in the space tourism programme since 2009. "I am planning to become a space flight participant," Brightman told a news conference in Moscow. The schedule for her flight "will be ... read more |
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  Galileo satellites moved to pad for Friday launch The two Galileo satellites and their upper stage have been enclosed within their protective fairing, and moved to join the Soyuz rocket on the launch pad. The halves of the fairing were sealed ... more | .. |
  SES Contracts Boeing To Manufacture SES-9 Satellite For Asia SES S.A. and Boeing announced today that SES has selected Boeing to build a new communication satellite, SES-9, to serve the fast growing markets in Asia. The new satellite - ordered through S ... more | .. |
  Assembled and poised for launch: Soyuz is ready with its two Galileo navigation satellites Arianespace's next medium-lift Soyuz is now fully assembled in the launch zone for its upcoming Spaceport mission, ready for the final steps leading to a Friday afternoon liftoff from French Guiana ... more | .. |
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 Avanti's Hylas 2 Satellite Service Live Avanti Communications reports that its Ka-band satellite HYLAS 2 is now fully operational with all beams fully functioning and - for the first time - providing coverage to hundreds of millions of pe ... more | .. |
  ATK Awarded $50 Million Contract for NASA's Advanced Concept Booster Development for SLS ATK (ATK) has announced that NASA has awarded the company a $50 million contract to complete engineering development and risk reduction tests as part of the Advanced Concept Booster Development for ... more | .. |
 Interstellar Travelers of the Future May be Helped by MU Physicist's Calculations Former President Bill Clinton recently expressed his support for interstellar travel at the 100 Year Spaceship Symposium, an international event advocating for human expansion into other star system ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Completes SBIRS HEO-3 Payload Integration and Ambient Functional Test Northrop Grumman has successfully completed payload integration and the ambient functional test of the U.S. Air Force's Space Based Infrared System's (SBIRS) third highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) pa ... more |
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PLD Space selected as leading contender for ESA sovereign launch initiative
UK opens competitive bid for GBP 75 million orbital cleanup mission
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  Two Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Fly in Close Formation, Move AHR Program Closer to Autonomous Aerial Refueling Northrop Grumman, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center have successfully completed a series of flight demonstrations, moving DARPA's Autonomou ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin-Led Team to Begin Work on $4.6 Billion Defense Information Systems Agency Contract Lockheed Martin will begin managing the transformation of the Department of Defense's global data network, known as the Global Information Grid. The determination on this Defense Information S ... more | .. |
  Russian space science: microsatellites, distant planets, space plasma and cosmic ray studies The Russian Space Agency's head, Vladimir Popovkin, has announced Russia's plans for space in the coming decade. Among the priorities, to be implemented before 2020, is sending a spacecraft to the M ... more | .. |
 Dead stars could be the future of spacecraft navigation Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the University of Leicester have been commissioned by the European Space Agency (ESA) to investigate the feasibility of using dead stars to n ... more |
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  Sea and space meet for business in Ireland A new ESA project led by Irish industry is putting satellite data to use for monitoring the quality of coastal water. The Irish minister for Research and Innovation is supporting this initiative, in ... more | .. |
 Terrain System Will Help Tactical Low-Level Flight For Transport Planes An innovative Terrain Following and Terrain Avoidance (TF/TA) system under development at Elbit Systems, in cooperation with Northrop Grumman, will enable pilots to fly and maneuver more safely in T ... more | .. |
 Electromagnetic Interference/Capability testing and structural dynamics testing completed for LDCM Orbital Sciences Corporation recently completed Electromagnetic Interference/Capability (EMI/EMC) testing and structural dynamics testing of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite. ... more | .. |
  ISS Set to Launch Microsatellites Five international microsatellites CubeSat are scheduled to be launched on Thursday from the International Space Station (ISS) following a week-long delay of technical errors, a spokesman for the Ru ... more |
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Glacier retreat could drive a surge in volcanic eruptions worldwide
UK thermal satellite firm wins ESA contract to deliver real time climate and security insights
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 Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration An elevator to transport people to the moon, an inflatable habitat for living in space, a sleek new spacesuit for a stroll on Mars: These are some of the fascinating exhibits in Beyond Planet Earth: ... more | .. |
 Dead stars could be cosmic 'GPS' Dead stars could be the future of spacecraft navigation, replacing earth-based systems with a cosmic "global positioning system," British researchers say. ... more | .. |
 HorizonSat Taps ASC Signal for Antennas to Support New Teleports ASC Signal Corporation has been awarded a contract by HorizonSat Teleports GmbH, a subsidiary of HorizonSat. HorizonSat is a major provider of satellite services located in the United Arab Emirates, ... more | .. |
Space Systems Loral Selected to Provide Direct Broadcast Satellite to DISH Network Space Systems/Loral, the world's leading provider of high-power commercial satellites, has announced that it was selected to provide a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) to an affiliate of DISH Networ ... more |
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  Oceans of Choice as Maritime VSAT Services Continue Dramatic Growth Despite, or perhaps because of, the hard times being faced by commercial fleet operators, maritime VSAT services have continued to grow strongly over the past two years. The number of vessels in ser ... more | .. |
 Spirent and ETS-Lindgren Collaborate to Advance A-GPS Performance for LTE Smartphones Spirent Communications, a leader in testing wireless networks, services and devices, has announced immediate availability of the first commercialized test solution for LTE assisted GPS (A-GPS) Over- ... more | .. |
Using LabSat in the absence of GPS The video explains how testing real world situations for development of vehicle satellite navigation systems can be a lengthy and difficult process. Most modern in-car systems not only use GPS ... more | .. |
New Telit GPS Miniature Receiver Based on Latest 3-D Embedded Technology is Market's Smallest Telit Wireless Solutions, a leading global vendor of high-quality machine-to-machine (M2M) modules and value-added services, has announced the introduction of the Jupiter SE880 ultra-compact GPS rec ... more |
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AI system accelerates aircraft concept design using language models
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 SSTL assists RapidEye ground station upgrade Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is undertaking a project to assist geospatial information provider RapidEye AG in upgrading and consolidating its ground station facilities. Engineers fr ... more | .. |
Key flight for Europe's GPS is cleared for launch The launch of two Galileo satellites, marking a crucial step in Europe's planned navigation system, has been cleared for Friday, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  ChangE-2 Mission To Lagrange L2 Point Last week, the 63rd International Astronautical Congress was held in Naples, Italy. One of the more interesting papers addresses the recent Chinese Chang'e-2 mission to the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange poi ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin-Led Industry Team Receives $13.5 Million Contract to Develop New Autonomous Technology Aboard Unmanned Aircraft The Office of Naval Research has awarded a $13.5 million contract to an industry team led by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to explore highly advanced autonomous technologies aboard an unmanned vertica ... more |
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  Raytheon awarded $349 million US Army contract for TOW missiles Raytheon has received a $349 million five-year, multi-year contract to provide heavy anti-tank, wireless precision-assault missiles for the U.S. government. Raytheon received the award during its th ... more | .. |
 US drone strike kills five 'militants' in Pakistan A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed five insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Wednesday, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 Report: Funding for Iron Dome could be cut U.S. funding for Israel's Iron Dome counter-rocket system, a key component of the country's developing missile defense shield, could be reduced because of severe defense spending cuts. ... more | .. |
  Two flights grounded in China after phone threats: airline Two planes were grounded at Chinese airports on Tuesday after anonymous threatening phone calls were received, an airline said, a day after a hoax threat forced a plane to make an emergency landing. ... more |
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