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January 16, 2013

NASA's Robotic Refueling Demo Set to Jumpstart Expanded Capabilities in Space
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 16, 2013
In mid-January, NASA will take the next step in advancing robotic satellite-servicing technologies as it tests the Robotic Refueling Mission, or RRM aboard the International Space Station. The investigation may one day substantially impact the many satellites that deliver products Americans rely upon daily, such as weather reports, cell phones and television news. During five days of operations, controllers from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will use the space station's remotely operated Spec ... read more

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Iran renews plan to send monkey into space: reports Iran will try again to send a live monkey into space after a previous attempt failed in 2011, media reports said Tuesday quoting the space chief, who gave a launch date of before mid-February. ... more		Moscow still waits Astana's response on Baikonur spaceport use prospects Russia's still has not received an official response from Kazakhstan to its note issued on December 13, 2012 regarding the prospects of using the Baikonur space port, a source with the national spac ... more		Orbcomm Completes Term Loan Financing with AIG for Growth Capital Orbcomm Inc. has completed a debt financing in the form of a five-year term loan through a Senior Secured Note Agreement in the principal amount of $45 million with AIG Asset Management (U.S.), LLC. ... more
				Unilever Buys 22 Flights On XCOR Lynx Suborbiter For AXE Campaign Commercial spaceflight is entering the main stream and looking (and smelling) quite good! United Kingdom-based Unilever Group, and Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) announced a 22 flight purchase o ... more		TS Receives Funding For SNAP Deployable Satellite Systems Equipment TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. has received $3.4 million in incremental funding from the U.S. Army for equipment, field services support and maintenance of Secure Internet Protocol Router and Non-S ... more

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Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for Production of PAC-3 Missiles Lockheed Martin received a contract totaling $755 million from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for hardware and services associated with the combat-proven PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (P ... more		TerraLuma Selects Headwall's Micro Hyperspec for UAV Applications The TerraLuma Project (University of Tasmania, Australia) is partnering with Headwall Photonics to bring hyperspectral technology to its fleet of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Because the r ... more		France says Australia defence ties repaired after submarine row Trump: U.S. to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine, EU to pay bill Ukraine, Russia trade blows in escalating spy war		Northrop Grumman, Cassidian Fly First Sensor-Equipped Euro Hawk Northrop Grumman and EADS Deutschland GmbH, operating through Cassidian, together achieved a major milestone with the first full system test flight of the EURO HAWK unmanned aircraft system (UAS) eq ... more
				Study reveals ordinary glass's extraordinary properties Technologically valuable ultrastable glasses can be produced in days or hours with properties corresponding to those that have been aged for thousands of years, computational and laboratory studies ... more		Chemical modules that mimic predator-prey and other behaviors Scientists are reporting development of chemical modules that can reproduce, on an "unprecedented" molecular level, changes and interactions that occur in natural populations of plants and animals, ... more

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Bottom-up approach provides first characterization of pyroelectric nanomaterials By taking a "bottom-up" approach, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have observed for the first time that "size does matter" in regards "pyroelectricity"-the current/volt ... more		Russia plans replacement for Soyuz rocket Russia's struggling space agency has unveiled a new multi-billion-dollar plan that will see the development of a replacement for the ageing Soyuz rocket by 2020. ... more		Ancient zircon data reveals tectonic origin of Earth's first continental crust Autonomous sub explores unexplored trench depths to reveal critical mineral clues Europe launches first geostationary atmospheric sounder to boost extreme weather forecasts		Robot Spheres in zero-gravity action A squadron of mini satellites on the International Space Station will wake up this Friday to obey remote commands from students across Europe. Watch a live broadcast from space as teams make the dro ... more
				Roscosmos Releases Report On Proton Launch Anomaly Roscosmos management has reviewed and approved the report provided by the Russian working group investigating the Proton launch anomaly during the Yamal 402 mission and have provided the report to K ... more		Russia Set to Launch Three Military Satellites Russia will launch on Tuesday three Cosmos series military-purpose satellites, the Defense Ministry said on Monday. A Rokot launch vehicle carrying the satellites will lift off from the Plesetsk Spa ... more

Study reveals ordinary glass's extraordinary properties

Bottom-up approach provides first characterization of pyroelectric nanomaterials

Chemical modules that mimic predator-prey and other behaviors

TS Receives Funding For SNAP Deployable Satellite Systems Equipment

Russia Set to Launch Three Military Satellites

MUOS Waveform Will Improve Secure Communications Capabilities

Roscosmos Releases Report On Proton Launch Anomaly

Russia plans replacement for Soyuz rocket

Arianespace's industry leadership will continue with 12 launcher family missions planned in 2013

New location system could compete with GPS

Beidou's unique services attractive to Chinese companies

China eyes greater market share for its GPS rival

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Atomic 6 receives 2M Space Force award to advance next generation solar arrays

ESA and Neuraspace develop autonomous satellite navigation technologies

Planet secures 240 million euro satellite services contract with German government

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Hannover Re hit by 261-million-euro loss from Sandy		Fusion helped by collision science		Boeing Grows Composite Manufacturing Capability in Utah		China-owned BOC Aviation says ordering 50 Airbus A320s		Nissan cuts price of electric Leaf

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Japan issues $87.8 bn in bonds to pay for stimulus

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US seeks new global trade deal for services

Hollande calls for more investments in clean energy

Facebook launches search engine for friends' content

China Internet users hit 564 million in 2012

Jeep to build cars in China with GAC

Luxury models dazzle Detroit auto show

Style, luxury and performance in Detroit as auto sales boom

China eyes hiking foreign investment quota for markets

Toyota regains global auto sales crown

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VW hits global sales record, still trails Toyota

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Walker's World: EU - from acute to chronic

Honda chief hopes for end to China, Japan dispute

US student could "doodle" way to college money

Dell shares soar on talk of going private

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