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February 28, 2013

Stanford scientist closes in on a mystery that impedes space exploration
Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2013
New research by Stanford aeronautics and astronautics Assistant Professor Sigrid Close suggests she's on track to solve a mystery that has long bedeviled space exploration: Why do satellites fail? In the popular imagination, satellites are imperiled by impacts from "space junk" - particles of man-made debris the size of a pea (or greater) that litter the Earth's upper atmosphere - or by large meteoroids like the one that recently exploded spectacularly over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Although such ... read more

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CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

ATK Launch Abort Motor For First Orion Test Vehicle ATK has delivered a launch abort motor to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for Exploration Flight Test (EFT-1) of NASA's Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, scheduled to fly next year. The test fligh ... more		Fluids in Space, Shaken Not Stirred James Bond might be the first to tell you that a well-shaken martini is a vast improvement over one that has settled and separated. A good mixture depends on understanding exactly how much to agitat ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		NASA Partner Orbital Tests Rocket, Newest US Launch Pad NASA commercial partner Orbital Sciences of Dulles, Va., successfully conducted an engine test of its Antares rocket Friday, February 22, at the nation's newest launch pad. The company fired d ... more
				World's first "phonesat", STRaND-1, launched into orbit Launched into a 785km Sun-synchronous orbit on ISRO's PSLV launcher, the spacecraft is an innovative 3U CubeSat weighing 4.3 kg and is the world's first "phonesat" to go into orbit, as well as the f ... more		SSTL's 40th satellite platform launch: Sapphire reaches orbit Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is delighted that the Sapphire satellite, developed by prime contractor MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) on an SSTL-150 platform, has been succes ... more

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Air Operations Center Modernization Program PDR Completed

Advanced Communications Waveforms Ported To Navy Digital Modular Radios

'Faulty Ukrainian Parts' Blamed for Zenit Launch Failure

SpaceX 2 Launch Set for March 1

NASA Releases Glory Taurus XL Launch Failure Report Summary

USAF Awards Lockheed Martin Contracts to Begin Work on Next Set of GPS III Satellites

Telit Offers COMBO 2G Chip For Multi Satellite Positioning Receiver

Boeing Awarded USAF Contract to Continue GPS Modernization

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Quantum computers turn mechanical

New technology in the magnetic cooling of chips

Rutgers physicists test highly flexible organic semiconductors

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