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September 17, 2013

Study indicates space weather may be to blame for some satellite failures
Cambridge MA (SPX) Sep 18, 2013
Is your cable television on the fritz? One explanation, scientists suspect, may be the weather - the weather in space, that is. MIT researchers are investigating the effects of space weather - such as solar flares, geomagnetic storms and other forms of electromagnetic radiation - on geostationary satellites, which provide much of the world's access to cable television, Internet services and global communications. Geostationary satellites orbit at the same rate as the Earth's rotation, essentially ... read more

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USAF Institute of Technology signs Agreement on new GPS technology development with Locata The U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) has signed a Co-operative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Locata Corporation to build and demonstrate new Locata technology for use ... more		Q and A: John Richardson and John Belcher on Voyager 1's crossing and interstellar exploration On Sept. 12, scientists announced that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft had gone where no man or machine has gone before: beyond the solar system, and into interstellar space. According to data from the ... more		Next Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral for Launch Boeing workers lift the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-5 satellite onto a transporter following its Aug. 1 arrival at the Navstar Processing Facility on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. ... more
				NASA Celebrates National Aerospace Week Every time you step aboard an airplane there's an excellent chance that a piece of innovative NASA technology will be flying with you, helping to ensure you have a safe and efficient flight. I ... more		Voyager 1 spacecraft reaches interstellar space University of Iowa space physicist Don Gurnett says there is solid evidence that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has become the first manmade object to reach interstellar space, more than 11 billion mil ... more

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Raytheon UK receives first order for its latest GPS Anti-Jam prototype Raytheon UK has taken its first order for a pre-production MiniGAS, the latest in GPS Anti-Jam technology, designed and manufactured by the company in the U.K. This contract, awarded by an undisclos ... more		Northrop Grumman Delivers AEHF Flight 4 Antenna Precision Pointing Unit The recent delivery of an electronics unit that precisely positions a highly sophisticated suite of antennas for the U.S. Air Force's fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite contin ... 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		GPS 3 And OCX Satellite Launch and Early Orbit Operations Successfully Demonstrated Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have completed the third of five planned launch and early orbit exercises to demonstrate the launch readiness of the world's most powerful and accurate Global Positionin ... more
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Israel's missile makers move toward U.S. production deals Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, one of Israel's leading defense companies, and the Raytheon Co., based in the United States, are reported to be seeking to integrate the jointly funded Israeli-made Stunner air-defense interceptor missile into an advanced version of the U.S. Patriot system. ... more		Iran looks to put Persian cat into space Iran has settled on a Persian cat as the best candidate for its latest trial for a manned space mission it hopes to make by 2020, state media reported Monday. ... more		Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage		Russia launches three communication satellites Russia successfully put three satellites into orbit, the federal space agency Roscosmos said Thursday. "The launch was carried out at 3:22 Moscow time (2322 GMT Wednesday) from the Plesetsk De ... more
				Voyager 1 Spotted from Earth with NRAO's VLBA and GBT Telescopes Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and Green Bank Telescope (GBT) spotted the faint radio glow from NASA's famed Voyager 1 spacecraft - the mo ... more		NASA Interns Start Work on Future CubeSat Mission This summer, a group of interns at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., hoped to make their impact on the center last more than their 10-week term. Under the Applied Engineeri ... more

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Arianespace remains the global launch services leader

Russia launches three communication satellites

Russian space official denies report of problem in Soyuz return

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Unified Military Intelligence Picture Helping to Dispel the Fog of War

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