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October 08, 2014

Venezuela to build satellite "Sucre" in 36 months with China's help
Caracas, Venezuela (XNA) Oct 08, 2014
The manufacturing and launching of Venezuela's third satellite will take some 36 months with the help of Chinese technology, said the country's head of planning and information on Monday. The satellite, which was named after the independence hero Antonio Jose de Sucre, will have remote sensing capacities and support such strategic areas as health, energy, food security, border surveillance and agricultural planning, Ricardo Menendez told a press conference. Minister of Science and Technology ... read more

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"Dream Chaser" Chases Its Dream "Dream Chaser" is the name given to a possible future reusable crewed suborbital and orbital lifting-body spaceplane. Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has been working toward development of the vehic ... more		Setting sail for ESA spaceplane recovery The boat that will lift ESA's unmanned IXV spaceplane out of the Pacific Ocean after the research flight next month set sail on Saturday from Genoa in Italy. The Nos Aries received a special send-of ... more		Britain, Germany jointly developing missiles: ministers Kazakhstan denies reports Russia to leave Baikonur spaceport 'Paradigm shift': Germany says to meet Trump's NATO spending target		S-400 Air Defense Regiment Takes up Duty in Russia's South The S-400 Triumf air defense missile system regiment that was deployed in the Southern Military District, has taken up combat duty near the Russian city of Krasnodar, the press service of the distri ... more
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Belgium parliament votes to ditch nuclear power phase-out

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BAE Systems Australia building avionics components for F-35

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"Multi-spectra glasses" for scanning electron microscopy

World Bank cuts China, East Asia growth forecasts

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