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December 03, 2015

Orbital ATK's cargo delivery mission to ISS set for Launch
Dulles VA (SPX) Dec 03, 2015
Orbital ATK is in final preparations for the company's next CygnusTM spacecraft cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS). This mission marks the first launch of a Cygnus spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket and will be Orbital ATK's fourth operational mission (OA-4) to the ISS for NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. The mission also marks the debut of the enhanced Cygnus, which will carry approximately 7,700 pounds (3,500 kilograms) of car ... read more

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				Progress continues on test version of SLS Connection Hardware The forward cone for a test version of the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) - part of NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System - is lifted out of a weld tool following completion of eight verti ... more		Peryphon Development to supply rugged tactical communication products Peryphon Development has announced that it has received an order for the supply of its advanced rugged military communication products and systems to the armed forces of an undisclosed country. ... more

USAF works with Congress to get leeway on using Russian RD-180 Engines The US air force is working with Congress to ease restrictions on using Russian RD-180 rocket engines, US Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James stated on Wednesday. In 2014, Congress passed a ... more		ELaNa IX mission launches first cubesat built by elementary school students NASA will enable the deployment of three small research satellites, or CubeSats, selected through the CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) for two universities and one primary school as part of the nint ... more		Airbus CO3D satellites begin mission to generate high precision global 3D map BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications		More Galileo satellites broadcasting navigation signals Having completed their rigorous checks in space, two more of Europe's Galileo satellites are now fully operational, broadcasting navigation signals and, from today, relaying search and rescue messag ... more
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Orion's power system to be put to the test NASA is about to begin testing the heart of Orion's power systems at the world's largest, most powerful space environment simulation facility early next year. Test engineers at NASA Glenn Research C ... more		Laser Power: Russia develops energy beam for satellite refueling Russian scientists have developed a unique system for the transmission of electricity between spacecraft using lasers and photoelectric converters, according to the Russian daily Izvestia. Fed ... more		New detector perfect for asteroid mining, planetary research The grizzled asteroid miner is a stock character in science fiction. Now, a couple of recent events - one legal and the other technological - have brought asteroid mining a step closer to reality. ... more		Identifying new sources of turbulence in spherical tokamaks For fusion reactions to take place efficiently, the atomic nuclei that fuse together in plasma must be kept sufficiently hot. But turbulence in the plasma that flows in facilities called tokamaks ca ... more

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