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SES Negotiating To Sell AMC-14 To US Government Agency
Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Apr 23, 2008The fate of geo stationary satellite AMC-14 that failed to achieve its desired orbit in March continues to cause problems for the Luxembourg-based SES group and its underwriters. SpaceDaily has learned that SES has backtracked on their original plan to ditch the Lockheed Martin built A2100 satellite, and is trying to offload the spacecraft to a US government agency before an SES competitor or even one of its own customers buys it from the underwriters. ... more More Trouble For Opportunity's Robotic Arm 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2008A small motor in the robotic arm of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity that began stalling occasionally more than two years ago has become more troublesome recently. Rover engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., are diagnosing why the motor, one of five in the robotic arm, stalled on April 14 after much less motion that day than in the case of several earlier stal ... more GLOBE At Night 2008 Results A Solid Step Toward IYA 2009 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 25, 2008The international star-hunting activity known as GLOBE at Night inspired 6,838 measurements of night-sky brightness by citizen scientists around the world, including 660 digital measurements using handheld sky-quality meters. The third edition of GLOBE at Night was held from February 25-March 8, with assistance from the educational outreach networks of the Astronomical Society of the Pacif ... more Michigan Telescopes Help Give Astronomers Insights Into Blazars 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Apr 25, 2008For the first time, astronomers have observed a blazar in action, substantiating a prevailing theory about how these luminous and energetic galactic cores work. A paper on the observations is published in the April 24 issue of Nature. Two University of Michigan astronomers contributed to the research, which was led by Alan Marscher of the Institute for Astrophysical Research at Boston University ... more Explorers Flight Launch Set For June 
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 25, 2008The Explorers Flight will be launched on board a Falcon 1 rocket from the Marshall Islands, which are located in the Western Pacific. Launch is projected to occur in early June 2008 (no earlier than June 10). As has been our practice in conducting our six previous launches, when we believe that we are approximately one month from launch we will e-mail you an invitation to the launch, providing ... more |
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Strasbourg (AFP) April 23, 2008Europe's long-delayed Galileo satellite navigation system passed its final legal hurdle on Wednesday after the European Parliament gave the flag-ship project its green light. In an almost unanimous vote, members of the European Parliament set in stone the legal basis for the system, which has been plagued in the past by technical problems and infighting among EU nations, at a plenary session ... more Herschel Spacecraft Assembly Complete 
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 25, 2008The mirror of the Herschel telescope has now been assembled with the payload and service module, completing the spacecraft structure - an important milestone in the days following through to launch. The sunshield and solar arrays were assembled with the cryostat and service module on 11 April. The telescope was assembled on 16 April. The spacecraft will be subjected to several mechanical tests ... more NASA Awards Launch Services Contract To SpaceX 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 23, 2008NASA has awarded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, a NASA Launch Services contract for the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles. The NASA Launch Services contracts are multiple awards to multiple launch service providers. Twice per year, there is an opportunity for existing and emerging domestic launch service providers to submit proposals if their vehicles meet the minimum contract ... more CSIRO Astronomers To Join Private Data Highway Across USA 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 24, 2008The link will allow the ATNF and collaborating institutions to show that large data sets can be moved, in real time, to and from Australia and around the globe. "This will be important for demonstrating techniques that will be used for the international Square Kilometre Array radio telescope," said Professor Brian Boyle, Director of CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility. The award ... more QinetiQ North America Wins Contract For NASA Environmental Test And Integration Support Services II (ETIS) 
Fairfax VA (SPX) Apr 23, 2008QinetiQ North America has announced its Missions Solutions Group (MSG) has been awarded a five-year, $190 million contract with the National Aeronautical and Space Administration. Under this contract, QNA will provide a wide range of environmental test and integration services to support projects at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Such projects include the Hubble Space Telescope, the ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Apr 23, 2008NASA has selected General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. Under the terms of the $116,306,179 delivery order, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems will be responsible for the design and fabrication of the LDCM spacecraft bus, integration of the government furnished instruments, satellite-level testing, on-orbit ... more Boeing and Ball Aerospace Achieve New Milestone For SBSS Program 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 24, 2008The Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) System Block 10 team, led by Boeing with Ball Aerospace and Technologies providing the space vehicle, has announced completion of the payload electronics, high-speed gimbal and testing of the space vehicle's visible sensor, enabling the start of payload integration and test. The SBSS gimbal and visible sensor enable responsive tasking as events in ... more 'Invisible' Czechs protest over US anti-missile radar 
Prague (AFP) April 23, 2008Around 30 Czech opponents of a planned US radar base attempted to make themselves "invisible" on Wednesday to protest the support of local politicians and media towards the anti-missile system. Clothed entirely in white with white masks, the protesters marched through the centre of Prague before ending up at the headquarters of Czech public broadcaster, Czech Television. "It is an event ... more Larger Pacific Climate Event Helps Current La Nina Linger 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2008Boosted by the influence of a larger climate event in the Pacific, one of the strongest La Ninas in many years is slowly weakening but continues to blanket the Pacific Ocean near the equator, as shown by new sea-level height data collected by the U.S.-French Jason oceanographic satellite. This La Nina, which has persisted for the past year, is indicated by the blue area in the center of ... more NASA selects Landsat spacecraft contractor 
Washington, April 23, 2008 The U.S. space agency says it's selected General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Inc. to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission spacecraft. The $116 million National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract makes the company responsible for the design and fabrication of the LDCM spacecraft, integration of government furnished instruments, satellite-level testing, on-orbit ... more
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