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Falcon 9 Ready For Final Assembly At CapeCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 11, 2010 SpaceX reportsthat all the flight hardware for the first launch of the Falcon 9 vehicle is now at the SpaceX launch site, Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Final delivery included the Falcon 9 second stage, which recently completed testing at the SpaceX test facility in McGregor, Texas. SpaceX has now initiated full vehicle integration of the 47 meter (154 feet) tall, 3.6 meter (12 feet) diameter rocket, which will include a Dragon spacecraft qualification unit. ... read more |
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London, UK (SPX) Feb 11, 2010Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) believes that the publication of the Space "Innovation and Growth Strategy" document announced by Lord Drayson is a welcomed initiative that will act as a catalyst to generating much needed additional business for the UK space industry and stimulate the expansion of the small satellite sector. The global space sector has grown at about 9% per year during ... more  
Luxembourg (SPX) Feb 11, 2010SES ASTRA has announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with the Italian corporation Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) for the deployment of 5,000 ASTRA2Connect terminals in Italy. GSE will use a dedicated ASTRA2Connect-based satellite service for telemetry and video surveillance applications in order to optimize the predictions of its renewable energy sources. GSE is a gover ... more 
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFNS) Feb 10, 2010With help from Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air Force is pursuing a Reusable Booster System concept as the potential next step towards a low-cost space access capability. Whereas current booster systems are entirely expendable and require long lead times prior to launch, an RBS equipped with boostback capability--such as the one recently tested in Arnold Engineering Development Cente ... more |
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India announces long-range nuclear-capable missile testNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 10, 2010 India will test a nuclear-capable missile with a range of over 5,000 kilometres (3,000 miles) within a year, its top military scientist said Wednesday, risking a rise in regional tensions. "The next series of missiles is Agni-V, which has left the drawing board and is moving toward the first flight trial within the year," the country's chief military scientist, V.K. Saraswat, told a news conference in New Delhi. India's current longest-range nuclear-capable missile, Agni-III, can travel a maximu ... read more |
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