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March 18, 2010
SPACEMART
Ariane Chair Says Existing Launch Services Meet Industry Needs
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 18, 2010
The push by certain telecommunications operators for additional players in the space lift marketplace could work to the satellite industry's own detriment, generating an overcapacity situation and potentially creating launch services quality issues. This was the conclusion of several participants in a panel discussion on the launch sector's future, which was organized as part of the Satellite 2010 conference of telecommunications executives, managers and service providers. Taking part in the ... read more

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EXO WORLDS

CoRoT-9b - A Temperate Exoplanet
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TIME AND SPACE

NASA's Spitzer Unearths Primitive Black Holes
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Planck Sees Tapestry Of Cold Dust
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MOON DAILY

LRO Camera Releases Science Data From First Six Months
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STATION NEWS

Change Of Command As Expedition 22 Prepares For Return
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

New Planck Images Reveal Large-Scale Structure In The Milky Way
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TIME AND SPACE

Astronomers Observe Fast Growing Primitive Black Holes
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MERCURY RISING

Ten Craters On Mercury Receive New Names
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GPS NEWS

GMV To Provide GPS Tech For Malaysian Urban Transportation System
LAUNCH PAD

Launch Of Nimiq 6 In 2012
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LAUNCH PAD

Shootout at Indian space facility
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ROBO SPACE

Robot helps stroke victims use their arms
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EXO WORLDS

'Cool Jupiter' widens search for exoplanets
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Simulations Solve A 20-Year-Old Riddle
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MOON DAILY
Solving A 37-Year Old Space Mystery
London, Canada (SPX) Mar 17, 2010
A researcher from The University of Western Ontario has helped solve a 37-year old space mystery using lunar images released yesterday by NASA and maps from his own atlas of the moon. Phil Stooke, a professor cross appointed to Western's Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Geography, published a major reference book on lunar exploration in 2007 entitled, "The International Atlas of Lu ... more

ROCKET SCIENCE
Green Satellite Fuel Designed To Make Space Safer
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 17, 2010
On the day running up to launch when a spacecraft is fuelled, ground personnel look more like astronauts than engineers, putting on spacesuit-like protective gear. This is an essential precaution when dealing with the current hydrazine fuel, but a new development could make satellite fuelling no more dangerous than filling up a car. First used in rocket engines by the German Luftwaff ... more

JOVIAN DREAMS
See Spot On Jupiter. See Spot Glow
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2010
New thermal images from powerful ground-based telescopes show swirls of warmer air and cooler regions never seen before within Jupiter's Great Red Spot, enabling scientists to make the first detailed interior weather map of the giant storm system. The observations reveal that the reddest color of the Great Red Spot corresponds to a warm core within the otherwise cold storm system, and imag ... more

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IRON AND ICE

Interrogating The Asteroid

UAV NEWS

C2-C4ISR Systems Constitutes Around 5 Percent Of National Defence Budgets


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UAV NEWS
C-130E Completes Last Combat Mission

Soldiers Look For Better Reaction Time And Increased Lethality

500th Directional Infrared Countermeasures System Delivered

UAV NEWS
Aegis Weapon System Tested During International Multiple Ship Demonstration

India's missile shield test fails: officials

India's defense shield test fails

UAV NEWS
Belarus touts anti-air defense system for Venezuela

Raytheon Awarded Contract For SLAMRAAM Long-Lead Purchases

France buys U.S. missiles, upgrades army

UAV NEWS
US says needs base to defend Japan

Germany now world's No. 3 arms exporter

Market For Military Robots Will Reach $9.8 Billion By 2016

UAV NEWS
Robot helps stroke victims use their arms

Avatars In Space

Japanese baby-bot with runny nose teaches parenting skills

UAV NEWS
Vietnam records second bird flu death this year

Bangladesh slaughters 117,000 birds over avian flu

World could soon shield most newborns from HIV: Global Fund

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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Elbit Systems Awarded Contract For Command, Control And Communications System For ADF
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Mar 18, 2010
Elbit Systems has announced that it was awarded a contract from the Department of Defence of the Commonwealth of Australia in the amount of approximately $298 million U.S. dollars (approximately $ 331 million Australian dollars) for the supply, integration, installation and support of a Battle Group and Below Command, Control and Communications (BGC3) system for the Australian Army's Land 75/125 program. The BGC3 comprises a Battle Management System (BMS) for soldiers, Vehicle Mounted Commanders a ... read more

UAV NEWS
Sanyo sets up solar parking lots for electric bikes

Surface Power Signs Partnership Agreement With Solar Energy Initiatives

Suntech Selected To Power Taiwan's Largest Solar Power Plant

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UAV NEWS
Russian ecologists slam 'horrifying' nuclear waste bill

Nuclear power a possibility for Indonesia

Poland sticks to 2020 target for first nuclear plant: official

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UAV NEWS
Haiti reveals ambitious reconstruction plan

Haiti reconstruction estimated at 11.5 billion dollars

State of disaster declared in cyclone-hit Fiji

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UAV NEWS
US operations have already started in Kandahar: commander

US missile strikes kill 10 in Pakistan

US drone strike, gunfight kill 20 militants in Pakistan

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UAV NEWS
C2-C4ISR Systems Constitutes Around 5 Percent Of National Defence Budgets

Hummingbird Completes Cargo Delivery Demonstration

US missile strikes kill 12 militants in Pakistan: officials

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