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Scientists Receive First CryoSat-2 DataParis, France (ESA) Jul 22, 2010 A better understanding of how Earth's ice fields are changing has come another step closer as the first data from ESA's ice mission are released to selected scientists around the world for fine-tuning. This release, which comes just three months after CryoSat-2 was launched, is the first milestone in the scientific exploitation of the mission's data. These data are essential for determining tiny variations in the thickness of ice floating in the polar oceans and in the large ice sheets that blanke ... read more |
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Andrews Space And Honeybee Robotics Team To Develop Spacecraft Control Moment Gyroscopes
New York NY (SPX) Jul 21, 2010Andrews Space and Honeybee Robotics jointlyhas announced that they have entered into an exclusive teaming arrangement to provide control moment gyros for a range of spacecraft sizes. Under the agreement Andrews Space (Andrews) and Honeybee Robotics (Honeybee) will leverage their respective strengths in systems engineering, spacecraft attitude determination and control technology, spacecraf ... more New Prospect For Space Arms Control
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 21, 2010Over the past two decades, the absence of a peer military competitor has tempted US warfighters to seize the ultimate high ground and place weapons in space. The Russians and Chinese have vehemently opposed this effort and recently drafted a space arms control treaty. Although the previous administration disregarded the Russian-Chinese proposal, President Barack Obama expressed the will to ... more Space Tracking And Surveillance System Demonstration Satellites Observe Flight Test
Pacific Missile Range Facility HI (SPX) Jul 21, 2010The Northrop Grumman Corporation and Raytheon Company built Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration program satellites participated in a test of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA's) Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on June 28 in the most thorough indication yet of the space-based sensor's capabilities. The STSS Demonstration satellites detected th ... more |
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Boeing To Demonstrate NATO AWACS Control Of Unmanned Airborne SystemSeattle WA (SPX) Jul 22, 2010 The Boeing Company will demonstrate control of the ScanEagle unmanned airborne system (UAS) by a NATO Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft during Empire Challenge 2010. This annual demonstration of joint and coalition intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance interoperability is sponsored by the U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Empire Challenge, hosted by the U.S. Joint Forces Command, will take place from July 26 to Aug. 13 at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Boeing ... read more |
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