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No Major Flaw In Failed GSLV-F06Mumbai, India (PTI) Feb 07, 2011 There was no major design flaw in the Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle of the Indian Space Research Organisation - GSLV-F06 - which crashed seconds after take-off on December 25 last year, said Dr G Madhavan Nair, chairman of the fact-finding committee. The GSLV Analysis Committee headed by Nair will be able to draw final conclusion within next few weeks, he told PTI. GSLV-F06 (with GSAT-5P Satellite onboard) was normal up to 47.5 seconds from the lift-off. The events leading to the fa ... read more |
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  China's hostile space capabilities worry US: official China is developing "counterspace" weapons that could shoot down satellites or jam signals, a Pentagon official said Friday as the United States unveiled a 10-year strategy for security in space. ... more | .. |
 National Security Space Strategy Targets Safety, Stability The National Security Space Strategy responds to the realities of a space environment that is increasingly crowded, challenging and competitive, said senior Defense Department officials. "The ... more | .. |
  Northern Mars Landscape Actively Changing Sand dunes in a vast area of northern Mars long thought to be frozen in time are changing with both sudden and gradual motions, according to research using images from a NASA orbiter. These du ... more | .. |
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  First Ever STEREO Images Of Entire Sun It's official: The sun is a sphere. On Feb. 6th, NASA's twin STEREO probes moved into position on opposite sides of the sun, and they are now beaming back uninterrupted images of the entire star-fro ... more | .. |
  European Commissioner: Space Is A Must To Tackle Climate Change At a Hearing held this week at the European Parliament, Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for DG Climate Action, stated that observations from space are absolutely essential on the road to mon ... more | .. |
  XMM-Newton Technology On New Telescopes Astronomers gazing deep into the night sky to uncover the Universe's secrets will soon be able to discover even more star-births and planets thanks to new telescopes being built in Chile and Mexico ... more | .. |
  NASA Astronaut Mark Kelly Resumes Training For STS-134 Mission NASA astronaut Mark Kelly will resume training as commander of the STS-134 space shuttle mission on Monday, Feb. 7. With the exception of some proficiency training, Kelly has been on personal leave ... more |
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SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
Space Systems Command activates System Delta 80 for assured space access
Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military | .. |
  Vandenberg Launches Minotaur One A Minotaur I rocket was launched from Space Launch Complex-8 here at 4:26 a.m. (PST) Feb. 6. The rocket carried a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Col. R ... more | .. |
  International Partners Discuss ISS Operations The International Space Station partner agencies met Thursday, Feb. 3, by videoconference to discuss coordinating the increased use of the space station as a research laboratory. The agencies want t ... more | .. |
  Proposed Mission To Jupiter System Achieves Milestone With input from scientists around the world, American and European scientists working on the potential next new mission to the Jupiter system have articulated their joint vision for the Europa Jupit ... more | .. |
  Shot US lawmaker's husband to return to space The astronaut husband of wounded US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said Friday he will lead the final mission of the space shuttle Endeavour in April and plans to resume training next week. ... more |
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  Surprise Hidden In Titan's Smog: Cirrus-Like Clouds Every day is a bad-air day on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Blanketed by haze far worse than any smog belched out in Los Angeles, Beijing or even Sherlock Holmes's London, the moon looks like a dirt ... more | .. |
  Hughes Supports MEXSAT Project Hughes Network Systems has announced that it has been selected by Boeing to provide the Ground Communications Network (GCN) for the MEXSAT Satellite Based Network (SBN) system. The GCN is inst ... more | .. |
  ISRO To Launch Remote Sensing Resourcesat In February The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is getting ready to launch Resourcesat 2, a remote sensing earth observation satellite, by the end of February, officials said Monday. Remote sens ... more | .. |
  Iran opens centre for satellite images Iran on Sunday opened its first centre to receive satellite images, a new stage in its space programme that coincides with celebrations marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution. ... more |
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
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 Europe's ATV Space Ferry Ready For Launch ESA's latest Automated Transfer Vehicle is ready for launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, 15 February at 22:08 GMT from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The unmanned spa ... more | .. |
 Propellant System Tests Scheduled For Discovery During space shuttle Discovery's final spaceflight, the STS-133 crew members will take important spare parts to the International Space Station along with the Express Logistics Carrier-4. Stev ... more | .. |
 CryoSat Ice Data Now Open To All Scientists can now tap into a flow of new data that will help to determine exactly how Earth's ice is changing. This information from ESA's CryoSat mission is set to make a step change in our unders ... more | .. |
  A Six-Planet System A remarkable planetary system discovered by NASA's Kepler mission has six planets around a Sun-like star, including five small planets in tightly packed orbits. Astronomers at the University o ... more |
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 NASA Finds Earth-Size Planet Candidates In Habitable Zone Is our Milky Way galaxy home to other planets the size of Earth? Are Earth-sized planets common or rare? NASA scientists seeking answers to those questions recently revealed their discovery. " ... more | .. |
Martian Sand Dunes Re-Sculpted Regularly The avalanche faces of huge Martian sand dunes, long thought to be frozen in time on the distant planet, are being re-sculpted on a seasonal basis, according to results of an investigation led by a ... more | .. |
 German Receiver GREAT Installed On SOFIA For The First Time On 21 and 22 January 2011, the German Receiver for Astronomy at Terahertz Frequencies, GREAT, was installed on Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, for the first time. The ... more |
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The Quantum Age will be Powered by Fusion
Physicists map axion production paths inside deuterium tritium fusion reactors
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 Rover Staying Busy While Mars Is Behind The Sun Opportunity has entered the solar conjunction period. Solar conjunction is the period when communications between Earth and Mars are disrupted because the Sun is directly in between the two planets. ... more | .. |
  A Picture-Perfect Pure-Disc Galaxy The bright galaxy NGC 3621, captured here using the Wide Field Imager on the 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile, appears to be a fine example of a classical spiral. But it is ... more | .. |
 First Results Of Cluster's Auroral Acceleration Campaign Auroras, more commonly known as the northern and southern lights, are one of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring natural phenomena. New insights into the processes that generate Earth's auroras (an ... more | .. |
 First Iridium NEXT Hosted Payload Agreement Signed Iridium Communications has announced that Orbital Sciences has signed an agreement with Iridium that reserves hosted payload capacity on Iridium's next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium NE ... more |
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  Luxury watchmakers follow the money to Asia A measure of any Asian businessman is the time he keeps and, far more importantly, the watch he wears to mark it. ... more | .. |
 Report warns of wireless radiation risks A report in a U.S. journal says there are possible biological hazards and risks of genetic damage from unchecked proliferation of wireless technologies. ... more | .. |
  NATO Achieves First Step On TBMD Capability On 27 January 2011, NATO's first ever theatre ballistic missile defence (TBMD) capability has been handed over to NATO's military commanders. The handover took place at the NATO Combined Air Operati ... more | .. |
 Boeing And Northrop Grumman Submit Proposal For Missile Defense Competitive Contract Boeing and industry partner Northrop Grumman have submitted their joint proposal for the competitive development and sustainment contract for future work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) ... more |
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