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Falcon 9 To Launch SES-8 To GTO In 2013Luxembourg (SPX) Mar 14, 2011 As the Satellite 2011 conference kicked off in Washington, D.C., Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and SES today announced an agreement to launch an SES satellite using the Falcon 9 rocket. SES is one of the largest satellite operators in the world, and the deal marks what will be the first geostationary satellite launch using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. The firm launch agreement with SpaceX also includes an option for a second SES launch. It supplements SES' existing multi-launch agreements w ... read more |
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  NASA Images Tsunami Impact Across Northeastern Japan The extent of inundation from the destructive and deadly tsunami triggered by the March 11, 2011, magnitude 8.9 earthquake centered off Japan's northeastern coast about 130 kilometers (82 miles) eas ... more | .. |
 DLR Releases Satellite Images Of Japanese Disaster Area After the severe earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters' was activated on the morning of the 11 March 2011. All participating institutions were asked t ... more | .. |
  SSTL's European GNSS Payload Passes Design Review Payloads being delivered by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) for Europe's future satellite navigation system have passed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR), having proved to a panel including ... more | .. |
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  Russia delays ISS launch for 'technical reasons' Russia is delaying the planned launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station on March 30 due to a technical problem with the spacecraft, space agency Roskosmos said Monday. ... more | .. |
  LRO Images Lunar Farside In Stunning Detail Because the moon is tidally locked (meaning the same side always faces Earth), it was not until 1959 that the farside was first imaged by the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft (hence the Russian names for pr ... more | .. |
  Arianespace Moves To New Launcher Designation For Ariane, Soyuz And Vega The launcher components for Arianespace's third Ariane 5 mission of 2011 arrived this week in French Guiana, marking the first step in preparations for a heavy-lift flight with the ST-2 and GSAT-8 t ... more | .. |
  Color View From Orbit Shows Mars Rover Beside Crater NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has nearly completed its three-month examination of a crater informally named "Santa Maria," but before the rover resumes its overland trek, an orbiting cam ... 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
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  An Old Galaxy Cluster Discovered In The Young Universe Astronomers working with data from several observatories, including ESA's XMM-Newton, have discovered the most distant, mature galaxy cluster yet. The cluster is seen as it was when the Universe was ... more | .. |
  Aero SatComms Market Booming With New Apps Driven by ever-increasing communications needs from cockpit and cabin applications, revenue in the global aeronautical satellite communications market grew by almost 25% in 2010 and will continue to ... more | .. |
  The Marangoni Effect: A Fluid Phenom What do a wine glass on Earth and an International Space Station experiment have in common? Well, observing the wine glass would be one of few ways to see and understand the experiment being perform ... more | .. |
  Vesta - An Asteroid In 3D What might asteroid Vesta look like? In a new animation, researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have recreated the asteroid in 3D. In the animati ... more |
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  NASA Study Goes To Earth's Core For Climate Insights The latest evidence of the dominant role humans play in changing Earth's climate comes not from observations of Earth's ocean, atmosphere or land surface, but from deep within its molten core. ... more | .. |
 Rayonier's GIS Strengthens Asset Management Capability Rayonier signed an enterprise license agreement (ELA) with Esri that enables the international forest products company to improve land management of its 2.4 million acres of sustainably managed fore ... more | .. |
 Houston To Name Avenue After Soviet Cosmonaut Gagarin The Russkiy Mir foundation will next week name a park avenue in the U.S. city of Houston after the first man in space, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. To mark the 50th anniversary of the histor ... more | .. |
  Shuttle Endeavour At Launch Pad Liftoff Practice Set After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 11, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits the next major milestone for its upcoming flight to the International S ... 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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 United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Fourth NRO Mission In Six Months A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 6:38 p.m. local time EST Friday (Mar 11). Designate ... more | .. |
 Toward Real Time Observation Of Electron Dynamics In Atoms And Molecules Another step has been taken in matter imaging. By using very short flashes of light produced by a technology developed at the national infrastructure Advanced Laser Light Source (ALLS) located at IN ... more | .. |
  How Do People Respond To Being Touched By A Robot For people, being touched can initiate many different reactions from comfort to discomfort, from intimacy to aggression. But how might people react if they were touched by a robot? Would they recoil ... more | .. |
 OSI Geospatial to supply New Zealand navy OSI Geospatial signed a $2 million contract with Siemens to provide an Integrated Bridge System for the New Zealand navy's frigate Platform System Upgrade Program. ... more |
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  India tests two nuclear-capable missiles India tested two short-range nuclear-capable missiles along its eastern coast on Friday, an official said, as part of the nation's efforts to build up its nuclear deterrent. ... more | .. |
 Trident II D5 Missile Achieves 135th Consecutive Test Flight The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight March 1 of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). The Navy launched the unarmed missile from the submerg ... more | .. |
 Shot US lawmaker expected at shuttle launch US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is expected to attend next month's space shuttle launch commanded by her astronaut husband, a spokesman said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Delta rocket with secret payload launched A Delta IV rocket carrying a classified spacecraft was successfully launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 37, officials said. ... 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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 New TomTom PRO 7150 Delivers Improved Efficiency For Businesses TomTom has unveiled a new navigation device for the North American market designed for businesses to deliver clear bottom-line benefits. The PRO 7150 from TomTom Business Solutions, the business uni ... more | .. |
 MapMyFITNESS To Attend 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival MapMyFITNESS has announced that it will attend and exhibit at the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival. The company aims to engage festival participants and demonstrate the ways that web and mobile techno ... more | .. |
 Garmin Announces The G1000H For Helicopters Garmin International has announced the G1000H, an all-glass avionics system designed specifically for the VFR Part 27 helicopter market. The G1000H provides important flight data - flight instrument ... more | .. |
 New Marine And Coastal Geospatial Data Available Astrium GEO-Information Services has introduced new marine and coastal geospatial data that is now downloadable from its www.geostore.com store. The new data includes the Admiralty Raster Charts, an ... more |
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  Asteroid 2005 YU55 To Approach Earth Nov 8 2011 Near-Earth asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass within 0.85 lunar distances from the Earth on November 8, 2011. The upcoming close approach by this relatively large 400 meter-sized, C-type asteroid presents ... more | .. |
 Complementary Technology Could Provide Solution To Our GPS Vulnerability The GNSS Interference, Detection and Monitoring Conference 2011 follows Tuesday's Royal Academy of Engineering report that set out the risks of GPS disruption from solar storms or illegal jamming an ... more | .. |
 Coalition To Save Our GPS Launched Representatives from a wide variety of industries and companies have announced that they have joined together to form the "Coalition to Save Our GPS" to resolve a serious threat to the Global Positi ... more | .. |
 Testing Mars Missions In Morocco "This site is called Moon 2," says Gian Gabriele Ori of the International Research School of Planetary Sciences (IRSPS). He pauses, looks around, and then says with a laugh, "I don't remember the re ... more |
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