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June 11, 2014

Google buys satellite imaging firm for $500 mn
San Francisco (AFP) June 10, 2014
Google announced plans Tuesday to buy the satellite group Skybox Imaging for $500 million, in a move to improve mapping and other services using geospatial data. "We've agreed to acquire Skybox Imaging, and we look forward to welcoming them to Google," a statement from the Internet giant said. "Their satellites will help keep our maps accurate with up-to-date imagery. Over time, we also hope that Skybox's team and technology will be able to help improve Internet access and disaster relief - are ... read more

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SpyMeSat Mobile App Now Offers High Resolution Satellite Imagery Orbit Logic has announced that the iPhone version of their SpyMeSat mobile app will now offer in-app purchase of recent high resolution satellite imagery. SpyMeSat users will be able to use their mo ... more		Solar Mini-Max Years ago, in 2008 and 2009 an eerie quiet descended on the sun. Sunspot counts dropped to historically-low levels and solar flares ceased altogether. As the longest and deepest solar minimum in a c ... more		Northrop Grumman to Supply Navigation System SKorea's KOMPSAT-2 Birds Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to provide space inertial reference systems for the GEO-KOMPSAT-2 space satellite pogram. Under ... more
				NASA Instruments on Rosetta Start Comet Science Three NASA science instruments aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus, are beginning observati ... more		Lie detector exposes sabotage of Proton-M booster Intentional damage to a Proton rocket booster was reportedly established by a polygraph and a criminal case has been initiated, Izvestia daily quotes the Ministry of Interior. Previously sabotage wa ... more

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Orion Crew And Service Modules Stacked Following the completion of the heat shield installation, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has stacked the Orion crew module atop of the service module. The stacking took place inside the Final Assembly ... more		Grand Swirls from NASA's Hubble This new Hubble image shows NGC 1566, a beautiful galaxy located approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Dorado (The Dolphinfish). NGC 1566 is an intermediate spiral galaxy ... more		Trump to U.N.: 'Your countries are going to hell' Taiwan running out of time for satellite communications, space chief tells AFP US lawmaker warns of military 'misunderstanding' risk with China		NASA Announces Two Upcoming Undersea Missions NASA is returning to the bottom of the ocean. Twice this summer, aquanauts participating in the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) will conduct activities on the ocean floor that wi ... more
				Boeing Completes 2nd 702HP Satellite for the Government of Mexico The Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT) and Boeing are a step closer to enhancing Mexico's mobile communications capabilities for government applications with the completion ... more		Opportunity Recovering From Flash Memory Problems Opportunity is exploring the west rim of Endeavour Crater. However, the rover experienced a set of reset events triggered by an error writing to flash memory. On Sol 3677 (May 28, 2014), Oppor ... more

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55-year old dark side of the moon mystery solved The Man in the Moon appeared when meteoroids struck the Earth-facing side of the moon creating large flat seas of basalt that we see as dark areas called maria. But no "face" exists on farside of th ... more		Kepler space telescope ready to start new hunt for exoplanets NASA's Kepler spacecraft is now fully operational for its new "Second Light" K2 mission. The telescope specializing in seeking planets outside of the solar system suffered a major malfunction last y ... more		Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires 'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years		Towards manned orbital mission: Iran to build its own spacecraft Iran has announced that it is planning to build its own orbital spaceship, the Fars news agency reports citing the head of the Iranian national space project, Mansur Kabganian. He said that "t ... more
Russian Space Corporation Says Unable to Conduct Complete Overhaul of Space Industry Russia's United Rocket and Space Corporation (URSC) cannot carry out a complete audit of all the agencies within the space industry as part of the reform, main works will be conducted in those enter ... more		Why We Need Rocket Engines For the past several months, the topic of rocket engines has been prominent in the space media. Most recently, Russia has threatened to stop selling its rocket engines to the U.S. for use on the Atl ... more		International experiment to change global weather forecasts: New Zealand scientists Scientists from five countries on Friday began one of the biggest ever scientific experiments in New Zealand, with the aim of significantly improving global weather forecasts. About 200 scient ... more		Mercury Passes in Front of the Sun, as Seen From Mars NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has imaged the planet Mercury passing in front of the sun, visible as a faint darkening that moves across the face of the sun. This is the first transit of the sun by a p ... more

	Bolivia receives China's bidding to build satellite The Bolivian Space Agency (ABE) said Thursday that it has received a bidding from China to build an exploration satellite for the country, which would be Bolivia's second satellite. Bolivia's ... more		Russia to launch biosatellite with mice on Board in 2019 The Russian biosatellite Bion-M2 with mice on board will be boosted into orbit in 2019, where it will operate for 60 days, the head of the Bion project Vladimir Sychev said. "The height of the ... more

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