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December 09, 2014

China to Roll Out Own Global Navigation System by 2020
Moscow, Russia (Sputnik) Dec 10, 2014
China's domestically developed global navigation satellite system Beidou will be fully operational by 2020, Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday citing the head of China Aerospace Science and Technology corporation. "The system's completion will help nurture a satellite navigation industry chain, producing economic and social benefits in diversified fields, including mapping, telecommunications and disaster relief," Lei Fanpei, was quoted as saying by Xinhua. By the beginning of the next deca ... read more

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UK Plans to Drill Into Moon, Explore Feasibility of Manned Base UK scientists have put forward goals for the country's recently-proposed Lunar Mission One program, the BBC reported on Monday. The researchers plan to drill 100 meters below the surface of th ... more		FinalFlight to Scatter Ashes in the Stratosphere over Australia FinalFlight is a new service that offers families the chance to scatter a loved one's ashes in the upper atmosphere, about one third the way to space. This unique service does not just scatter the a ... more		Asteroid 2014 UR116 Represents No Threat to the Earth Some recent press reports have suggested that an asteroid designated 2014 UR116, found on October 27, 2014, at the MASTER-II observatory in Kislovodsk, Russia, represents an impact threat to the Ear ... more
				NASA's New Orion Spacecraft Completes First Spaceflight Test NASA marked a major milestone Friday on its journey to Mars as the Orion spacecraft completed its first voyage to space, traveling farther than any spacecraft designed for astronauts has been in mor ... more		ADS to build Falcon Eye Earth-observation system for UAE Airbus Defence and Space has signed as the leader of the industrial team (including Thales Alenia Space as co-prime contractor), a contract with the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAEAF) ... more

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ATV views Space Station as never before ESA's fifth and last Automated Transfer Vehicle tested a new technique before docking with the International Space Station in August, at the same time revealing the orbital complex in a new light. ... more		GPS analysts bridge gap between launch, orbit The Air Force launched four GPS satellites into orbit this year, the highest number of GPS launches since 1993. As the Air Force continues to upgrade its most recognizable space constellation, a sma ... more		Major advancements in US space domain awareness through Space Systems Command Enhancing connectivity and readiness at Space Systems Command Space Systems Command Completes Key Software Upgrade for OPIR Monitoring at FORGE		Mars is a Four-Letter Word The recent launch of NASA's Orion spacecraft whipped the media into a frenzy. It was headline news across mainstream broadcasts and publications. We want the media to support space ... more
				NASA's CATS: A Launch of Exceptional Teamwork There aren't enough people on NASA's Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) team to field both sides of a football scrimmage, but there are enough to build and test the Earth-observing instrument, bo ... more		NASA-funded FOXSI to Observe X-Rays From Sun An enormous spectrum of light streams from the sun. We're most familiar with the conventional visible white light we see with our eyes from Earth, but that's just a fraction of what our closest star ... more

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New Patent For Aeroscraft Air Bearing Landing System Aeroscraft Corporation (Aeros) has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted U.S. patent number 8,864,068 for the Aeroscraft vertical takeoff and landing logis ... more		Airbus Defence and Space signs contract for Microwave Sounder instruments Airbus Defence and Space, the world's second largest space company, has signed a contract to build three MicroWave Sounder (MWS) instruments for the MetOp Second Generation series of satellites (Met ... more		NASA's ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space NASA study reveals comprehensive global river water accounting Asterra debuts groundbreaking L-band SAR API for commercial use		Northrop Delivers 4th AEHF Protected Comms Payload The steady production of the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected military communications satellite continues on track with Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NOC) delivery of the ... more
Microgravity Helping Us Understand Immune System's Tiny Warriors Scary threats to human health dominate the news these days. Space travel may help scientists strengthen our bodies' ability to fight such threats. Two upcoming studies on leukocytes-human defense ce ... more		Flash-Memory Reformat Planned Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals less than a mile (about a kilometer) to the south. The rove ... more		On Pluto's Doorstep, NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Awakens for Encounter After a voyage of nearly nine years and three billion miles - the farthest any space mission has ever traveled to reach its primary target - NASA's New Horizons spacecraft came out of hibernation to ... more		OPALS: Light Beams Let Data Rates Soar You may know opals as fiery gemstones, but something special called OPALS is floating above us in space. On the International Space Station, the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) is demo ... more

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