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June 12, 2002
UAV NEWS
US Seeks To Block Spread Of Unpiloted Aircraft Technologies

the era of unmanned warfare is poised for takeoff
 Washington (AFP) June 11, 2002
 Unpiloted aircraft are one of the key weapons in the US campaign against terror and Washington wants to keep that technology a secret, a senior State Department official told Congress Tuesday. In testimony before a subcommittee of the US Senate's Governmental Affairs Committee, Vann Van Diepen said the technology that allows military commanders to survey battles from afar and attack targets by remote control could be used by terrorists to deliver a devastating chemical or biological attack.
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    DRAGON SPACE
    Shenzhou Unknowns Continue To Confuse China Watchers
     Sydney - Jun 12, 2002
     In the weeks since the landing of China's Shenzhou 3 test spacecraft, ongoing statements from China's space officials suggest the goal of launching China's first manned flight is back on target. Preparations are certainly underway for another mission, which is provisionally slated for launch before year end.
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    • LAUNCH PAD
    Atlas 3 Picks Up Martian Loiter For 2005 Window
     McLean - June 11, 2002
     NASA's Kennedy Space Center has chosen International Launch Services (ILS) to launch the latest in its series of missions to Mars. ILS is scheduled to launch the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on an Atlas III launch vehicle in August 2005 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
  • Sea Launch Sails For June 15 Launch
  • NASA, NOAA To Launch New Environmental Satellite
  • China Launches Two Weather Birds
  • Arianespace In Trouble As Satellite Demand Falters
    • EARTH OBSERVATION
    HyPerspectives Adds Color To Camouflage
     Bozeman - June 10, 2002
     HyPerspectives, a Bozeman company that specializes in analyzing remotely sensed images of the earth, won a $100,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop new methods for identification of camouflaged military targets. The company will use ecological data collected in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem to help the Air Force solve security and defense problems.
    NUKEWARS
    Six Die In Pakistani Kashmir From Shelling As India Stands Down Navy
     Muzaffarabad (AFP) June 11, 2002
     Six people, including four from the same family, were killed and 11 others injured in overnight Indian shelling in Pakistani Kashmir, officials said Tuesday.
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  • Kashmiri Borders Calm After Weeks Of Artillery Duels
  • India Lifts Ban On Pakistani Planes

    • SPACEWAR
    Space Critical To US Military And Operation Enduring Freedom
     Washington - Jun 11, 2002
     Undersecretary of the Air Force Peter B. Teets said May 21 that Operation Enduring Freedom is showing the importance of space assets to national security, pointing to the use of the Global Positioning System to guide bombs to targets against the Taliban and al-Qaida as the perfect example.
  • USAF And Industry Developing Laser Guns For Jet Fighters
  • Early Defense Microsat Reenters
  • Israel's Shavit Launches SpySat Along Retrograde Flight Profile

    • ROCKET SCIENCE
    XCOR EZ-Rocket to Participate at AirVenture 2002
     Mojave - June 10, 2002
     XCOR Aerospace announced today that the XCOR EZ-Rocket will participate in the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) "AirVenture Oshkosh 2002" July 23 through 29 at Wittman Field in Oshkosh, WI. Plans are underway to determine the schedule for flight demonstrations of the EZ-Rocket.
  • ESA's Atmospheric Re-entry Demonstrator On Display At Toulouse Show
  • Extreme Machine Simulates Space Conditions
  • Japan Hopes New Rocket Will Be An Express Ride To The Galaxy

    • TERRORWARS
    US Says It Halted Al-Qaeda Dirty Nuke Plot
      Washington (AFP) June 10, 2002
     Investigators thwarted a plot to detonate a radiation-laced dirty bomb in the United States by arresting a US "terrorist" linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Monday.
  • Rumsfeld Charges Iraq Actively Developing Germ Weapons
  • Seismic Stations Track Terrorist Bombings
  • US Brass Doesn't Shine To Iraqi War - But Will Obey Orders

    • TERRADAILY
    Kyoto Climate Protocol Dismissed By Top White House Official
     Washington Jun 10, 2002
     A top White House official on Sunday dismissed the Kyoto Protocol, the first coordinated world response to tackling global warming by requiring industrialized countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions. "The so-called Kyoto treaty would not do anything to mitigate the problems of global climate change," said White House chief of staff Andrew Card on Fox News Sunday.
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    GPS NEWS
    GPS Brings Real Time Tracking To Australian Logistics
     Sydney - Jun 11, 2002
     Allied Express today announced it will become the first major player in the $18 billion transport and logistics industry in Australia to provide customers with a revolutionary delivery management system that will give them the ability to track consignments using satellite technology.
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  • Galileo At GNSS
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    • CIVIL NUCLEAR
  • Russia To Bid For Finnish Nuclear Power Plant Contract
  • Finland Approves First Nuclear Reactor Since Chernobyl
  • Russia To Agree To Inspection Of Iranian Nuclear Plant: Bush

    • SPACE SCIENCE
  • Io Surface Captured in Full Motion
  • Cosmic Vision 2020: The New ESA Science Programme
  • Microwave Imager Probes Universal "First Light"

    • MARSDAILY
  • Odyssey Completes All Hardware Deployment
  • NASA Selects 28 Scientists For Mars Rover Mission
  • Beagle 2 Gets Welcome Donation For Critical Instrument Payload

    • EARTH OBSERVATION
  • Around The World In 96 Hours
  • ESA Selects Three New EO Missions
  • Climate Scientist Tailor The News For Resource Managers

    • SPACEMART
  • Gilat Completes VSAT Deal With SES Global
  • Boeing 702 Satellite Set To Launch With New Solar Array Design
  • Northrop Grumman Wants More TRW Stock
  • Xantic To Sell Iridium Services Worldwide As User Base Builds

    • EARLY EARTH
  • Did A Rain Of Cosmic Particles Destroy Dino World
  • A Non-Biological Origin For Carbon In Ancient Rocks
  • Mass Extinction Gave Way To Eon Of Stability

    • MISSILE DEFENSE
  • US Says It Wants Kwajalein Missile Test Range For 40 More Years
  • Regional Spy Ships Watch Taiwanese Games
  • Pentagon Flags New Aegis Sale To Japan

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