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 Sept 17, 2002
SLAM-ER Becomes First Missile With Automatic Target Acquisition
St. Louis - Sep 17, 2002
The Boeing Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response, or SLAM-ER, Automatic Target Acquisition capability has become operational with the completion of Operational Test and Evaluation, or OPEVAL. An independent test team from the U.S. Navy's Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 9 conducted the evaluation at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Calif. The OPEVAL report issued by Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force on Sept. 3, 2002, grades the SLAM-ER ATA operationally effective and operationally suitable.
Gilat Wins Lottery With Order For 7,500 VSAT Terminals
Petah Tikva - Sep 17, 2002
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., has been selected by GTECH Corporation to provide nearly 7,500 units of Gilat's Skystar Advantage broadband satellite communications equipment.
P3 AEGIS GPS System to Track U.K. Fishing Vessels
Newport Pagnell - Sep 17, 2002
Precise Positioning Products Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Applied Satellite Technology Limited with the specific objective of providing The United Kingdom Fishery Departments with a Vessel Monitoring System to track UK fishing vessels, wherever they fish, and foreign vessels when fishing in UK waters.
Runaway Universe Could Collapse In 10 Billion Years
Stanford - Sep 17, 2002
The recent discovery that the universe is expanding at an ever-increasing rate has led many astronomers to forecast a dark and lonely future for our galaxy. According to some predictions, the rapidly accelerating universe will cause all galaxies to run away from each other until they are no longer visible. In this widely accepted scenario, our own Milky Way will become an isolated island adrift in a sea of totally black space 150 billion years from now.
Hughes Network Systems To Develop Inmatsat Terminal
Germantown - Sep 17, 2002
Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite solutions and manufacturer of mobile satellite devices and satellite television receivers, today announced that it has been awarded a US$15M contract by Inmarsat Ltd. to design and develop mobile satellite terminals with voice and 3G-compatible broadband data capabilities via Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN).
Ariane 5 To Launch Spanish MilSat
Evry - Sep 17, 2002
SpainSat will be boosted into orbit by an Ariane 5 in 2004, from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana.
Kashmiris Vote As Indian And Pakistani Guns Boom
Srinagar (IPS) Sep 16, 2002
Ignoring the crash of artillery shells and death threats from Pakistan-based militants, Kashmiris turned out in droves to vote for a new state assembly in Indian-administered Kashmir in the first of a four-phase election on Monday.
Orbital Completes On-Orbit Delivery Of N-STAR c To NTT DoCoMo
Dulles - Sep 17, 2002
Orbital Sciences Corporation has completed the final on-orbit delivery of the N-STAR c satellite has been made to NTT DoCoMo after the spacecraft successfully completed a comprehensive series of tests and performance check- out procedures.
India To Offer Cheaper Taxi Rides Into Space
New Delhi (IPS) Sep 16, 2002
In the burgeoning world market for satellite launches and space services, India offers the cheapest taxi rides on its rockets.
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Doubts Grow Over Mars 2003 Rover Duo Launch
Los Angeles - Sep 16, 2002
 With launch only eight months from now, there are continuing technical problems with NASA's twin 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers that could possibly delay the arrival of one or both rovers at Mars until 2008.
New Gravity Mission On Track To Map Earth's Shifty Mass
Pasadena - Sep 17, 2002
 Six months into its mission to precisely measure Earth's shifting water masses and map their effects on Earth's gravity field, the joint NASA-German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or Grace, is already producing results of considerable interest.
Rings Around The Earth: A Clue To Climate Change?
Albuquerque - Sep 17, 2002
 While most of us know about rings around Saturn and Jupiter, some scientists believe there once were rings of rock debris around our own planet. Two scientists -- Peter J. Fawcett, of the University of New Mexico, and Mark B.E. Boslough, of the
Summit Endorses Role Of Space
Paris - Sep 17, 2002
 Although there is some controversy surrounding the outcome of last week's summit on sustainable development there is one subject on which all delegates were unanimous: the important role that Earth observation satellites can play in assisting sustainable development.
China Pushes Space Station Timeline Out 25 Years
Beijing - Sep 16, 2002
 A Chinese scientist declared last week that China would orbit its own space station in 25 years, the newspaper Wuhan Evening News reported last Wednesday (Sept. 11).
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