International
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Business/FinancialRazakSAT Now Set To Launch From Kwajalein July 13 Or 14
The RazakSAT satellite launch atop a Falcon 1 rocket has been rescheduled to 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. ET on July 13 or 14, Space Exploration Technologies Inc. (SpaceX) announced. […]
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InternationalAstrium To Study Robotic Moon Landings For Germany
Germany commissioned Astrium, a unit of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS), to study the feasibility of robotic moon landings. In contrast, the United States, China and perhaps […]
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InternationalESA Extends Envisat Earth-Scanning Satellite Mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) extended the Envisat Earth-scanning satellite mission to 2013, ESA announced. That satellite beams down data it has gathered since its launch in 2002. Envisat, short […]
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InternationalEurope Begins Testing Urine/Feces/Air Recycling Machine, After United States Has Similar System Up And Working Aboard International Space Station, Serving Crew Of Six
The European Space Agency (ESA) is developing technologies that it hopes one day could result in a machine to convert human feces and urine, and exhaled carbon dioxide, into usable […]
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InternationalPlank Satellite Conducts Midcourse Correction
The European Space Agency (ESA) Planck satellite conducted a critical mid-course correction to place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of the […]
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InternationalUSJFCOM Wargame Stresses Future Joint Force Operational Concepts
By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) Friday wrapped up a weeklong seminar wargame examining how the future joint force would operate in a complex and unpredictable 2020 environment, […]
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Business/FinancialSpace Forum New York: Air Force Space Buyer Says Contract Protests Can Be Avoided By Making Requirements Precise, Measureable
Payton Says If GPS III Contract Award Had Been Protested, Air Force Still Was Set To Let Winner Commence Work On Critically Needed Satellites NEW YORK — The Department of […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Conference: O’Reilly Says High Cost Of Targets A Hurdle; Mass-Produced Lower-Cost Targets Needed
Proposal For More Targets Seen This Summer; MDA Seeks New Sources Of Target Missiles The U.S. missile defense program has a cost problem, not so much with the high-speed interceptors […]
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InternationalSaab to Upgrade Radar on Canadian Frigates
Sweden’s Saab Monday said it signed a contract worth about $24 million with Lockheed Martin [LMT] Canada, to upgrade the 2D radar, Sea Giraffe 150 HC for the modernization of […]
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InternationalGATR Flight Tests Successful In Israel
ATK [ATK] and Israel’s Elbit Systems [ESLT] Monday said they have successfully conducted flight tests in Israel of the Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR). “In a recent demonstration, conducted in […]