Space
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SpaceSpaceX Completes Acceptance Testing of Falcon 9 Stages
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Oct. 5 announced the successful completion of acceptance testing of both the Falcon 9 first and second stages in preparation for the first flight of Falcon […]
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Space
Accolades For NASA and JHU-APL for MESSENGER Mercury Flyby
September 29, NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft, more commonly referred to as “MESSENGER,” flew within 142 miles of Mercury’s surface. “Integral Systems congratulates NASA and APL […]
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TeleCommunication Systems Gets Additional $11.7 Million for SNAP
TeleCommunication Systems [TSYS] recently announced that it received an additional $11.7 million in funding from the Army to provide additional Secret Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router […]
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EMS Demonstrates Low-profile X-Band Antenna over Skynet 5C Satellite
EMS Defense & Space (D&S), a division of EMS Technologies, announced recently that it has successfully demonstrated high data-rate transmission of its new X-band satellite terminal over the U.K. military […]
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Japan and Lockheed Martin Test PAC-3
Airmen of the Japanese Self Defense Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] successfully conducted the second Japanese PAC-3 Missile flight test recently at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. “This test success […]
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NSS-12 Satellite Preparing For Ariane 5 Launch
SES WORLD SKIES recently said that its NSS-12 satellite safely arrived at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, onboard an Antonov cargo plane, in preparation for launch onboard an […]
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Northrop Grumman-built LCROSS Satellite Impacts Moon
Astronomers and space enthusiasts worldwide cheered as the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) successfully impacted the moon’s Cabeus crater Oct. 9, according to Northrop Grumman [NOC], which built […]
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Senate NASA Vote Nears; Pols Want Stimulus Money For Space Agency
By Emelie Rutherford The Senate is set to pass a NASA spending bill this week that nearly matches the White House’s request for space exploration, just as a growing chorus […]
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Delta II Launch Successful From Vandenberg AFB
Vandenberg Oct. 8 successfully launched from Space Launch Complex-2 a Delta II carrying WorldView-2, a high-resolution, remote-sensing satellite now in polar orbit, the Air Force said. “There really is nothing […]
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Pentagon, Obama Officials Promote New Missile Defense Plan
By Marina Malenic A new plan for missile defense deployment in Europe relies on proven capabilities and is much more flexible in the face of a changing threat environment than […]