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Energia's General Designer's Review Board Meets
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 20, 2007At OAO S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia under the chairmanship of V.A. Lopota, Corporation President, General Designer, took place a session of the General Designer's Review Board. Consideration was given to the status of International Space Station Russian Segment and its flight program implementation, progress of Soyuz TMA-11 transport manned vehicle launch processing and final ... more Russian Space Launch Vehicle Firing Tests Set For 2008 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 20, 2007The Angara space launch vehicle first stage firing tests will take place in 2008, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center web site said Wednesday. Colonel General Vladimir Popovkin, commander of Russia's Space Forces, said earlier the Angara flight tests were scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2010. He also said the booster would be launched in the first quarter of 2011. The g ... more China Launches Third Sino-Brazilian Earth Resources Satellite 
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Sep 19, 2007China launched the third earth resources satellite co-developed with Brazil on Wednesday morning and the two nations will jointly develop two more satellites. The satellite, named 02B, was launched on a Chinese Long March-4B carrier rocket which blasted off at 11:26 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province. The satellite separated from the roc ... more Arecibo Telescope's Users Meet To Plan Threatened Observatory's Scientific Future 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 20, 2007More than 70 astronomers gathered on Capitol Hill this week, not to talk about the demise of a major national research facility, but to plan for its scientific future. With optimism, the group was planning the next 15 years of research for Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, the home of the world's largest radio telescope. Despite proposed severe federal budget cuts for the observatory by 2011, ... more Arianespace To Launch Japanese Satellite JCSAT-12 
Bangkok, Thailand (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Japanese operator JSAT Corporation has chosen Arianespace to launch its JCSAT-12 communications satellite. Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Kiyoshi Isozaki, President and CEO of JSAT Corporation, signed today in Bangkok the launch Service and Solutions contract for the JCSAT-12 satellite. b>24th Japanese contract for Arianespace br> /b> This is the 24th launch ... more |
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Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Sep 20, 2007The SSC-developed communication system Telescience Support Unit (TSU) has been launched into space. The system is being used by the European Space Agency (ESA) onboard the Russian space capsule Foton M3. This is SSC's fourth delivery of a TSU for Foton, and this time, SSC's engineers have developed a new generation of the system. The TSU will store and process data from ten experiments onboard t ... more Industry Canada Approves Acquisition Of Telesat Canada By Loral And PSP Investments 
New York NY (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Loral Space and Communications has announced that Industry Canada has approved the acquisition of Telesat Canada by Loral and its Canadian partner, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). "We are very pleased that Industry Canada has approved the application," said Michael Targoff, chief executive officer, Loral Space and Communications. "FCC approval, the last regula ... more Pratt And Whitney Rocketdyne's RS-27A Powers New-Gen Imaging Satellite To Orbit 
Canoga Park CA (SPX) Sep 20, 2007A Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne RS-27A boosted a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket into space today from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket carried WorldView-1, the first of two next-generation satellites that are part of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's NextView program. Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. company. Developing 200,0 ... more Brussels presents finance plans to save Galileo satnav project 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 19, 2007The European Commission on Wednesday proposed funding the troubled multi-billion-euro satellite navigation project Galileo wholly from EU coffers, rather than with money from private industry or member states. The EU's executive arm said it could raise the extra 2.4 billion euros (3.3 billion dollars), required to finance the project in the 2008-2013 period, through unused funds from the blo ... more Universal Space Network Expands Satellite Ground Stations 
Newport Beach CA (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Universal Space Network announced that it is dramatically expanding its network of satellite ground stations in Hawaii and Australia in response to USN's record backlog and growing customer demand for low-latitude ground station services. In addition to added capacity, each of the new full-motion antennas will provide a new capability for USN's customers-an X-band uplink service-and USN is one ... more |
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Homestead AFB FL (AFNS) Sep 19, 2007The F-15 Eagle test pilot settled into the cockpit of the fighter jet at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., awaiting takeoff with a 2,700 pound, 18-foot long missile mounted to the jet's centerline. The mission, dubbed the "Celestial Eagle Flight," called for a nearly vertical ascent to 35,000 feet and firing the missile through earth's atmosphere to kill a satellite over 2,000 miles away at an alt ... more ATK Delivers TacSat-3 Spacecraft Bus For Integration And Test By The USAF Research Lab 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Alliant Techsystems announced that it has delivered the Department of Defense's Tactical Satellite 3 Spacecraft Bus (TacSat-3) to the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for final integration and test. The TacSat-3 spacecraft is a pioneer of the emerging operationally responsive space (ORS) program, and designed to meet the needs of U.S. forces for flexible, affordable and responsive satel ... more Lockheed Martin Awarded Mission Satellite Operations Center Task Order 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Lockheed Martin has announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Development and Test Wing (SDTW) to provide the enterprise management framework, mission management, and infrastructure for current and future missions of the Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center (MMSOC). The Responsive Satellite Command and Control Division of the SDTW man ... more Northrop Grumman Completes Demonstrations Of Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Program System Level Performance 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Northrop Grumman has successfully completed a program of simulations, demonstrations and tests designed to provide the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program with low programmatic and technical risk. Northrop Grumman's BAMS Head Start Program successfully completed four system-level integration and development initiatives, which included: integrated mission system testing; full system ... more Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Advanced Targeting Information Transfer 
Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Sep 20, 2007Northrop Grummansuccessfully demonstrated an advanced targeting data link using the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Quint Network Technology (QNT). This achievement was accomplished as part of a cooperative effort between the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) Electronics System Center (ESC), DARPA, Northrop Grumman and Rockwell Collins. DARPA's QNT program is jointly funded with t ... more
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