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January 01, 2014

US bans Russia's GLONASS for spying fears
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 31, 2013
The United States does not want GLONASS stations on its territory. Americans are afraid that Russia's GLONASS global satellite navigation system might be used to spy on the US. No official ban has been imposed, but the new requirements that have been put forward now make the deployment of ground-based tracking stations next to impossible. The 2014 defense bill signed by President Barack Obama rules that the navigation systems of other countries must not harm the American GPS system by making it le ... read more

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US Air Force selects Raytheon's high-bandwidth satellite terminal for secure, protected communications Raytheon, the only provider of fielded Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite terminals that protect the military's most sensitive information, was chosen by the U.S. Air Force under a $ ... more		AF selects officers for space leadership roles More than three dozen officers have been selected for calendar year 2014 space operations director of operations, detachment commander and director of space forces positions, Air Force Personnel Cen ... more		Iran Guards unveil underground naval base Israel intercepts missiles fired from Yemen Russian attacks kill six across Ukraine, Kyiv says		Throwing out the textbook: Salt surprises chemists Table salt, sodium chloride, is one of the first chemical compounds that schoolchildren learn. New research from a team including Carnegie's Alexander Goncharov shows that under certain high-pressur ... more
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				Mars One mission: big work ahead Around 200,000 people have applied for a one-way mission to Mars, though it's still pretty unclear if and when the ambitious project to colonize the "red planet" is going to take place. Some believe ... more		Obama bans construction of GLONASS stations in US without Pentagon's approval US President Barack Obama has signed a bill hindering the construction of GLONASS stations on the US territory. The document rules that the matter requires the Secretary of Defense and the Director ... more

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Work on NASA's New Orion Spacecraft Progresses as Engineers Pivot to 2014

Official: Iran to Send Astronaut into Space in 2024

China launches communications satellite for Bolivia

China's moon rover continues lunar survey after photographing lander

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Russian Anti-Gravity Observation Satellite Delayed Until 2015		Russian Rocket Puts Telecoms Satellite Into Orbit		Work on NASA's New Orion Spacecraft Progresses as Engineers Pivot to 2014		NASA and JAXA Announce Launch Date for Global Precipitation Satellite		Hubble Eyes Galaxy as Flat as a Pancake

China's BeiDou satellite system expected to achieve global coverage by 2020

China to take free navigation system global

Express AM5, a New Russian Communication Satellite, Placed into Orbit

Bolivia's telecom satellite fixes position in orbit

China to strengthen its own GPS system

Russian dark energy satellite's launch pushed back to 2015

The Athena-Fidus satellite is readied for Arianespace first heavy-lift mission of 2014

Rocket Rokot brings 3 Russian military-purpose satellites on orbit

Images show N. Korea efforts to restart nuclear complex

Curious Results from Mars

NASA Carbon Sleuth Gets Simulated Taste of Space

SDO Shows the Sun's Rainbow of Wavelengths

Laser Demonstration Reveals Bright Future for Space Communication

Telit Unwraps First Positioning Module Based on MediaTek's Single Chip Multi-GNSS Receiver SoC Technology

Official: Iran to Send Astronaut into Space in 2024

Astrium and Inmarsat sign strategic agreement on Global Xpress

Rainfall satellite will aid in environmental, weather science

Gilat Awarded Project by Peru's Fitel

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US names drone testing sites

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