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Armadillo rocket flys highHeath TX (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 Following detailed analysis of the downlinked telemetry and audio/video recordings from both ground based cameras and a camera that was recovered from the rocket, Armadillo Aerospace has determined that the maximum altitude attained by the STIG-A rocket in the January 28th mission was approximately 82-km MSL (~50 miles). A failure of the ballute (balloon-parachute) recovery system meant that the GPS steerable main parachute could not be deployed as intended. The vehicle was recovered within the pr ... read more |
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  Eight more Galileo navsats agreed ESA has signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe's Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites at a time. The signin ... more | .. |
 SSTL-OHB System consortium to build a further eight Galileo FOC satellites European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani has announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites fo ... more | .. |
 Ariane 5 to launch Galileo constellation Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Didier Faivre, Director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA), has signed an agreement i ... more | .. |
 Israels seeks to fill its quiver of Arrows Russia will replace Soyuz for next ISS mission: source RAIDRS space control facility under construction at Pete Northrop Grumman Develops Solar Electric Propulsion Flight Concepts for Future Space Missions IBEX: Glimpses of the Interstellar Material Beyond our Solar System Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for Production of PAC-3 Missiles NASA Mission Returns First Video From Lunar Far Side |
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 EU signs orders for eight new Galileo space satellites The EU on Thursday signed contracts with German and French engineering firms to build and launch another eight satellites for its Europe's Galileo geopositioning system. ... more | .. |
  NASA's GCPEX Mission: What We Don't Know about Snow Predicting the future is always a tricky business - just watch a TV weather report. Weather forecasts have come a long way, but almost every season there's a snowstorm that seems to come out of nowh ... more | .. |
 China considers Google Maps request Chinese authorities say an application by Google for an online maps license, required for operating such services in China, is under official examination. ... more | .. |
  Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet ap ... more |
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 Russia to build space defense missiles NATO agrees on long-delayed drone programme Iran launches observation satellite: media F-35 problems force US to upgrade old fighter jets Iran mass producing anti-ship cruise missile: TV Dassault tops EADS for Indian jet deal Thales bids for $3B Saudi missile deal Panetta says Israel could strike Iran in spring: report Europe has 'nothing to fear' from US focus on Asia: Germany Taliban modernizing, says former anti-vice enforcer US Army approves WikiLeaks suspect's court martial Anonymous posts audio of FBI, Scotland Yard call NATO to tighten measures against Taliban infiltrators Turkish jets hit Kurdish rebel bases in north Iraq: army | .. |
  80 percent of 'irreplaceable' habitats in Andes unprotected Hundreds of rare, endemic species in the Central Andes remain unprotected and are increasingly under threat from development and climate change, according to a Duke University-led international stud ... more | .. |
  Vesta Science Program Continues At Low-altitude Mapping Orbit Dawn is scrutinizing Vesta from its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), circling the rocky world five and a half times a day. The spacecraft is healthy and continuing its intensive campaign to reveal ... more | .. |
  SwRI-led RAD measures radiation from solar storm The largest solar particle event since 2005 hit the Earth, Mars and the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft travelling in-between, allowing the onboard Radiation Assessment Detector to measure the ra ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellites Reach 150 Years of Combined On Orbit Service The U.S. Air Force's fleet of Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR and IIR-M satellites has accumulated 150 collective years of successful on-orbit operations. The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: ... more |
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 ESA Director General praises UK space innovation ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and Rt. Hon. David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, has unveiled a commemorative plaque marking the inauguration of Surrey Satellite Technol ... more | .. |
 Classifying Solar Eruptions Solar flares are giant explosions on the sun that send energy, light and high speed particles into space. These flares are often associated with solar magnetic storms known as coronal mass ejections ... more | .. |
 LED lights point shoppers in the right direction Looking for an item in a large department store or mall can be like searching for a needle in a haystack, but that could change thanks to a hybrid location-identification system that uses radio freq ... more | .. |
 Opening of UK site producing the heart of Galileo The first Galileo satellites are already in orbit, with more on the way. ESA's Director General and the UK's Universities and Science Minister have attended the grand opening of the facility where n ... more |
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 NASA's GCPEX Mission: What We Don't Know about Snow Ukraine's cold snap claims over 100 lives: ministry Correlation between summer Arctic sea ice cover and winter weather in Central Europe India's air the worst, says study Australia flood crisis set to last days India, Russia, US, China plan anti-carbon tax talks Homeless go underground to survive deep freeze Livestock, not Mongolian gazelles, drive foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks Temperate Freshwater Wetlands Are 'Forgotten' Carbon Sinks Deep freeze hits Poland's hardy lake swimmers Colosseum closes as snow blankets Rome New technology allows scientists to watch cancer cells in action at unprecedented resolution UN says 30,000 fled recent Sudan fighting Voyage to the most isolated base on Earth | .. |
  Toronto teens send Lego man into space: video A video posted on YouTube Wednesday appeared to show the amazing voyage of a Lego man sent into space on a homemade spacecraft by two Toronto students. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Test Autonomous Aerial Refueling for Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a series of flight tests to demonstrate technology that could help extend the operating range and flight duration of future carrier-bas ... more | .. |
  World's First Net-Enabled Weapon Completes Developmental Testing The Navy recently completed a milestone test phase for its network-enabled weapon that will give forces greater effectiveness at sea. Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW) C -1, DoD's first network-en ... more | .. |
  China's satellite navigation sector annual output predicted to reach 35 bln USD in 2015 The annual output value of China's satellite navigation industry is estimated to reach more than 225 billion yuan (35.64 billion U.S. dollars) in 2015, according to a latest research report on the c ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman to Supply Marine Navigation Equipment for Suez Canal Authority Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit has won orders to supply navigation equipment to the Suez Canal Authority for tugboats and other assorted workboats. The orders include radar upg ... more | .. |
 Boeing GPS IIF Satellites Assembled Using 'Pulse' Manufacturing Line Boeing has accelerated the assembly of its Global Positioning System (GPS IIF) satellites through the use of a pulse-line manufacturing approach adapted from the Boeing 737 airplane production line. ... more | .. |
 Old satellite teaching new lessons Since Jan. 13, the 2nd Space Operations Squadron here has been busy disposing of an old and trusted satellite. Squadron members could soon refer to the vehicle, known as SVN-30, as the satellite tha ... more | .. |
  Converteam Acquisition Launches GE into the $30 Billion Power Conversion Market Don Quixote in his madness tilted at windmills but wind turbines also exhibit their own kind of capricious behavior. In a wind gust they spin away, churning kilowatts of electricity. But in a breeze ... more |
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 Iran will respond to any oil, military threats: Khamenei Euro Parliament backs low-carbon road map Slovenia nuclear plant cuts output for repair work Greenpeace chief warns of 'perfect storm' of crises Toyota aims for almost 10 million in vehicle sales Nano-oils keep their cool Ultra-fast photodetector and terahertz generator Rice professor's nanotube theory confirmed Wen says China has no intention to 'buy Europe' Kitchen Gadget Inspires Scientist to Make More Effective Plastic Electronics Merkel wraps up China visit Death toll rises to 13 in China coal mine blast New Ideas Sharpen Focus for Greener Aircraft Beware of misleading claims on wind farms and health | .. |
 Boeing Receives Additional USAF JDAM Contract Boeing has received a $126 million contract from the U.S. Air Force on Nov. 30 for approximately 5,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. Deliveries will begin in June 2013 and continue ... more | .. |
 Satellite observes spatiotemporal variations in mid-upper tropospheric methane over China Atmospheric methane (CH4), one of the main greenhouse gases, has increased dramatically worldwide since the pre-industrial era. However, much work is needed to build on intermittent and scattered ob ... more | .. |
  A big leap toward lowering the power consumption of microprocessors The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cell phones and giant data centers, report computer science professors from The Universit ... more | .. |
 Biggest solar storm since 2005 pummels Earth A potent solar flare has unleashed the biggest radiation storm since 2005 and could disrupt some satellite communications in the polar regions, US space weather monitors said Monday. ... more |
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Warrant needed for GPS tracking: US Supreme Court The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police need a search warrant before tracking a suspect with a GPS device, in a case involving privacy and 21st century technology. ... more | .. |
 NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists. The finding continues a trend in which nine of the 10 warmest years in the modern meteo ... more | .. |
 China Plans to Launch 30 Satellites in 2012 China is planning to launch 21 carrier rockets with 30 satellites in 2012, the China Aerospace and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Wednesday. The country's ambitious space program will s ... more | .. |
 NASA Sees Repeating La Nina Hitting its Peak La Nina, "the diva of drought," is peaking, increasing the odds that the Pacific Northwest will have more stormy weather this winter and spring, while the southwestern and southern United States wil ... more |
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