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Orbital Awarded New Contract For IS-23 CommSat By IntelsatDulles, VA (SPX) Dec 21, 2009 Orbital Sciences reports that it has been selected by Intelsat, S.A., the leading provider of fixed satellite services, to design, build and deliver the Intelsat 23 (IS-23) commercial communications satellite. The satellite will be based on Orbital's flight-proven STAR-2 platform. The IS-23 satellite will generate 4.8 kilowatts of payload power and carry 15 active Ku-band and 24 active ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Dec 15, 2009A Proton-M carrier vehicle on Monday orbited three new Glonass-M navigation satellites, a spokesman for Russia's space agency said. He said the satellites, launched from the Baikonur space center on Monday at 13:38 Moscow time [10:38 GMT], detached from the rocket at 17:10 Moscow time [14:10 GMT]. This was this year's final launch, bringing the total number of Glonass satellites in ... more  
College Park MD (SPX) Dec 15, 2009University of Maryland researchers have developed and successfully tested new computer software and computational techniques to analyze patterns of improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in Iraq, Afghanistan or other locations and predict the locations of weapons caches that are used by insurgents to support those attacks. University of Maryland computer science Ph.D. student Paulo ... more  
Washington (AFP) Dec 9, 2009The US military is taking a serious look at resupplying combat troops in Afghanistan using unmanned aircraft, an Air Force general said Wednesday. Faced with the task of delivering vast amounts of supplies by land and by air to troops in the mountainous, land-locked country, senior officers were considering using pilotless aircraft to help with the job, said US Transportation Command chief G ... more |
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Rome, Italy (ESA) Dec 07, 2009The engineering model of the first Galileo satellites has completed platform integration tests at the Thales Alenia Space facility in Rome. The platform is now undergoing functional testing. Delivery of the engineering model payload from Astrium UK is expected in December. These tests are an important step towards building and launching the first four Galileo satellites. Integration ... more 
Shenzhen, China (SPX) Dec 03, 2009IContain and InSeT Systems have paired to bring incredibly accurate and time-sensitive location data to emergency response personnel. InSeT Systems' Inertial Tracking Unit (ITU) and IContain's device-agnostic tracking software allow location data to be gathered and displayed from subterranean mines and other - previously impossible - locales. Until now, the Location Based Services industry ... more  
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Dec 03, 2009Rapid development in the Middle East space industry is building a strong demand for a skilled and well-trained workforce to take it forward, creating opportunities for young Arabs to become the next generation of space engineers and scientists. Dr. Salem Issa, Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences at the UAE University, will tell next week's Global Space Technology ... more |
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