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April 06, 2010
LAUNCH PAD
ISRO Set To Launch GSLV-D3
Bangalore, India (PTI) Apr 06, 2010
ISRO is preparing to launch a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D3), powered for the first time by a home-made cryogenic engine, from Sriharikota spaceport this month, its chief K Radhakrishnan said on Friday. "Preparations are going on. The final reviews are also taking place. It could be any day from April 15 (at around 16.30 hours), which is the first available opportunity", he told PTI. GSLV-D3 would carry on board GSAT-4 experimental satellite in which ISRO is also testing s ... read more

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ROBO SPACE

A Cyborg Space Race
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MISSILE NEWS

Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 Conducts First Captive-Flight Test
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MARSDAILY

Early Warning System Would Predict Space Storms on Mars
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GPS NEWS

Pocket GPS Used To To Make Emergency Passenger Jet Landing
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GPS NEWS

USAF Officials Continue Plans To Modernize GPS
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ICE WORLD

Grace Sees Rapid Spread In Greenland Ice Loss
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TECH SPACE

New gadgets hint at intense cyber rivalry
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MILPLEX

US Army Orders Northrop Grumman Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinders
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ABOUT US

Population growth should be curbed: British expert Goodall
OPINION SPACE

Grappling With Space Debris
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SHAKE AND BLOW

Iceland volcano eruption could set off bigger blast: expert
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NANO TECH

Nano-Based RFID Tags Could Replace Bar Codes
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MILTECH

Army Fast-Tracking Precision Mortar To Afghanistan
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GPS NEWS

GMV To Provide GPS Tech For Malaysian Urban Transportation System
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FLOATING STEEL
Northrop Grumman To Supply Integrated Bridge Systems For New Indian Navy Fleet Tankers
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2010
Northrop Grumman has been selected to supply integrated bridge systems (IBS) for two new fleet tankers being built in Italy for the Indian Navy. The IBS orders were placed with Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine unit by the Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri, which is under contract to build the two tankers at its shipyards in Liguria and Palermo. Terms of the contract for the IBS were ... more

TECTONICS
Northern Chile Observatory To Monitor Last Seismic Gap
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 16, 2010
The high-magnitude earthquake of 27.2.2010 in southern Central Chile closed one of the two remaining seismic gaps at the South American plate boundary. After the quake of Concepcion, the remaining gap in the north of Chile now holds potential for a comparable strong quake and is, thus, moving more and more into the focus of attention. The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, has bee ... more

SOLAR SCIENCE
Solar 'Conveyor Belt' Runs At Record-High Speeds
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 16, 2010
Solar physicist David Hathaway of NASA's Marshall Space flight Center in Huntsville, AL and graduate student Lisa Rightmire of the University of Memphis in Tennessee have been monitoring the sun using the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). They observe a massive circulating current of fire (hot plasma) within the sun operating at a faster pace as reported in the March 12th issue of ... more

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SHAKE AND BLOW

Did The Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis

TECH SPACE

Three FASTSAT Instruments Pass Tests


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MISSILE NEWS
Raytheon Delivers On Miniature Air Launched Decoy Contract

Northrop Grumman Lab-Based Prototype Advances US Army Training

Russia May Unveil New 'Super-Tank' In Summer 2010

MISSILE NEWS
Missile defence still topic of US-Russia talks: Kremlin

Sofia Hails NATO 'Security Roof' Plan

Israel puts missile shield through paces

MISSILE NEWS
Russia ships China 15 S-300 missile systems: report

Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 Conducts First Captive-Flight Test

LockhMart Tests JAGM Tri-Mode Seeker

MISSILE NEWS
Russian arm sales to Venezuela may top 5 bln dlrs: Putin

Northrop Grumman's Command and Control Futures Lab Infrastructure

US extends tanker deadline to allow EADS bid: Pentagon

MISSILE NEWS
Japan unveils humanoid robot that laughs and smiles

A Cyborg Space Race

Japan unveils always-willing dental patient - a robot

MISSILE NEWS
Viral immunity failure explained

How Immune Cells 'Sniff Out' Bacteria

Bulgarian minister resigns over swine flu vaccines

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Lockheed Martin Wins Contract To Build GeoEye-2
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2010
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company has been selected by GeoEye, Inc. to build the company's next-generation, high-resolution Earth imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2. Financial terms are not being disclosed at this time. Lockheed Martin has begun start-up activities and procurement of long-lead components to support the earliest possible launch date for GeoEye-2. This effort will lead to a contract award for the design, engineering and manufacturing of the satellite and the associated c ... read more

EARTH OBSERVATION
Rolls-Royce teams with HAL and Larsen

Court ruling checks London airport expansion plans

NASA selects student teams for Balloonsat

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EARTH OBSERVATION
US, Canada finalize new auto fuel economy standards

Geely to leapfrog into China luxury market with Volvo

E20 Fuel Reduces Carbon Monoxide And Hydrocarbon Emissions In Automobiles

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EARTH OBSERVATION
First EHF Satcom Hardware Installed On B-2s

ASTRA 3B And COMSATBw-2 Ready For Lift-Off

Elbit Systems Awarded Contract For Command, Control And Communications System For ADF

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Missile defence still topic of US-Russia talks: Kremlin

Sofia Hails NATO 'Security Roof' Plan

Israel puts missile shield through paces

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Researchers Look At Reducing Yield Loss For Crops Under Stress

Fishing banned at Sea of Galilee

Asian wheat could strengthen U.S. wheat

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