Space Business News
January 08, 2010
SSTL Wins Key Role In Galileo Programme
London, UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2010
SSTL has been selected by ESA to supply 14 navigation payloads for the deployment phase of the Galileo satellite navigation system which was announced by the European Commission. SSTL is teamed with OHB-System of Bremen, Germany for the provision of these fully operational Galileo satellites. The two companies agreed to work together as a "core team" on Galileo at the end of 2007, with OHB taking the role of prime contractor and builder of the spacecraft "bus" and SSTL taking full ... read more

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ISRO Reviews Cryogenic Engine
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Indian "Vyomanauts" All Set To Rise Up In Space
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DeLorme And SPOT Unveil First Handheld GPS with Satellite Communicator
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XMM-Newton Sensors Celebrate A Decade Of Discovery
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Earth, Moon And Mars As A Single Economic Entity
New Dehli, India (SPX) Jan 08, 2010
Scientists should start considering earth, moon and mars as an economic complex for future habitat expansion of human beings, said Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Former President Of India in his public lecture on the topic 'It can be done', at the ongoing 97th Indian Science Congress. He began the lecture with the suggestion that Indian scientists should look forward to celebrating the socio-econo ... more

Plastic Logic aims QUE e-reader at business crowd
Las Vegas, California (AFP) Jan 7, 2010
Plastic Logic on Thursday unveiled a long-anticipated QUE electronic reader aimed at giving business travelers a "paperless briefcase." Plastic Logic unveiled two QUE proReader models designed for getting work done on the road as well as for reading digitized books. "We are going beyond an e-reader product and actually developing a whole new category," Plastic Logic chief executive Richa ... more

3-D TV a rage at Consumer Electronics Show
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Jan 7, 2010
A breathtaking wave of 3-D televisions has hit the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), where the technology is being touted as the next big thing in home theater. "When it comes to home entertainment, there really is no experience like 3-D," Sony chief executive Howard Stringer said while unveiling the innovations Wednesday on the eve of the official start of CES in Las Vegas. "We intend to ... more

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Death toll from US missiles rises to 13: Pakistani officials


RC-12X Guardrail Airworthiness Certification Process Achieves Major Milestone


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China author set to sue Google over web book scan: lawyer

China issues new rules on Internet domain names

Google, Bing deals make Twitter profitable: BusinessWeek

Arianespace Is Poised To Build On Its Success In 2010 And Beyond

Booz Allen Hamilton To Transform LA Spacelift Range

Apron Construction Contract Awarded For Spaceport America

Brazil air force favors Swedish fighter over Lula's pick: report

Chinese airline to buy 16 Airbus A330s: company

Indonesia navy opts for Casa patrol planes

Helios 2B Rides Into Sun-synchronous Polar Orbit Atop Ariane 5

Raytheon turns iPhones into battlefield tools

Third WGS Satellite Sends First Signals From Space

Plastic Logic aims QUE e-reader at business crowd

XMM-Newton Sensors Celebrate A Decade Of Discovery

3-D TV a rage at Consumer Electronics Show

Stephen Gibson Appointed Commercial Director of SSTL

Former Air Force Commander Joins SpaceX

CSF President Bretton Alexander Joins NASA Advisory Council

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Israeli anti-missile system shoots down major strategic threat
Jerusalem (AFP) Jan 7, 2010
Israel's soon-to-be-deployed anti-missile system, capable of intercepting barrages of rockets, may shoot down one of the biggest strategic threats facing the country in recent decades. After successfully completing its final tests this week, the Iron Dome system, providing an answer to short-range rockets and artillery shells, is planned to be integrated into the army within six months, offi ... more

Pentagon gives OK for Taiwan missile deal: official
Taipei (AFP) Jan 7, 2010
The US Defense Department has approved the sale of upgraded missile equipment to Taiwan, a Taipei-based US official said Thursday, risking the ire of the island's rival China. The sale of the Patriot missile equipment is part of a package passed by the US Congress more than a year ago, said a spokesman with the American Institute in Taiwan, the US de facto embassy in the absence of formal ti ... more

Lockheed Martin F-35B Begins In-Flight STOVL Operations
Patuxent River MD (SPX) Jan 08, 2010
The Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) stealth fighter engaged its STOVL propulsion system in flight for the first time today. The successful test is the first in a series of planned STOVL-mode flights that will include short takeoffs, hovers and vertical landings. "The joint F-35 industry and government team has already shown during extended ground ... more

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Explosion kills two at China chemical plant: Xinhua


VW says 2009 Chinese sales hit record 1.4 million cars


More Eurostar misery as winter chill brings mayhem
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Talks start in Guinea on new prime minister

Elephant kills US woman and her child in Kenya

Chinese FM heads to Africa

VW says 2009 Chinese sales hit record 1.4 million cars

Electric car Think to be assembled in US in 2011: report

Geely Automobile mulls ways to collaborate with Volvo

'Year 2010' smart-card bug turns Germans back to cash

Hubble Telescope peers at oldest ever galaxies

2010 tech bug hits German credit cards

Mini-Research Module MRM1 At Cape For Shuttle Processing

Astronauts Dock At ISS

Expedition 22 Keeps Busy While Awaiting Additional Crew Members

Shuttle Endeavour readied for a space trip

Space shuttle Atlantis lands back on Earth

Atlantis Ready For Landing Friday

ISRO Reviews Cryogenic Engine

Indian Cryogenic Engine Rocket Launch Put On Hold

Rocket-Motor Test Supports NASA, DOD And Commercial Missions

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Conservation Areas Threatened Nationally By Housing Development

Germany's OHB to win EU Galileo satellite contract: source

You can take it with you: a wireless leash for your mobile phone

Lockheed Martin to cut 1,200 US jobs

Israel succesfuly tests anti-rocket system

U.A.E. adds 6 C-17s to air force fleet

Hovering drone draws rave reviews at CES

Eurostar cancels trains as precaution amid heavy snow

China to fund Kenya's second port, road and railway

Consumer electronics industry hoping for a rosier 2010

Asian shares mixed despite Fujii resignation offer

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Chinese juice-maker to pay up over hedging lawsuit

Japanese project aims to turn CO2 into natural gas

Toshiba TV adds third dimension to video viewing

China to keep inflation in check in 2010: central bank

Galactic GPS Possible With Pulsars And Gravity Waves

Arianespace Poised For 2010 Boost

Indian Cryogenic Engine Rocket Launch Put On Hold

Russia To Launch 10 Spaceships In 2010

Y2X bugs strikes 30 million German credit cards

Blockbuster 'Avatar' to accelerate 3D revolution

Computer flaws in British military chopper crash: report

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