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Satellite 'formation flying' simulatedParis (UPI) Sep 9, 2010 Scientists getting ready for planned multi-satellite missions are getting in some "practice" thanks to sophisticated simulators, European space officials said. Several space agencies are preparing formation-flying missions involving numbers of satellites, the European Space Agency said Thursday. The relative positions of the satellites must be maintained precisely. Lose control of one part of the formation, even momentarily, and the satellites risk destruction. This will take some ... read more |
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Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 9, 2010A US drone attack Thursday killed six militants in Pakistan - the fourth strike in 24 hours - officials said, amid an upsurge in violence across the country. The latest strike hit North Waziristan, the same district targeted in three other drone attacks since Wednesday and a renowned hub for Taliban militants who have vowed to attack security forces in retaliation. Hours later in the s ... more  
Luton, UK (SPX) Sep 09, 2010SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has been awarded a contract by BAE Systems worth circa GBP400M to supply the Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS) in support of the Tranche 3A Eurofighter Typhoons. Designed specifically for the Typhoon, the Praetorian DASS comprises Electronic Counter Measures (ECM), Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Missile Approach Warning (MAW) elements ... more 
London, UK (SPX) Sep 09, 201020th Armoured Brigade (The Iron Fist) is currently taking part in a huge army exercise in Canada, to help prepare them for their deployment to Afghanistan next year. The three-month-long Exercise Prairie Thunder is held at the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS), located in the heart of the vast plains of Alberta in the west of Canada. The brigade is due to deploy to Afghanis ... more |
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Lufthansa traffic rises as A380 takes off for China: airlineFrankfurt (AFP) Sept 9, 2010 The leading German airline, Lufthansa, said Thursday that passenger traffic was up by 9.2 percent in August, that it had begun flying an Airbus A380 to Beijing and would soon fly one to Johannesburg. Freight operations had benefitted from a pick-up in global trade meanwhile, the airline said in a statement. The number of Lufthansa passengers climbed to 5.4 million last month, while the number of those transported by the entire Lufthansa group gained 20 percent to 8.5 million people, the statemen ... read more |
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