Space Business News
October 18, 2010
DRAGON SPACE
International Crews for Shenzhou
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 18, 2010
The recent visit of NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to China has generated a high level of attention and controversy. Relations between the USA and China are not exactly cordial at the moment, for a variety of reasons. The problems are so acute that high-placed voices in the USA have questioned if Bolden should even visit China at all, let alone try to forge any links. Let's put aside a deep analysis of the problems and the animosity, and focus on one issue that seems to be getting lost in the h ... read more

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SPACE WORLD 2010: Successful Premiere at the Exhibition Centre Frankfurt/Main
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SPACE TRAVEL

A New System For Locating And Capturing Satellites In Space
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EARTH OBSERVATION

SymetriGEO Supports UK-Led Common Geospatial Tool Set Project
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EARTH OBSERVATION

10th Anniversary Of The International Charter Space And Major Disasters
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Satellite Services supplies on-board sub-systems for smallsats and microsats.

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EARTH OBSERVATION

A New Pair Of Glasses To View Earth
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LAUNCH PAD

ILS Proton Successfully Launches XM-5 Satellite
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CONSTELLATIONS

Soyuz Moves To Launch Pad For Globalstar Six Bird Launch
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TECH SPACE

Space Debris' Enviromental Impact
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Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review
EARTH OBSERVATION

Satellites join up to map Earth
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ENERGY TECH

Building Better Batteries For Cars And Spacecraft
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MISSILE DEFENSE

US presses allies on missile shield
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UAV NEWS

Maiden flight for Indian military drone: official
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UAV NEWS

Boeing And iRobot Team Receives SUGV Contract From USAF
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MILTECH
Northrop Grumman Begins Flight Testing New B-2 EHF Satcom Hardware
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2010
Northrop Grumman has begun flight testing the new computing hardware and communications infrastructure that will eventually allow the B-2 stealth bomber to send and receive battlefield information by satellite more than 100 times faster than today. Since Sept. 1, the company has conducted a series of test flights using a B-2 test aircraft stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The fli ... more

MISSILE DEFENSE
Turkey faces tough call on NATO missile shield
Ankara (AFP) Oct 17, 2010
Turkey's Islamist-rooted government faces making a difficult decision that pits maintaining good relations with its neighbours against joining a NATO missile shield directed against Iran. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought in recent years to boost Turkey's ties in the region - raising suspicions he is moving the country out of the West's orbit - and will now have to make a deci ... more

MILTECH
Raytheon Awarded Contract For Airborne Low Frequency Sonar
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Oct 18, 2010
Raytheon has received two contracts totaling $115.7 million for the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS), the primary undersea warfare sensor for the U.S. Navy's MH-60R multimission helicopter. The contracts were awarded by Naval Air Systems Command and Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Strategic Acquisition. ALFS provides critical undersea warfare mission support capabilities, in ... more

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Chile miners return to Camp Hope

TRADE WARS

IMF chief warns recovery 'in peril' if cooperation fails


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Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar
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MISSILE DEFENSE
Doubt Cast On Existence Of Habitable Alien World

How To Weigh A Star Using A Moon

Time to find a second Earth, WWF says

MISSILE DEFENSE
Space Debris' Enviromental Impact

Polymer Behaviors Below The 1 Nanometer Level

Historic computer replica proposed

MISSILE DEFENSE
NKorea Jamming Device A New Security Threat

KORE Telematics Introduces Location-Based Service Offering

Trimble Releases Next Gen Of TerraSync GPS Data Collection Software

MISSILE DEFENSE
International Crews for Shenzhou

China Eyes Extended Mission Beyond Moon

China's second lunar probe enters moon's orbit: state media

MISSILE DEFENSE
Ocean asteroid impact could deplete ozone

NASA Cameras Spot Meteors From Obscure Camelopardalis Shower

No Evidence Found Of Catastrophic Impact In Pleistocene

MISSILE DEFENSE
NASA Spacecraft Hurtles Toward Active Comet Hartley 2

Asteroid Collision Forensics

Comet watchers waiting for show

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TRADE WARS
Walker's World: Brazil boom won't last
Sao Paulo (UPI) Oct 18, 2010
The presidential election race in Brazil is tightening and the momentum seems to be with the centrist challenger Jose Serra with two weeks to go before the final round of voting. The front-runner from the Workers Party Dilma Rousseff, the chosen successor of the hugely popular outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, looked like a certain winner. But she has seen her lead dwindle from 20 percentage points two weeks ago after the first round of voting to 4-6 percent, various polls in recent ... read more

TRADE WARS
Space Debris' Enviromental Impact

Polymer Behaviors Below The 1 Nanometer Level

Historic computer replica proposed

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TRADE WARS
Indian army in communication system tender

Military Terrestrial Satcom Market To Grow Slightly

MEADS Demonstrates Interoperability With NATO

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TRADE WARS
ILS Proton Successfully Launches XM-5 Satellite

Ariane Moves Into Final Phase Of Globalstar Soyuz 2 Launch Campaign

Arianespace Hosts Meeting Of Launch System Manufacturers

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TRADE WARS
NKorea Jamming Device A New Security Threat

KORE Telematics Introduces Location-Based Service Offering

Trimble Releases Next Gen Of TerraSync GPS Data Collection Software

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TRADE WARS
Boeing Projects 90 Billion Dollar Commercial Airplanes Market In Russia And CIS

War games pits Eurofighter against Su-30

Goal set for capping emissions from international aviation

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