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November 22, 2010
MICROSAT BLITZ
Iran to launch new satellites soon: defence minister
Tehran (AFP) Nov 21, 2010
Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Sunday that Tehran would soon launch into space a number of its newly designed satellites, Mehr news agency reported. "Currently, we are building new satellites and soon, in the near future, some of them will be launched into space," Vahidi told the agency in the western city of Khoramabad. Vahidi did not specify when the launches would take place. Iran had planned a launch for its second home-made satellite, Rasad 1 (Observation), in late August ... read more

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MICROSAT BLITZ

NASA's Newest Microsatellite FASTSAT Launches
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TECH SPACE

Stanford Students Fly In Zero Gravity To Protect Satellites From Tiny Meteoroids
Stanford researchers have completed the first successful tests in zero gravity of a canopy for CubeSats - the tiny satellites that hitch rides on rockets sending larger satellites into orbit. The go ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China To Launch First Female Astronauts
After the Opening Ceremony, Yang Liwei, the Deputy Director of the Chinese Manned Space Flight Project, as well as the nation's first astronaut to travel into space, says a second crew of astronauts ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Ball Aerospace STPSat-2 Satellite Launches Aboard STP-S26 Mission
The STPSat-2 satellite, built by Ball Aerospace and Technologies for the U.S. Air Force STP-S26 launch, lifted off successfully from the Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, at 4:25 p.m. local time (6:25 ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Climate Change On The Go
GeoOptics has just released a new Climate Mobile app that is free to all. The app allows users to access worldwide climate information, from space satellites and surface instruments (which provide v ... more
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SPACEMART

Thales Alenia Space And OHB-System Sign MTG Contract With ESA
Thales Alenia Space, the Prime Contractor, and its partner OHB-System, have announced the signature of an Authorization To Proceed (ATP) with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the Meteosat Third G ... more
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TECH SPACE

Development Of Meteosat Third Generation To Start
Marking a significant milestone for Europe's next fleet of meteorological satellites, ESA has given the go-ahead to Thales Alenia Space in France to start work on developing the Meteosat Third Gener ... more
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GPS NEWS

New Simulator Offers Ability To Record And Replay GLONASS And GPS
Responding to the increasing need for developers of GNSS devices to be able to test GLONASS enabled systems, Racelogic have launched LabSat 2: a dual channel unit capable of recording, replaying, an ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ

NASA Nanosatellite Studies Life In Space
NASA is preparing to fly a small satellite about the size of a loaf of bread that could help answer astrobiologys fundamental questions about the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the u ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Ukraine Delivers Taurus II Launch Vehicle's First Stage To US
Ukraine has delivered the first stage of the Taurus II launch vehicle to the United States, a step forward in a NASA- funded Taurus II program, the design company said Wednesday. "The assembly ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

KLM Announces Suborbital Flight Relationship With Space Experience Curacao
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has announced to the Netherlands press that they were embarking upon a new relationship with Space Experience Curacao (SXC). KLM will be supporting future suborbital f ... more
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SPACEMART

Japan to develop cheap satellite for emerging markets
Japan is developing a low-cost surveillance satellite to aid disaster relief and other purposes as it looks to expand its reach into emerging markets, government and corporate officials said Friday. ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Israel Unveils Newest Anti-Missile System
While intelligence assessments consistently paint a grim portrait of thousands of missiles and rockets showering down on Israel's civilian population and infrastructure in the future, the Jewish sta ... more
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MILTECH

Hawkei Prototype Unveiled At Land Warfare Conference
Thales Australia has unveiled its ground-breaking Hawkei prototype at the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane. With over 20,000km of testing complete, the Hawkei's rapid development from drawing boa ... more
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MILTECH

DARPA Concludes Review Of Falcon HTV-2 Flight Anomaly
Following an extensive six-month review, the independent Engineering Review Board (ERB) chartered to examine data collected during the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle's (HTV-2) first flight has ... more
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MILTECH

BAE Team Delivers Enhanced Protection JLTV Prototype
BAE Systems along with partners ArvinMeritor and Navistar Defense have delivered an Enhanced Protection configuration of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototype to the U.S. Army and U.S. M ... more
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MILTECH

New MRAP Ambulance Prototypes Many Improvements
A Pentagon team is working with the Army Medical Command and BAE Systems to build a new Caiman Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Ambulance that offers a host of technological innovations. The ne ... more
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MARSDAILY
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Stanford Students Fly In Zero Gravity To Protect Satellites From Tiny Meteoroids

FASTRAC Team Ready To Enjoy Launch

Development Of Meteosat Third Generation To Start

MARSDAILY
New Simulator Offers Ability To Record And Replay GLONASS And GPS

Russia To Launch New Generation Satellite In 2013

SkyTraq Introduces New GLONASS/GPS Receiver

MARSDAILY
China To Launch First Female Astronauts

Two Telescopes For Tiangong

Chinese Female Taikonaut Identified

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Comet Snowstorm Engulfs Hartley 2

Japan confirms space probe brought home asteroid dust

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MISSILE DEFENSE

NATO agrees on Europe-wide missile defence system
US President Barack Obama and his NATO allies agreed on Friday to shield Europe's peoples from rogue rocket attacks with a screen of interceptor missiles, and to invite Russia to take part. ... more
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MILTECH

BAE Systems IMX-101 Explosive Named A TIME Magazine Invention Of The Year
The U.S. Army's explosive IMX-101, developed by BAE Systems, has been named one of "The 50 Best Inventions of 2010" by TIME Magazine. The Army team at Picatinny Arsenal earlier this year approved IM ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

JASSM-ER Test Flights Highlight Outstanding Development Effort
Lockheed Martin's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile - Extended Range (JASSM-ER) recently flew two successful test flights at White Sands Missile Range, NM, increasing the program's success rate ... more
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MILTECH

Development Of Humanoid Robot To Test Warfighter Protection Equipment
Midwest Research Institute (MRI) has been authorized to proceed with the Phase IIa of the Individual Protection Ensemble Mannequin System (IPEMS). This JPEO-CBD, Joint Project Manager for Nucl ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

US Socially Responsible Investing Thrives In Recession
Despite the recent economic downturn, sustainable and socially responsible investing (SRI) in the United States is continuing to grow at a faster pace than the total universe of investment assets un ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Redrawing Our Borders
What are borders these days? When travel was local, borders and communities were easy to define, but now our connectivity is more complex. It's time to think of borders differently, according to Nor ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Art on planetary scale shines spotlight on climate change
The first global art show on climate change kicked off this weekend, launching several symbolic performances seen from space that bring people and planet together to highlight the hazards of global warming. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Chinese worker saved after 80 hours in underwater pipe
Chinese rescuers on Sunday freed a man working on an offshore platform after a three-day ordeal trapped in a twisted steel pipe beneath the sea, state media reported. ... more
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