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Hylas-1 In Orbit Brings Europe Broadband From Space Paris, France (ESA) Nov 28, 2010 A flawless launch has delivered Hylas-1, ESA's first public-private partnership in a full satellite system, into space. The satellite was released into its transfer orbit after a textbook launch by an Ariane 5 vehicle from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Owned and operated by Avanti Communications plc of the UK, and with its key payload constituents developed by EADS Astrium in the framework of ESA's Advanced Research in Telecommunication Systems (ARTES) programme, through funding essentially ... read more |
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Optis Software To Optimize Chinese Satellite Design OPTIS reports that the China Academy of Space Technology in Beijing has chosen OPTIS's OptisWorks software for stray light analysis to optimize the optical performance. The China Academy of Space Te ... more | .. |
Courting India In Space It's a busy time for watching international relations in space. Then again, given the current state of international relations on Earth, it's not surprising that spaceflight looks so dynamic. We hav ... more | .. |
Soyuz crew land safely on earth from ISS A Russian cosmonaut and two NASA astronauts came safely back to Earth from the International Space Station in a Soyuz capsule Friday, Russian Mission Control said. ... more | .. |
China puts satellite in orbit China launched a Long March 3A carrier rocket Thursday, putting a communication satellite into orbit around the Earth, officials said. ... more |
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GOES-13 Looks At Thanksgiving Travel Conditions The GOES-13 satellite captured a look at the cloud cover and weather systems around the U.S. on Nov. 24 as Thanksgiving travelers make their way to their holiday celebrations. With six days left in ... more | .. |
HISPASAT Group Satellite Delivered To Launch Base Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it shipped a communications satellite, designed and built for HISPASAT Group, to the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it is scheduled ... more | .. |
VimpelCom Serves Growing Markets In Russia SES WORLD SKIES has announced VimpelCom has signed a capacity deal to meet the growing need for business communications capabilities throughout Russia. Utilizing 36MHz of C-band capacity and t ... more | .. |
Glory Team Overcomes Engineering Obstacles Engineers have faced and overcome a number of unique challenges in recent years while preparing NASA's newest climate-monitoring mission for launch. Yet the engineering has begun to gel, and enginee ... more |
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Fewer Risks If Space Science Missions Managed By One Agency Earth and space science missions developed and implemented by federal agencies in collaboration typically result in additional complexity and cost and increased risks from divided responsibilities a ... more | .. |
US drone attack kills three militants in Pakistan: officials A US drone attack targeting a vehicle travelling in Pakistan's lawless northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border killed three militants on Sunday, local security officials said. ... more | .. |
US Reservists Clear Path For Air Force Largest Rocket Air Force Reserve helicopter, maintenance and life support personnel from the 920th Rescue Wing Airmen at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., along with their mission partners from their host wing, the 45 ... more | .. |
Rheinmetall And Sikorsky Present Cyclone Naval Helicopter Rheinmetall and Sikorsky recently presented the Cyclone Naval Helicopter at a joint press conference in Bonn. With a view to the German Navy's planned procurement of thirty multi-role naval helicopt ... more |
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Aurora Flight Sciences Rolls Out Orion UAS Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled the Orion unmanned aerial system, a flight vehicle demonstrator that will stay aloft for up to five days. Orion was selected by the US Air Force Research Laborato ... more | .. |
Robots To Rescue Wounded On Battlefield A robot being tested now may soon have the ability to rescue wounded Soldiers under fire without risking additional lives. The Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot, or BEAR, has been tested over the ... more | .. |
Chaotic quake-hit Haiti votes for a new leader Gripped by cholera, Haitians voted Sunday in national elections marred by allegations of fraud, searching for a new leader to rebuild a country shattered by a cataclysmic earthquake. ... more | .. |
Seven killed as bridge collapses in China Seven workers were killed and three others injured when a bridge under construction in eastern China collapsed, state media reported Saturday. ... more |
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LIDAR Applications In Coastal Morphology And Hazard Assessment Southampton scientists along with colleagues in New Zealand have used a sophisticated optical mapping technique to identify and accurately measure changes in coastal morphology following a catastrop ... more | .. |
S.Korea activists urge rescue of dogs left on shelled island South Korean animal activists are pushing for the rescue of hundreds of dogs left behind when their owners fled the island shelled by North Korea last week. ... more | .. |
Nearly 100 children hurt in China school stampede: report Nearly 100 children were hurt in a stampede Monday at a primary school in China's far-western Xinjiang region but no deaths have been reported, state media reported. ... more | .. |
NASA awards contracts for 'green' airliner NASA says future airliners need to be quieter, greener and more fuel-efficient, and the agency is putting its money where its mouth is, officials say. ... more |
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China, Russia ink deals worth 8.5 billion dollars: Wen Premier Wen Jiabao said on Wednesday that Chinese companies had signed a dozen deals with Russian counterparts worth more than 8.5 billion dollars as he held top-level talks near Moscow. ... more | .. |
Copenhagen plans super highways ... for bikes Copenhagen, one of the world's most bicycle-friendly cities, has begun turning its extensive network of cycle paths into bike highways in an effort to push more commuters to leave their cars at home. ... more | .. |
Fate of six-billion-dollar Indian steel plant in jeopardy The future of a proposed six-billion dollar steel plant in eastern India was in doubt Saturday after the government raised questions about environmental clearance given for the project. ... more | .. |
Africa lashes Europe on trade at summit eve Africa's leaders, frustrated after almost a decade of failed efforts to seal trade deals with Europe, are heading into a summit with the European Union next week ready to do battle, or walk out. ... more |
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