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Russia clears Proton launchers after groundingMoscow (UPI) Dec 13, 2010 Russia says it has cleared its Proton rockets for use after they were grounded last week following the loss of three satellites in a failed launch. A government inquiry found the Dec. 5 failure was caused by over-fueling of a rocket's upper stage and not any design or technical issues, clearing the Proton class rocket to resume launches, SPACE.com reported Monday. An investigated by a state commission of the failed launch, which resulted in the loss of three Russian Glonass navigation sa ... read more |
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  Long-Distance Ultrasound Exams Controlled By Joystick Ultrasound is an extremely useful medical technique, provided the operator has the expertise. In small clinics, however - and still more on spacecraft - trained radiologists are rare. So ESA i ... more | .. |
  NASA Names Waleed Abdalati As Agency's New Chief Scientist NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Waleed Abdalati the agency's chief scientist, effective Jan. 3. Abdalati will serve as the principal adviser to the NASA administrator on agency science p ... more | .. |
  Brazil launches rocket into suborbit Brazil on Sunday successfully launched a midsized unmanned rocket into space, with hundreds of kilograms (pounds) in cargo and experiments in tow, space officials here said. ... more | .. |
 Fueling error blamed in loss of satellites Russia's loss of three satellites during launch this week was caused by an off-course booster rocket that had been given too much fuel, officials said. ... more |
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 Boeing Submits Proposal For Second Round Of NASA CCDev Program Boeing has submitted its proposal for the second round of NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program. Boeing plans to advance the design of its Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft ... more | .. |
  GPS Tracking Technology Helps With Winter Weather Technology gave us the ability to predict severe winter weather and now it's helping when it comes to dealing with the aftermath. Due to the recent record of snow fall in the northeast, munici ... more | .. |
 Mobistealth Launches Advanced iPhone Spy Application For iPhone 4 Mobistealth has just announced the launch of the most technologically advanced iPhone spy application ever developed. The Mobistealth iPhone application is the latest addition the professional grade ... more | .. |
 CSDC's AMANDA Citizen Service Platform Enhances GIS Support CSDC Systems has announced newly enhanced GIS integration capabilities in its AMANDA citizen service platform that will transform the way governments deliver services. These GIS capabilities w ... more |
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 NavCom Announces New Capabilities NavCom Technology has announced new capabilities for the SF-3050 multi-frequency GNSS receiver and Sapphire GNSS OEM board. In addition to the integrated StarFire/RTK GNSS capabilities, the SF ... more | .. |
  ISRO To Launch New Satellite On December 20 Indian Space Research Organisation has decided to launch its new communication satellite GSAT-5 Prime from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at around 4 pm on December 20. Sources ... more | .. |
 The Flight Of The Dragon Last Wednesday, at 18:55 GMT, a space capsule opened the typical orange-and-white landing parachutes above the Pacific, 500 miles off the coast of Mexico. But there was nothing else typical about th ... more | .. |
  South Africa Launches Space Agency South Africa launched its space agency last Thursday on what has been described as a historic day for the country. Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor and experts from the space agencies o ... more |
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  Japan's robot suit to bring hope to the disabled Japan's Cyberdyne may share its name with the company responsible for nuclear destruction and the killer robots of the "Terminator" movie series, but the similarities end there. ... more | .. |
 Surplus Fuel Believed Cause For Russia's Glonass Satellite Loss The main cause of the loss of Russia's three Glonass-M satellites was due to human error from fueling the booster rocket with an excess of 1.5-2 tons of fuel, the head of the Russian state commissio ... more | .. |
  ThumbDrive inventor out to prove he is no one-hit wonder Henn Tan could have ruled the global market in what became the ubiquitous USB flash drive that helped consign the floppy disk to the dustbin of technological history. ... more | .. |
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  Raytheon's SLAMRAAM Completes Second Test Firing from New Platform Raytheon's SLAMRAAM (Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) system successfully participated in a second ballistic test vehicle firing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. This is the s ... more | .. |
  SBIRS Completes Major Testing Milestone The U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin-led Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has successfully completed the Final Integrated System Test (FIST) of the first geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, a ma ... more | .. |
  LockMart Successfully Tests First GMLRS+ Rocket Lockheed Martin has successfully launched a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System Plus (GMLRS+) rocket recently in a test at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The GMLRS+ rocket, which is equipped ... more | .. |
  Boeing Phantom Ray Takes A Ride On NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft The Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system sits atop a NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified Boeing 747, as it takes off at 1:40 p.m. Central time for the test flight at Lambert Inter ... more |
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 India to boost its Akash missile arsenal Bharat Electronics expects to win around $3.3 billion worth of contracts for the surface-to-air Akash missile system in the next several months, a company official said. ... more | .. |
  U.K to halve fast-jets by 2020 The British air force looks poised to halve its fast-jet fleet by 2020, a commanding officer said. ... more | .. |
 US Navy Awards Contract To Prepare Unmanned K-MAX Helicopter For Deployment The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Kaman Aerospace a $45.8 million contract for K-MAX unmanned aircraft systems for a U.S. Marine Corps evaluation of unmanned ... more | .. |
 Hermes UAV Reaches 30,000-Hour Milestone In Afghanistan The British Army's Hermes 450 (H450) unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) have achieved the outstanding milestone of providing over 30,000 hours of support to UK forces on current operations in Afghanistan. ... more |
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