Starsem and Arianespace yesterday orbited the Israeli communications satellite Amos 2. The 1,684th launch of a Soyuz family launch vehicle (using the Soyuz-Fregat version) took place at the Baikonur cosmodrome […]
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Earth and Space Foundation announces 2003 Earth and Space Awards
The Earth and Space Foundation has this year funded five expeditions with its annual ‘Earth and Space Awards’ The Earth and Space Foundation is a US and UK registered charity […]
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NASA Awards Technology Services Contract To SAIC
NASA has awarded the Unified NASA Information Technology Services (UNITeS) contract to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of San Diego. The total estimated cost-plus-award-fee contract value of the UNITeS core […]
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Green Hills Software to Power Spaceflight Crew Escape System Demonstrator
Lockheed Martin Selects the INTEGRITY-178B Real-Time Operating System for the PAD Abort Demonstrator Green Hills Software Inc. today announced that the Lockheed Martin Corp. has selected the INTEGRITY-178B real-time operating […]
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Comet encounter is key moment in UW astronomer’s long scientific quest
After a nearly five-year chase, the Stardust spacecraft will finally meet comet Wild 2 on the day after New Year’s. It’s a moment Donald Brownlee has anticipated for nearly 25 […]
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U.S. Air Force Successfully Launches Upgraded GPS Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin
A Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. This mission, designated IIR-10, […]
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On the centenary of powered flight
One hundred years ago today, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, Orville Wright made the world’s first manned, powered and controlled flight by a heavier-than-air vehicle. His fourth flight of […]
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XTAR Selects Arianespace to Launch the XTAR-EUR Satellite
WASHINGTON, D.C. — December 18, 2003 — XTAR, a joint venture between Loral Space & Communications (OTCBB: LRLSQ) and HISDESAT, S.A., today announced that it has entered into an agreement […]
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ESA/Inmarsat agreement to improve satellite mobile phone and data services
An agreement signed by ESA and Inmarsat brings the reality of reliable mobile broadband communications services a step closer. For the first time, global mobile broadband services will be available […]
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Northrop Grumman, NASA Successfully Test Composite Hydrogen Fuel Tank for Reusable Launch Vehicles
Tests Boosts Confidence in Using Composite Tanks for Reusable Launch Vehicles A team of engineers from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. have demonstrated […]
