WASHINGTON — In today’s intelligence climate, considerable importance is placed on the need for government agencies to quickly and seamlessly share data with one another. But the fact that the different agencies do not always have systems that are interoperable has been a major impediment to turning that goal into reality.
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BALTIMORE — Astronomers are split over the merits of putting observatories on the Moon rather than in space like the Hubble Space Telescope, which has been a boon to astronomy during its more than 16-year life in low Earth orbit.
Changing Mars Gullies Hint at Very Recent Water Flow
NEW YORK — The changing appearance of gullies on Mars as captured by spacecraft imagery over the last seven years suggests liquid water has flowed recently in two areas and may still seep out in brief bursts, researchers said Dec. 6 .
Old and New Blend in NASA’s Next Mars Lander
DENVER, Colo. — NASA’s next mission to the red planet — the Phoenix Mars Lander — is a true wedding of technology with planetary exploration: Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.
Next Falcon 1 Launch Could Slip to February
HOUSTON — Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) will attempt its second launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in late January or early February, SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said here Dec. 5.
OpEd: The Year Behind, the Year Ahead
This year has shown continued positive growth across all sectors of the satellite industry and has been filled with important events and signs of new directions for the future. The satellite industry, however, is still a very small niche within the global telecommunications and media sector.
Globalstar To Set Aside Cash for New Satellite Constellation
PARIS — Globalstar Inc. is obliged to establish, by Dec. 12, an escrow account in which a permanent cash reserve is kept as a condition of its contract with Alcatel Alenia Space for the construction of 48 new Globalstar mobile-telephone satellites, Globalstar said in a Dec. 5 filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Public, Private Investors Take Large Stakes in Eutelsat
PARIS — The French state-owned savings institution that is purchasing a large stake in satellite-fleet operator Eutelsat said it is acting as a long-term investor seeking stable cash flows and not as a proxy for the French government.