NASA begins a five-year study this month of the annual cycle of phytoplankton and the impact that small airborne particles emitted from the ocean have on the climate-sensitive North Atlantic. […]
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Radar Images Provide New Details on Halloween Asteroid
The highest-resolution radar images of asteroid 2015 TB145’s safe flyby of Earth have been processed. NASA scientists used giant, Earth-based radio telescopes to bounce radar signals off the asteroid as […]
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Chinese Mars Lander Unveiled
Tuesday’s briefing begins with China unveiling a scale model of a Mars orbiter and lander it intends to launch to the red planet in 2020.
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Troubled Ground System for Next-gen GPS Under Heavy Scrutiny
The U.S. Defense Department’s top acquisition official is continuing to keep close tabs on the troubled ground system for the Air Force’s next-generation GPS satellites, a complex software development program that continues to raise red flags both at the Pentagon and in Congress.
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New Software Expands Missile Defense Role for SBIRS Satellites
Data from U.S. Air Force missile warning satellites will be able to trigger the firing of interceptors as part of a software upgrade Lockheed Martin turned over to the Missile Defense Agency for testing earlier this year.
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U.S. Air Force Looks To Bridge Sounding Rocket Contract Vehicles
The service is revamping its sounding rocket program and hopes to award multiple contracts in late 2016 to providers that could also launch small satellites into low Earth orbit.
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Latest ORS-4 Launch Delay Reinforces Government Watchdog’s Assessment
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report says none of several Defense Department efforts to field quick-reaction launch vehicles has advanced past the development stage.
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NASA Speaker Recalls How Hurricane Katrina Threatened Space Program
When Hurricane Katrina came ashore 10 years ago, not only did the Category 4 storm do catastrophic damage to cities along the Gulf Coast, it also endangered the operations of […]
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Eutelsat To Pay for Ariane 5 Solo Mission, Inks Multilaunch Deal with ILS
The company will pay more for a dedicated Ariane 5 launch in order to get the satellite in service before the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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Component Issue Delays Iridium Next Launches by Four Months
The latest slip for Iridium’s second-generation constellation was caused by a component that had posed issues for prime contractor Thales Alenia Space previously.
