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NASA Asks Public To Comment On RTG-Powered Pluto Probe
NASA has released for public comment a draft environmental impact statement on the proposed launch of the nuclear-powered New Horizons Pluto mission. NASA plans to launch the spacecraft in January or February 2006 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. aboard an Atlas 5 rocket.
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Inmarsat Reports Drop in Revenues, Earnings in 2004
Mobile satellite-services fleet operator Inmarsat Group Ltd. reported lower revenues and earnings in 2004, saying increases in its aeronautical and maritime businesses could not offset the steep drop in the land-mobile sector.
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Israel, U.S. Test Compatibility of Arrow-Patriot Interceptors
Israel and the United States are honing their cooperation on anti-missile systems through joint production of the Arrow interceptor and a series of increasingly demanding operational exercises aimed at ensuring interoperability of the Israeli-designed system with the U.S.-built Patriot.
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Software Fix Planned for Landsat 7 In Case Gyroscope Fails
In a worst-case scenario, gyroscope failure could render the Landsat 7 Earth observation spacecraft useless by the end of 2007. While maintaining that the probability of such a catastrophe is unlikely, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) plan to begin uploading software this summer that will allow operators to retain control of Landsat 7 if the remaining gyroscopes fail, officials said.
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Space Radar Cost, Technical Details To Emerge Next Decade
The U.S. Air Force will not have reliable cost estimates until early next decade for its proposed constellation of radar satellites that would detect movement on the ground , according to acting service Secretary Peter B. Teets.
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Bigelow Plans To Launch Genesis Pathfinder in Early 2006
Space entrepreneur Robert Bigelow has been making quiet inroads into the development of Earth orbiting inflatable modules. The privately built and financed habitable structures would be available for research, manufacturing and other uses, including lodging for future space tourists.
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A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come: The Lifting of the EU Arms Embargo on China
Later this year, the European Union (EU) will consider lifting the Tiananmen Square arms embargo against the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The United States and the EU imposed the embargo following the June 1989 crackdown on democracy protesters in Beijing. Lifting the embargo would endanger U.S. interests, accelerate China’s military buildup, undermine stability in the Pacific and send the wrong signal to repressive regimes everywhere.
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Growing Backlog Helps EADS Finish 2004 Profitably
EADS Space returned to profitability in 2004, posting a pretax profit of 10 million euros ($13 million) on revenues of 2.59 billion euros after three years of losses related to internal restructuring, work-force reductions and rocket- and satellite-manufacturing difficulties.
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EchoStar Prevails Over Insurers After Seven-Year Court Battle
EchoStar Communications Corp.’s $240 million victory over space-insurance underwriters came after seven years of wrangling that ultimately came down to basic questions of how a satellite works, according to industry officials.
