BOULDER, Colo. — Nanotechnology, which is being developed for use in a number of industries, may have large payoffs for space applications and exploration missions.
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For ESA, a Year of Negotiations With More Expected in 2005
PARIS — European governments in 2004 resolved their most pressing space-policy issues but were forced to delay until 2005 other matters that are just as important.
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MDA Says Test Failure Will Not Affect System Deployment Timetable
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is insisting that the failed test Dec. 15 of the interceptor for the fledgling national missile shield will not affect the timetable for putting the system on alert.
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Much Riding on the Delta 4 for USAF, Boeing
WASHINGTON — Boeing Co. and the U.S. Air Force have a lot more riding on the first mission of the heavy-lift Delta 4 rocket than the demonstration payload it is supposed to carry into space, officials said.
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European Union Approves Military Access to Encrypted Galileo Signal
PARIS — British protests notwithstanding, the military forces of France and other European Union nations will be able to use Europe’s future encrypted satellite navigation signals as they see fit, European government officials said.
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Three Years in the Hot Seat
WASHINGTON — When Sean O’Keefe was sworn in as NASA administrator Dec. 21, 2001, at the top of his agenda was to bring fiscal discipline to a space agency that had recently allowed a $5 billion surprise to swamp its key program, an international space station already more than a decade behind schedule.
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U.S. Civilian Agencies Envision More Influence Under New Satellite Navigation Policy
WASHINGTON — A new satellite navigation policy signed Dec. 8 by U.S. President George W. Bush is expected to give civilian agencies more influence in decisions affecting the GPS system, which is owned and operated by the military, according to a U.S. government official.
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CNES Sends Imagery, Inmarsat Ground Stations to Asia
PARIS — The French space agency, CNES, has begun providing archived images from its Spot Earth observation satellites to relief teams in Sri Lanka helping victims of the Dec. 26 earthquake and resulting tsunami, CNES announced Dec. 31.
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Arianespace Turns Small Profit in 2004
PARIS — The Arianespace launch consortium expects to report a slight profit on revenues of about 700 million euros ($948 million) for 2004 and has eliminated its corporate debt following a capital infusion by its shareholders, Arianespace Chief Executive Officer Jean-Yves Le Gall said Jan. 4.
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Private-Equity Ownership, Ka-Band Topped list for 2004
PARIS — Whether the purchase by private-equity investors of several big satellite-fleet operators is good or bad for the industry’s long-term health was Topic A in the commercial space industry in 2004.
