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Solar Ultraviolet Imager For GOES-R Satellite Passes CDRPalo Alto CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2009 The Lockheed Martin team, awarded a contract by NASA in 2007 to design and build the agency's Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series, has met the requirements of a Critical Design Review. The review was conducted last week at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto by a group of ... read more |
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Tehran (UPI) Dec 16, 2009 Iran claimed to have successfully tested an advanced variant of its Sajjil-2 ballistic missile Wednesday, thumbing its nose at possible air and missile strikes by the United States and Israel to cripple its nuclear ambitions. But, as tensions in the Gulf swell once more, the Americans say they will conduct a test of their own in January -- countering a simulated Iranian missile attack. ... more 
Tehran (AFP) Dec 16, 2009A defiant Iran on Wednesday test-fired an improved version of its Sejil 2 medium-range missile which it says can reach targets inside Israel, prompting a sharp rebuke from Britain. "It hit the defined target," state television reported, without giving further details. The two-stage Sejil, powered by solid fuel, is capable according to Iran of travelling 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) ... more  
Frankfurt (AFP) Dec 14, 2009The new head of the Eurofighter consortium has pressed member countries to do more to sell the combat jet abroad, in an German interview published on Monday. "We need more contracts with support from the governments and a more coordinated support strategy," Enzo Casolini told the Financial Times Deutschland newspaper. "Look at what Sarkozy has done for France," Casolini added in ... more |
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Palmdale CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2009The first Block 40 configuration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight on Nov. 16. Designated AF-18, the advanced capability aircraft flew for approximately two hours from Northrop Grumman's manufacturing facility in Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "AF-18, the eleventh of the ... more  
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 09, 2009NASA's effort to deploy the first satellite mission to advance global precipitation observations from space moved closer to this goal when agency officials approved critical elements for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission on Dec. 2. NASA gave GPM the green light to proceed to the mission implementation phase in a review meeting chaired by NASA's Associate Administrator ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2009When the LCROSS rocket stage slammed into Cabeus crater on October 9, creating an impact plume of material that had not seen sunlight for possibly billions of years, it conclusively proved that water ice exists in the dark recesses of the Moon's polar craters. The LCROSS findings delighted William Feldman, a senior scientist at the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute. "What got me ... more |
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