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CryoSat-2 Exceeding ExpectationsBergen, Norway (ESA) Jul 02, 2010 Today, participants at the Living Planet Symposium have been hearing about ESA's most recently launched mission, CryoSat-2. In orbit for almost three months, the satellite is in excellent health with scientists very encouraged by the first ice-thickness data presented at the symposium. Prof. Duncan Wingham, Lead Investigator for the CryoSat mission, stated, "The satellite is in very good shape - exceeding in-orbit specifications, the ground segment software is fine, the system of data distribution ... read more |
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Moscow (UPI) Jun 21, 2010 Russia's arms export chief says Moscow hopes to sell Turkey the powerful S-300 air-defense missile system - and possibly the more advanced S-400 - after blocking delivery of the weapon to Iran. "The Turkish army has a great need to acquire S-300 and S-400 systems, Anatoly Isaikin, director of the state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport, told the RIA Novosti agency. Speaking a ... more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jun 18, 2010 Turkey is reported to have frozen at least 16 arms deals with Israel worth an estimated $56 billion, including missile projects and upgrading combat aircraft and tanks, in a major escalation of its confrontation with the Jewish state. The Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman reported Friday that the contracts were suspended after the Israeli government refused to apologize for the May 31 kil ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 17, 2010Euroconsult has released a comprehensive study analyzing the mechanisms defense and security agencies will use to satisfy their image intelligence (IMINT) requirements over the coming decade. In its new report "Earth Observation: Defense and Security, World Prospects to 2019," Euroconsult forecasts government procurement of commercial satellite Earth observation (EO) data will reach $2.6 billion ... more |
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UK Space Agency Funds International Mars RoverLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 16, 2010 The UK Space Agency is announcing Pounds 10.5M for the development of instruments to search for signs of past or present life on Mars. The instruments are part of the scientific payload on the ExoMars rover to be launched in 2018 as part of a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and US space agency NASA. ExoMars is a flagship project in the UK Space Agency's science and exploration programme. A two-step programme, the adventure begins in 2016 when NASA will launch an ESA-led orbi ... read more |
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