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Cassini Helps With Dune WhodunitPasadena CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2010 The answer to the mystery of dune patterns on Saturn's moon Titan did turn out to be blowing in the wind. It just wasn't from the direction many scientists expected. Basic principles describing the rotation of planetary atmospheres and data from the European Space Agency's Huygens probe led to circulation models that showed surface winds streaming generally east-to-west around Titan's equatorial belt. But when NASA's Cassini spacecraft obtained the first images of dunes on Titan in 2005, the ... read more |
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Sydney (AFP) July 20, 2010An Australian company Tuesday said it had developed a laser tracking system that will stop chunks of space debris colliding with spacecraft and satellites in the Earth's orbit. Electric Optic Systems said lasers fired from the ground would locate and track debris as small as 10 centimetres (four inches) across, protecting astronauts and satellites. "We can track them to very high precisi ... more 
Farnborough, United Kingdom (AFP) July 20, 2010The Eurofighter consortium said here on Tuesday that it would begin development of a cutting-edge radar system for its Typhoon combat jet, meeting a key Indian demand. The AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar, unique for its low detection and high resistance to hostile jamming, is set to enter service in 2015, the consortium said at the Farnborough International Airshow near Lond ... more  
San Jose CA (SPX) Jul 20, 2010Xilinx has launched the industry's first high-density, rad-hard reconfigurable FPGA for withstanding radiation environments encountered by applications ranging from low earth-orbiting satellites to systems supporting inter-planetary missions. The off-the-shelf XilinxVirtex-5QV FPGA offers the industry's highest density, performance and integration capabilities for complex systems that woul ... more |
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Block 40 Global Hawk Successfully Completes Major Flight Test MilestoneEdwards Air Force Base CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2010 Northrop Grumman Corporation's first Block 40 RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed envelope expansion flights, just six months after conducting its first flight. The Block 40 aircraft will be equipped with the high performance Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor and is the first of 22 Block 40 Global Hawks assigned to Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. The company also delivered on time the fir ... read more |
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