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August 27, 2010
TECH SPACE
Canadian PM Announces Support For Next Gen Of Satellites
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Aug 27, 2010
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced support for the next phase of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM), a system of three advanced remote sensing satellites. "By supporting the world-class RADARSAT Constellation Mission, our Government will ensure Canada maintains its role as a world leader in aerospace technology," Prime Minister Harper said. "This cutting-edge project will create highly-skilled jobs, and attract the world's best scientists, technicians and engineers to Canada's ... read more

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MISSILE DEFENSE

Second Live Tracking Exercise For Ballistic Missile Defense Completed
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UAV NEWS

Upgraded Surveillance Aircraft Arrive In Afghanistan
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TECH SPACE

US grants licenses for radar equipment sales to Taiwan
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WAR REPORT

Commentary: War and peace in Mideast
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Satellite Services supplies on-board sub-systems for smallsats and microsats.

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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

First Battery Engagement Operations Center For Integrated Air And Missile Defense Battle Command System
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Processing Of First TanDEM-X Data Received At Inuvik
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WAR REPORT

Polar Mission Pushes Crews, Planes To Limits
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FLOATING STEEL

Russia To Hold Competition To Choose New Navy Corvette
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NUKEWARS

N.Korea develops camouflage tactics: reports
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Sensors To Guide Spacecraft To Safe, Distant Landings
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FLOATING STEEL

Abraham Lincoln Wraps Up COMPTUEX
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IRAQ WARS

Last US combat brigade leaves Iraq
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IRAQ WARS

Iraqis in doubt as US troops depart
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MISSILE DEFENSE
End-to-End Ballistic Missile Defense System Simulation Completed
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Aug 20, 2010
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Northrop Grumman Corporation have finalized verification and validation of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Performance Assessment 2009 (PA09). PA09 is an end-to-end system-level simulation conducted to analyze how the BMDS integrated radars, communication networks and interceptors perform during scenarios. Northrop Grumman, as the prime ... more

FLORA AND FAUNA
Bats, moths evolution 'arms race'
Bristol, England (UPI) Aug 19, 2010
Bats and moths, as predator and prey, are locked in an evolutionary "arms race" with survival as the goal, British researchers say. Studies have found that in the ongoing escalation, some bats have learned to emit "stealth" clicks that moths can't hear as they search for prey, while some species of moth have learned to tell the difference between "locating" clicks and "striking" clicks ... more

EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA's TRMM Satellite Maps Flood Potential
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2010
Tropical Depression Five (TD5) may not be a tropical depression anymore, but NASA's TRMM satellite has noticed that its remnant low pressure circulation is making for a very bad and wet Friday the 13th for residents from southeastern Louisiana east to the Florida panhandle. Even when a tropical system gets downgraded into a low pressure area, there is still the possibility of inland floodi ... more

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JOVIAN DREAMS

Where In The World Is Europa

EARTH OBSERVATION

TanDEM-X Answers Its First Call For Crisis Assistance


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TIME AND SPACE
Kepler Discovers Multiple Planets Transiting A Single Star

Seven-Planet System Discovered

Richest Planetary System Discovered

TIME AND SPACE
Canadian PM Announces Support For Next Gen Of Satellites

First Successful Corona Remote Sensing Satellite Marks 50 Year Anniversary

Student Competition 'In The Can'

TIME AND SPACE
China Launches New Mapping Satellite

Venture Capital Fund Backs Business Opportunities From Space

Life360 Launches Real-Time Family Tracking App For iPhone

TIME AND SPACE
China Finishes Construction Of First Unmanned Space Module

China Contributes To Space-Based Information Access A Lot

China Sends Research Satellite Into Space

TIME AND SPACE
Perseid Meteors Return: Viewing Conditions Excellent

Fireball heralds arrival of meteor shower

The Impact That Shattered Santa Fe

TIME AND SPACE
Sunlight Spawns Many Binary And 'Divorced' Binary Asteroids

Some Asteroids Live In Own Little Worlds

NASA prepares for asteroid rendezvous

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MISSILE DEFENSE
Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Plays Key Role In Latest Missile Defense Test
Vandenberg Air Force Base CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2010
A Raytheon Company Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) demonstrated successful two-stage flyout on June 6, 2010 during the latest test of the Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. During this non-intercept mission, Raytheon's EKV met all test objectives, gathering critical data on kill vehicle performance that will improve the fidelity of its simulation models. "This test once again demonstrates the reliability and quality of Raytheon's Exoatmospheric Kill Vehic ... read more

MISSILE DEFENSE
China steps up air safety checks after crash

Safety questions raised after China plane crash

42 dead in China plane crash

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MISSILE DEFENSE
Russia's Newest Nuclear Sub Starts Sea Trials

First Gun Mission Module Installed Aboard LCS 2

U.S. Navy delays warships contract

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MISSILE DEFENSE
China Launches New Mapping Satellite

Venture Capital Fund Backs Business Opportunities From Space

Life360 Launches Real-Time Family Tracking App For iPhone

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MISSILE DEFENSE
NASA/NOAA Study Finds El Ninos Are Growing Stronger

Katrina Retrospective: 5 Years After The Storm

Processing Of First TanDEM-X Data Received At Inuvik

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MISSILE DEFENSE
First Battery Engagement Operations Center For Integrated Air And Missile Defense Battle Command System

Boeing to build Air Force satellite

USAF Launches First AEHF Satellite

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