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October 29, 2010
WEATHER REPORT
RISAT-1 Launch In 2011 Will Boost Weather Surveillance
New Delhi (PTI) Oct 29, 2010
India's earth observation capabilities are set to get a boost with the launch of indigenously-developed RISAT-1 early next year. The satellite will be launched in the first half of the next year, ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said while delivering the IGNOU silver jubilee lecture here, adding RISAT-1 will be a "major milestone" for the country and a boon for regions perennially under cloud cover. The satellite's all weather capability to take images of the earth could also be used to keep an ... read more

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SPACE WORLD 2010: Successful Premiere at the Exhibition Centre Frankfurt/Main
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TECH SPACE

Space Fence Design Moves Into Next Phase
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TECH SPACE

Raytheon Multi-Spectral Targeting Delivers High-Definition
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Missile Defense Agency Selects Raytheon To Provide New Missile Defense Radar
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Satellite Services supplies on-board sub-systems for smallsats and microsats.
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MISSILE NEWS

South Korea favors short-range missiles
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Japan says succeeds in missile shield test with US
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Introducing The A-Train
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MILTECH

Contract Awarded For New Battlefield Radar Requirement
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FLOATING STEEL

CASSIDIAN Protects German Navy Ships With Latest ID Systems
Cassidian, the recently re-named defence and security pillar of EADS, protects German Navy ships with identification systems to avoid confrontations with unknown aircraft. With the equipping of the ... more
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WIND DAILY

Offshore Wind A Mixed Bag
Offshore wind power offers a feasible way for Maryland to help meet its renewable energy goals, but presents some economic and political hurdles, concludes a new study by the University of Maryland ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

First MEADS Intra-Fire Unit Communications Hardware Delivered
Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first two intra-fire unit communications hardware components for the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). The two Message Routing Sub ... more
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FLOATING STEEL

New Coherent Doppler Radar For Patrol Vessels And Small Combatants
Northrop Grumman has introduced a new family of X-Band Coherent Radar (XBCR) systems designed primarily for offshore patrol vessels (OPV) and other smaller combat ship platforms. The SeaGuard ... more
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ICE WORLD

NASA Airborne Science Campaign Begins Antarctic Sequel
Scientists returned this week to the Southern Hemisphere where NASA's Operation IceBridge mission is set to begin its second year of airborne surveys over Antarctica. The mission monitors the region ... more
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WATER WORLD
Measuring sea-level rise in the Falklands
London UK (SPX) Oct 27, 2010
Sea levels around the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic have risen since the mid nineteenth century and the rate of sea-level rise has accelerated over recent decades, according to newly published research. The findings are as expected under global warming and consistent with observations elsewhere around the globe. "We have been fortunate in being able to compare modern sea-level mea ... more

EARTH OBSERVATION
TRMM Watches Richard Dump Rain On Belize
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 26, 2010
NASA satellites have watched as Richard went through a couple of life-transitions over the weekend. Richard developed into a tropical storm last week, intensified into a hurricane and made landfall in Belize and is now a tropical depression, poised to enter western Gulf of Mexico. Richard formed in the Caribbean Sea on 20 October 2010. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satelli ... more

TERROR WARS
Somalia Islamists splinter in major rift
Mogadishu, Somalia (UPI) Oct 25, 2010
Just as the Islamist al-Shabaab militia in Somalia seemed on the verge of driving the Western-backed Transitional Federal Government out of the capital Mogadishu, the insurgents' offensive looks like being crippled by a split between rival factions. The schism has clearly undermined the offensive, although it had been faltering in recent days because of mounting insurgent casualties. ... more

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MILPLEX

Australia Super Hornet program moves ahead

EARTH OBSERVATION

TanDEM-X And TerraSAR-X Imaging Etna While Flying In Formation


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LAUNCH PAD
Solar Systems Like Ours May Be Common

Astronomer Greg Laughlin To Talk About Earth-Like Planets

NASA Survey Suggests Earth-Sized Planets are Common

LAUNCH PAD
Raytheon Multi-Spectral Targeting Delivers High-Definition

Two NASA Spacecraft Begin New Exploration Assignments

Space Fence Design Moves Into Next Phase

LAUNCH PAD
'Exorbitant' price talk for Galileo maps way off beam: EU

Russia To Launch 8 Glonass Navigation Satellites In 2011-2013

S.Africa implants GPS chips in rhino horns to fight poaching

LAUNCH PAD
China says manned space station possible around 2020

China Kicks Off Manned Space Station Program

NASA chief says pleased with 'comprehensive' China visit

LAUNCH PAD
Scientists Watch For A Hartley-2 Meteor Shower

Ocean asteroid impact could deplete ozone

NASA Cameras Spot Meteors From Obscure Camelopardalis Shower

LAUNCH PAD
NASA Spacecraft Preps For Comet Flyby

Contract Signing Gives Galileo System Its Operators

Countdown To Comet Flyby Down To Nine Days

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DLR Becomes A Member Of The International Charter Space And Major Disasters
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 21, 2010
The German Aerospace Center has become a member of the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters'. At an event in Paris to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its founding, Johann-Dietrich Worner, Chairman of the DLR Executive Board, signed the charter, marking DLR's accession. With this signing, DLR has become the 11th space agency to pledge its expertise and resources, particularly those associated with global monitoring, to address natural disasters and major accidents. b>DLR can m ... read more

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
NASA Releases Report About Australia Balloon Mishap

Aeromexico Operates Its First "Green Flight"

India mulls Boeing Globemaster III deal

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
BAE bids for Brazil warships

Bulgaria lifts women in submarines ban -- but too late

DRS Completes DDG 51 Hybrid Electric Drive Motor

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
'Exorbitant' price talk for Galileo maps way off beam: EU

Russia To Launch 8 Glonass Navigation Satellites In 2011-2013

S.Africa implants GPS chips in rhino horns to fight poaching

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
FTC ends inquiry into Google 'Street View' data collection

Modeling The Fiery Past And Future Of Planet Earth

Hanging On For Dear Life

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Testing For AEHF Satellite Services Completed

Sagem Prime Contractor For RIF-NG New-Gen Soldier Info Network

JTRS, Ground Mobile Radios Program Completes System Integration Testing

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