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October 28, 2014

NASA Team Proposes to Use Laser to Track Orbital Debris
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 28, 2014
As participation in space exploration grows worldwide, so does the impact of orbital debris - man-made "space junk" that poses significant hazards to live spacecraft and astronauts should they cross paths and collide. Barry Coyle and Paul Stysley, laser researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, want to develop a method to define and track orbital debris using laser ranging - a promising approach that could overcome shortfalls with passive optical and radar technique ... read more

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Diehl delivers 4,000th production IRIS-T missile to Sweden

Stealth wind turbines to become operational in France in 2015

Singapore has full fleet of Alenia Aermacchi trainer planes

Selex ES adds to its radar product line

Migrating birds sprint in spring, but take things easy in autumn

NASA Radar System Surveys Napa Valley Quake Area

Iran unveils new missile, radar systems

Sentinel-1 poised to monitor motion

Bats bolster brain hypothesis, maybe technology, too

New F-16 configuration features AESA radar

Three Radars are Better than One

Canada's MDA receives radar antennas for satellite use

Snow has thinned on Arctic sea ice

BAE Systems touts its Artisan radar system

US looks to Japan space program to close Pacific communications gap

New integrated bridge systems for destroyers

Northrop completes UAV fuselage for NATO program

Wisconsin mayfly swarm causes car accident

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