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Officials are saying the December launch of a tactical satellite, dubbed TacSat-2, will serve as the predecessor for rapid satellite production, launch and operation. Managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate here, TacSat-2 has evolved into a responsive spa...

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Huge order for Iridium spacecraft The mobile satellite services provider Iridium has ordered 81 spacecraft to upgrade its global network. Thales Alenia Space of France will build the satellites - 66 to form the operational constellation, the remainder to act as spares. The order makes the Iridiu...

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Human spaceflight from UAE possible by 2015 Space, the final frontier of yore, now appears nearer and beckons the UAE. In what could spell the dawn of affordable commercial space tourism, the country is positioning itself to reap the benefits by 2015. A recent partnership forged between the Emirat...

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The Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR) is a launch facility and rocket range for sounding rockets in the U.S. state of Alaska, owned and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical Institute since 1968. The world's largest land-based rocket range, it is situated on a 20.7 km...

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A Russian Progress M-08M cargo spaceship was launched from the Kazakh Baikonour space centre Wednesday, delivering 2.5 tons of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), said Mission Control centre outside Moscow. The cargo spaceship atop a Soyuz-U carrier rocket blasted off at around...

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NanoRacks is dedicated to helping stimulate Space Station research by having developed a very low-cost 1 kilogram platform that puts micro-gravity projects within the budgetary realm of hundreds of universities, smaller organisations and first-time commercial space research users [url=ht...

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NASA officials on Thursday revised the target launch dates for space shuttle flights during the second half of 2008. The space shuttle and International Space Station programs agreed to the changes during a meeting at NASA's Johnson Space Centre to evaluate options following the STS-122 mission...

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The BHALF competition is open to teams of four or more students in grades 9 to 12 from high schools and community groups throughout the United States, District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. Teams will develop a flight experiment or technology demonstration and submit a proposal for considera...

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In 1975, Jerome Pearson wrote a great paper on space elevators that became the basis for excellent work by Brad Edwards including his 2002 book with Eric Westling, The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System. For decades elevator enthusiasts have had their hopes pi...

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The Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project is working in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to create a new generation of robotic lunar landers. The project will design a lander that will help NASA achieve its science and exploration goals on the moon's surface. Th...

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Intense Solar Storm Spins Satellite Out of Control An adrift Intelsat satellite that stopped communicating with its ground controllers last month remains out of control and has begun moving eastward along the geostationary arc, raising the threat of interference with other satellites in its pa...

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Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has signed a contract with Korea Telecom (KT) to provide their next telecommunication satellite, Koreasat 6. For this contract, Thales Alenia Space teamed with U.S manufacturer, Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital) who will provide satellite pla...

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NASA-NSF Scientific Balloon Launches From Antarctica NASA and the National Science Foundation launched a scientific balloon on Monday, Dec. 20, to study the effects of cosmic rays on Earth. It was the first of five scientific balloons scheduled to launch from Antarctica in December. The Cosmic R...

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([url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=58381&p=3&topicID=9990007]ASAT[/ur...

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UNH-led Experiment Hurtled into Aurora Above Norway by NASA Rocket A team of scientists led by Marc Lessard of the University of New Hampshire Space Science Centre launched an instrument-laden, four-stage sounding rocket from Norway's Andøya Rocket Range into aurora about 200 miles above Earth...

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	TacSat-2 Launch ( 1 2 ) TacSat (Preview) Officials are saying the December launch of a tactical satellite, dubbed TacSat-2, will serve as the predecessor for rapid satellite production, launch and operation. Managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate here, TacSat-2 has evolved into a responsive spa...	Blobrana	18	Feb 3 23:32 2011 by Blobrana
	Iridium Next venture Iridium Satellite (Preview) Huge order for Iridium spacecraft The mobile satellite services provider Iridium has ordered 81 spacecraft to upgrade its global network. Thales Alenia Space of France will build the satellites - 66 to form the operational constellation, the remainder to act as spares. The order makes the Iridiu...	Blobrana	2	Feb 3 18:19 2011 by Blobrana
	EIAST (Preview) Human spaceflight from UAE possible by 2015 Space, the final frontier of yore, now appears nearer and beckons the UAE. In what could spell the dawn of affordable commercial space tourism, the country is positioning itself to reap the benefits by 2015. A recent partnership forged between the Emirat...	Blobrana	0	Feb 3 09:16 2011 by Blobrana
	Poker Flat Research Range Spaceport (Preview) The Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR) is a launch facility and rocket range for sounding rockets in the U.S. state of Alaska, owned and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical Institute since 1968. The world's largest land-based rocket range, it is situated on a 20.7 km...	Blobrana	2	Jan 26 22:25 2011 by Blobrana
	Progress M-08M Progress (Preview) A Russian Progress M-08M cargo spaceship was launched from the Kazakh Baikonour space centre Wednesday, delivering 2.5 tons of supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), said Mission Control centre outside Moscow. The cargo spaceship atop a Soyuz-U carrier rocket blasted off at around...	Blobrana	5	Jan 24 19:11 2011 by Blobrana
	NanoRacks (Preview) NanoRacks is dedicated to helping stimulate Space Station research by having developed a very low-cost 1 kilogram platform that puts micro-gravity projects within the budgetary realm of hundreds of universities, smaller organisations and first-time commercial space research users [url=ht...	Blobrana	0	Jan 22 12:46 2011 by Blobrana
	Space Shuttle Launch Schedule (Preview) NASA officials on Thursday revised the target launch dates for space shuttle flights during the second half of 2008. The space shuttle and International Space Station programs agreed to the changes during a meeting at NASA's Johnson Space Centre to evaluate options following the STS-122 mission...	Blobrana	6	Jan 20 21:04 2011 by Blobrana
	BHALF competition (Preview) The BHALF competition is open to teams of four or more students in grades 9 to 12 from high schools and community groups throughout the United States, District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. Teams will develop a flight experiment or technology demonstration and submit a proposal for considera...	Blobrana	0	Jan 20 19:56 2011 by Blobrana
	space elevators (Preview) In 1975, Jerome Pearson wrote a great paper on space elevators that became the basis for excellent work by Brad Edwards including his 2002 book with Eric Westling, The Space Elevator: A Revolutionary Earth-to-Space Transportation System. For decades elevator enthusiasts have had their hopes pi...	Blobrana	4	Jan 9 15:12 2011 by Blobrana
	Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project (Preview) The Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project is working in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to create a new generation of robotic lunar landers. The project will design a lander that will help NASA achieve its science and exploration goals on the moon's surface. Th...	Blobrana	1	Jan 9 07:57 2011 by Blobrana
	Galaxy-15 satellite (Preview) Intense Solar Storm Spins Satellite Out of Control An adrift Intelsat satellite that stopped communicating with its ground controllers last month remains out of control and has begun moving eastward along the geostationary arc, raising the threat of interference with other satellites in its pa...	Blobrana	4	Jan 5 23:17 2011 by Blobrana
	Koreasat 6 satellite (Preview) Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has signed a contract with Korea Telecom (KT) to provide their next telecommunication satellite, Koreasat 6. For this contract, Thales Alenia Space teamed with U.S manufacturer, Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital) who will provide satellite pla...	Blobrana	3	Dec 30 08:59 2010 by Blobrana
	CREAM VI Balloon Balloon (Preview) NASA-NSF Scientific Balloon Launches From Antarctica NASA and the National Science Foundation launched a scientific balloon on Monday, Dec. 20, to study the effects of cosmic rays on Earth. It was the first of five scientific balloons scheduled to launch from Antarctica in December. The Cosmic R...	Blobrana	0	Dec 22 07:54 2010 by Blobrana
	Terra Satellite Earth (Preview) ([url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=58381&p=3&topicID=9990007]ASAT[/ur...	Blobrana	4	Dec 18 08:50 2010 by Blobrana
	Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling (Preview) UNH-led Experiment Hurtled into Aurora Above Norway by NASA Rocket A team of scientists led by Marc Lessard of the University of New Hampshire Space Science Centre launched an instrument-laden, four-stage sounding rocket from Norway's Andøya Rocket Range into aurora about 200 miles above Earth...	Blobrana	0	Dec 15 10:51 2010 by Blobrana
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