Lockheed, Raytheon, Bombardier team for JSTARS contract bid
Palmdale, Calif. (UPI) Jun 17, 2015 -
Lockheed Martin has announced it is teaming with Raytheon and Bombardier for the U.S. Air Force's JSTARS Recapitalization program contract.
Under the teaming, Lockheed Martin will serve as the lead systems integrator for the program, while Raytheon will bring to the team their experience with ground surveillance, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, mission systems int ...
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International Spacecraft Carrying NASA's Aquarius Instrument Ends Operations
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 22, 2015 -
An international Earth-observing mission launched in 2011 to study the salinity of the ocean surface ended June 8 when an essential part of the power and attitude control system for the SAC-D spacecraft, which carries NASA's Aquarius instrument, stopped operating. The Aquarius instrument successfully achieved its science objectives and completed its primary three-year mission in November 2014. ...
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All Systems Go for NASA's Mission to Jupiter Moon Europa
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 22, 2015 -
Beyond Earth, Jupiter's moon Europa is considered one of the most promising places in the solar system to search for signs of present-day life, and a new NASA mission to explore this potential is moving forward from concept review to development.
NASA's mission concept - to conduct a detailed survey of Europa and investigate its habitability - has successfully completed its first major rev ...
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Astronomers create array of Earth-like planet models
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jun 22, 2015 -
To sort out the biological intricacies of Earth-like planets, astronomers have developed computer models that examine how ultraviolet radiation from other planets' nearby suns may affect those worlds, according to new research published June 10 in Astrophysical Journal.
"Depending on the intensity, ultraviolet radiation can be both useful and harmful to the origin of life," says Lisa Kalte ...
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Satellites enable coral reef science leap from Darwin to online
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 22, 2015 -
With Earth-observing satellite data, scientists can now monitor the health of coral reefs, even in the most remote regions scattered around the globe where it is otherwise difficult to see changes.
Satellites fill a void by providing a more complete view of remote reefs. The information is monitored globally through Coral Reef Watch, an online tool that provides near real-time and long-ter ...
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From ESA: more than 300 new companies
Paris (ESA) Jun 22, 2015 -
ESA's business incubators hit a milestone this month: they have now fostered 300 start-up companies - and more are joining all the time. Thanks to innovations from the many Business Incubation Centres (BICs) start-ups, leading-edge applications that spring from space are spreading throughout Europe.
"Technologies from Europe's space programmes have turned out to be great problem-solvers he ...
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Roscosmos to Launch More Satellites, Set up Imaging Center
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 22, 2015 -
The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos plans to expand its fleet of satellites for taking images of the Earth, as part of a project to create a new center for global imaging, which aims to become a major player in Earth remote sensing services.
The existing Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring, part of the Russian Space Systems holding, will become the core of the new structu ...
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Study suggests active volcanism on Venus
Providence RI (SPX) Jun 22, 2015 -
An international team of scientists has found some of the best evidence yet that Venus, Earth's nearest neighbor, is volcanically active. In combing through data from the European Space Agency's Venus Express mission, the scientists found transient spikes in temperature at several spots on the planet's surface. The hotspots, which were found to flash and fade over the course of just a few days, ...
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Russia to Build New Generation Space Surveillance Systems
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 22, 2015 -
Russian Defense Ministry will construct more than ten complexes of new-generation space surveillance systems, increasing the precision of space observation, the ministry said in a press release Thursday.
This would "considerably increase the information capabilities of Russian space surveillance, expand the range of controlled orbits and reduce the minimum size of space objects detected by ...
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Russia eyes Kazakh cosmonaut as space tourist
Moscow (AFP) June 22, 2015 -
Russia on Monday proposed sending a Kazakh cosmonaut to the International Space Station in place of a space tourist in September after a Japanese candidate formally dropped out.
Satoshi Takamatsu, a Japanese businessman, was gearing up to go to space after signing a contract to undergo training but said Monday that he was not ready for the launch expected in early September.
"The Russian ...
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Europe launches next phase of hi-tech Earth satellites
Kourou (AFP) June 23, 2015 -
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the second phase of a 4.3-billion-euro ($4.91-billion) programme to deploy new-generation satellites to monitor environmental damage and aid disaster relief operations, officials said early Monday.
Sentinel-2A was hoisted by a lightweight Vega rocket from ESA's base in Kourou, French Guiana, overnight Monday-Tuesday, launch operator Arianespace sa ...
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