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Archive for July 11th, 2007

Israel Aerospace Industries To Build, Launch Amos 4

July 11th, 2007 by

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has signed a contract with Space Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) to develop and manufacture the Amos-4 satellite, IAI…
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Lockheed Martin dedicates software development site

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Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services (IS&GS), a business unit of Lockheed Martin Corporation, dedicated a new facility designed to support military operations of the future.
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Scientists one step closer to understanding killer electrons

July 11th, 2007 by

Settling a longstanding scientific debate, Los Alamos scientists have demonstrated conclusively how electromagnetic waves accelerate ordinary electrons in the belts of radiation outside Earth’s atmosphere to a state where they become “killer electrons,” particles that are hazardous to satellites, spacecraft, and astronauts.
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MDA sums up Orbital Express experiments

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MacDonald Dettwiler said the Orbital Express in-space demonstrations of solutions for on-orbit servicing have been successfully completed.
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MetOp-A ceases direct high-res picture transmission

July 11th, 2007 by

The Advanced High Resolution Picture Transmission (AHRPT) service aboard the polar orbiting MetOp-A weather satellite stopped on 4 July and could not be restarted yet, operator EUMETSAT said today.
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ATK awarded contract for Orion launch abort motors

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Alliant Techsystems has received a US$62.5 million contract from Orbital Sciences Corporation for the main abort motor of the NASA Orion crew exploration vehicle Launch Abort System (LAS).
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