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The Space Industry Research Center (NITs RKP), a Russian Federal Governmental Company, carried out the third (and final) sequence of cold bench tests (KhSI-3) of URM 2, an Angara Common Core Booster (CCB), at their IS 102 Test Facility on 19 August.
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ESA’s Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) has been hit by a software glitch and is currently unable to transmit science data.
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The recently launched first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite seems to have developed a problem that will at least delay its arrival in geostationary orbit.
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Boeing confirmed that the U.S. Air Force has authorised US$182 million for the company to begin work on the seventh Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite, which is being procured under the new WGS Block II follow-on contract.
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The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile System Center’s Space Based Infrared Systems Wing and Lockheed Martin held a successful critical design review for the third and fourth geosynchronous satellites planned under the SBIRS Follow-On Production contract.
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The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III system has successfully completed the program’s Critical Design Review (CDR) phase two months ahead of the baseline schedule.
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You may not realize it, but high definition, or HD television technology has been around and in use for over a decade now. This may come as a surprise to you if you have not personally noticed much of a change in the quality of your home entertainment in this time.

While kicking back and enjoying a couple of hours of cartoons might be okay most of the time, sometimes television viewing should be a little bit more cultured. Whether it’s to impress a date, introduce children to a world of film beyond 3D and CGI, or simply to improve one’s own IQ, there are countless options out there that make it possible to get more out of a couple of hours in front of an HDTV.