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Excalibur Successfully Unsheathed And Flown By Aurora.
Relevance Score: 10.499 2009-08-04 00:42:21
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation (Aurora) has successfully completed the first flight of the Excalibur Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) turbine hybrid electric unmanned air vehicle is the first of a new class of tactical unmanned combat air vehicles. The first flight took place at Aberdeen ...
US Firm Wins A Contract To Put Azerbaijan’s Satellite Into Orbit.
Relevance Score: 4.321 2009-08-18 15:03:44
The US-based Orbital Sciences Corporation has won a tender from the government of Azerbaijan to put the country’s first telecommunications satellite into orbit, informed Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The other bidders were Thales Alenia Space, EADS/Astrium (France), Space Systems/Loral Inc., Orbital Sciences Corporation (US), Sumitomo Corporation/ISS Reshetnev ...
Dutch Space Climbs Aboard Orbital Sciences' Cygnus Project.
Relevance Score: 4.310 2009-11-23 14:17:55
Dutch Space has inked a contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) for the development of solar arrays for NASA’s new cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) to be carried out under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) project. The more than US$35 million contract covers the design, ...
Orbital Sciences Delivers Bundle Of Joy To Arianespace.
Relevance Score: 4.020 2009-08-03 18:55:26
Not necessarily a bouncing bundle of joy — but certainly an accomplishment — a major feat as Optus D3 was delivered making it the second of two satellite payloads for Arianespace's mid-August Ariane 5 mission in French Guiana, moving this heavy-lift launch campaign into full swing. Optus D3 is unloaded ...
Orbital Sciences Delivers Bundle Of Joy To Arianespace.
Relevance Score: 4.008 2009-07-28 17:24:14
Not necessarily a bouncing bundle of joy — but certainly an accomplishment — a major feat as Optus D3 was delivered making it the second of two satellite payloads for Arianespace's mid-August Ariane 5 mission in French Guiana, moving this heavy-lift launch campaign into full swing. Optus D3 is unloaded ...
Spaceway Co-Project Manage Fit Out Of New Distribution Centre For Aurora UK.
Relevance Score: 3.967 2009-09-29 18:19:17
The Spaceway Group's ability to deliver a complete turnkey operation has resulted in the company winning the contract to fit out a prestigious and functional UK headquarters for Aurora World Ltd, one of the leading suppliers for end-end, soft and huggable toy designs for the global gift industry. Its superior ...
Computer Sciences receives $50M Air Force contract
Relevance Score: 3.883 2009-08-14 09:33:53
Information technology company Computer Sciences Corp. said Wednesday it received a $50 million Air Force contract for technical support, development testing and training. CSC will provide technical and support services, including information assurance, development testing, configuration management and training for the command and control system of the Air Force's air mobility ...
HYLAS 2 Satellite To Be Launched By Arianespace
Relevance Score: 3.816 2009-12-31 14:02:38
Avanti Communications Group has chosen Arianespace to launch its HYLAS 2 communications satellite. The HYLAS 2 satellite will be boosted into geostationary transfer orbit in the first half of 2012 by an Ariane 5 or Soyuz launcher operating at the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. It is the ...
Satellite vehicles and launch services
Relevance Score: 3.771 2000-04-06 15:00:41
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AMERICOM Government Services’ Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) Flies Through Critical Design Review
Relevance Score: 3.646 2009-03-22 00:28:14
Satellite solutions provider AMERICOM Government Services (AGS) and its partners Orbital Sciences Corporation and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) successfully completed the Space Segment Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) program. The CHIRP Flight Development program is designed to reduce risks in the development of ...
Russia Prepares To Launch US Telecoms Satellite
Relevance Score: 3.579 2010-02-10 20:31:07
A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a U.S. telecommunications satellite has been delivered to a launch pad at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in preparation for the February 12 launch. The carrier rocket will put into orbit the Intelsat-16 satellite, which was developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation for the Intelsat Ltd., ...
New Commercial Rocket Reaches Launch Site for Assembly
Relevance Score: 3.222 2010-02-12 12:04:06
The pieces are coming together for a new commercial rocket envisioned to send unmanned cargo ships to the International Space Station from a launch site in Florida. Built by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., the new Falcon 9 rocket is a two-stage booster designed to launch the company's Dragon ...
Boeing P-8A Poseidon T2 Successfully Completes First Flight
Relevance Score: 3.194 2009-06-15 16:38:34
Boeing P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T2 takes off from Renton Field today to begin its successful first flight. T2 took off at 10:32 a.m. Pacific time and landed two hours and 56 minutes later at Boeing Field in Seattle at 1:28 p.m. The flight plan for T2, painted in its new ...
A Flighty Experience For IndigoSAT And Maldivian Air Taxi.
Relevance Score: 3.170 2009-11-09 23:33:35
IndigoSat has informed that Aircraft Management system, the Indigo One, had been selected by the Maldivian Air Taxi to meet their flight operations and real‐time flight‐following requirements. The Indigo One management system features real‐time flight following, text‐based bi‐directional communication, together with flight data recording. The IndigoSat solutions additionally deliver ...
Satcom Direct's FDF Now Super Compatibile.
Relevance Score: 3.145 2009-10-26 12:58:03
Satcom Direct has added new features to its FlightDeck Freedom™ (FDF) service, which includes compatibility with most aircraft datalink avionics, integration with Satcom Direct’s new flight tracking solution, and compatibility with even more flight planning systems. FDF now supports Primus Epic-equipped aircraft, including Cessna Sovereign; Dassault Falcon 900DX, 900EX, 2000DX, ...
Space Shuttle Mission 2007 Release Spacelab-J STS-47 Mission.
Relevance Score: 3.041 2009-09-18 14:08:04
Exciting Simulations has informed a new Service/Mission Pack for the Space Shuttle Mission 2007 simulator. Carried out by Endeavour on 12 September 1992, Spacelab-J was a joint NASA and National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) mission, utilizing a manned Spacelab module. The mission conducted Microgravity influence on materials ...
Satellite Groups Oppose DeFazio Plan To Halt Cell Use On Planes.
Relevance Score: 3.029 2009-09-04 18:26:09
A flight attendants' union says it supports a U.S. congressional bill to ban cell phone use by passengers while a plane is in flight. "Cell phone use in the cabin would introduce a new aviation security risk, compromise flight attendants ability to maintain order in an emergency and increase cabin ...
Fab Flight Tests For Boeing's FAB-T.
Relevance Score: 2.937 2009-10-02 22:32:45
Boeing's [NYSE: BA] Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program has successfully conducted its first series of flight tests. The tests were the first demonstration of FAB-T's network-centric ability to connect satellite, airborne and ground assets in a realistic flight environment. Boeing is the prime contractor for Increment 1 ...
AMC-21 telecommunication satellite successfully launched
Relevance Score: 2.833 2008-09-14 01:38:29
The AMC-21 satellite will transmit mobile applications and TV broadcasting throughout the Continental United States (CONUS), Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Central America. Cannes, August 15 , 2008 - The AMC-21 communication satellite built by Thales Alenia Space was successfully launched on August 14 by an Ariane 5 ECA from Kourou, ...
IndigoSat To Support More Flying Medical Miracles In Australia.
Relevance Score: 2.776 2009-11-25 01:44:33
IndigoSat Pty Ltd, a global provider of aircraft fleet management solutions using SATCOM, informed the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) in Central and South Australia has selected IndigoSat to deliver flight tracking and text communication services for its fleet of Pilatus PC-12 turboprop aircraft. The new equipment will streamline fleet ...
IndigoSat To Support More Flying Medical Miracles In Australia.
Relevance Score: 2.754 2009-11-26 02:41:36
IndigoSat Pty Ltd, a global provider of aircraft fleet management solutions using SATCOM, informed the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) in Central and South Australia has selected IndigoSat to provide flight tracking and text communication services for its fleet of Pilatus PC-12 turboprop aircraft. The new equipment will streamline ...
Lockheed Martin's Orion Program Is 'Go For CDR.
Relevance Score: 2.748 2009-09-03 10:39:24
With a unanimous vote by NASA's Constellation and Orion Project managers, the Lockheed Martin-led industry team building the Orion crew exploration vehicle successfully passed a significant milestone in the new spacecraft's development phase – the preliminary design review (PDR). Successful completion of the PDR stage allows the team to enter ...
Smiths Detection to Take Part in DoD’s Advanced Standoff Chemical Detection Demonstration
Relevance Score: 2.701 2009-07-07 09:17:28
Smiths Detection, in partnership with Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), today announces it will showcase a prototype of an advanced standoff chemical detector at the Utah Dugway Proving Ground, a premier U.S. military technology testing facility. The showcase is part of a Warfighter Operational Demonstration for the NGCSD program evaluations, with ...
Excitement In The Air As Ares I-X Preps For Launch.
Relevance Score: 2.631 2009-11-03 20:15:05
At this morning's Ares I-X Launch Status Briefing, Launch Test Director Jeff Spaulding said the flight test vehicle is ready for a Tuesday morning liftoff. "I'm very happy to report that we are tracking no problems and the vehicle is in great shape." Weather Officer Kathy Winters offered less favorable ...
Optimizing Optus D3 For Dual Drive Into Orbit.
Relevance Score: 2.584 2009-08-04 15:37:40
The Optus D3 telecommunications satellite is undergoing its pre-launch checkout at Europe’s Spaceport in preparation for an August liftoff on Arianespace’s fourth heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission of 2009. Following its delivery to French Guiana on Tuesday, Optus D3 was transferred to the S5C hall in the Spaceport’s S5 payload ...
Falcon 1 Orbited Its First Commercial Payload.
Relevance Score: 2.556 2009-07-20 20:34:59
Space Exploration Technologies' Falcon 1 orbited its first commercial payload, the Malaysian Razaksat satellite, on its fifth and last flight as the next launch in 2010 will be carried out by the new 1e version. The 13 July commercial flight was from the US Army's Reagan test site on the Kwajalein ...
CTV OB Gains Snell Tech.
Relevance Score: 2.531 2009-10-29 01:00:16
Broadcast television system design and integration specialist Neil Wilson Enterprises (NWE) has integrated Snell routing and control systems at the heart of a newly refurbished and upgraded HD unit for CTV Outside Broadcast (CTV OB), one of Europe's largest and most respected independent OB companies. CTV OB's "OB4" is a ...
Launch Preparations Are Underway With Optus D3
Relevance Score: 2.524 2009-08-01 16:07:07
The Optus D3 telecommunications satellite is undergoing its pre-launch checkout at Europe's Spaceport in preparation for an August liftoff on Arianespace's fourth heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission of 2009. Following its delivery to French Guiana on Tuesday, Optus D3 was transferred to the S5C hall in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility. ...
US to take stake in key European mission to Mars
Relevance Score: 2.462 2009-06-16 21:29:51
NASA is likely to shoulder a major chunk of a planned unmanned European mission to Mars that has been troubled by rows over design and budget, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday. The ExoMars mission, the flagship of ESA's "Aurora" programme to explore the Solar System, was initially ...
SpaceX Preps For Falcon 9's Inaugural Launch The Cape
Relevance Score: 2.456 2009-10-13 16:59:49
SpaceX is now only a few months away from having the inaugural Falcon 9 launch vehicle on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral and ready to fly. The actual launch date will depend on a variety of factors, including weather and the overall launch schedule at the Cape, so an ...
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