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| December 28, 2013 |
 Curious Results from Mars Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 27, 2013 - NASA's Curiosity rover touched down on Mars with dramatic style in August, 2012. Now that the rover has spent more than a year exploring the martian surface, scientific data from the mission is starting to make its way into journals and popular news here on Earth. In fact, there is so much data coming back from the rover that it is sometimes hard to understand what all of the different fin ... more |  |
 NASA Carbon Sleuth Gets Simulated Taste of Space Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 27, 2013 - A NASA observatory that will make the most precise, highest-resolution and most complete, space-based measurements of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere to date has marked a key milestone in preparation for its planned July 2014 launch. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2 spacecraft was moved into a thermal vacuum chamber at Orbital Science Corporation's Satellite Manufacturing Facil ... more |  |
 SDO Shows the Sun's Rainbow of Wavelengths Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 27, 2013 - Telescopes help distant objects appear bigger, but this is only one of their advantages. Telescopes can also collect light in ranges that our eyes alone cannot see, providing scientists ways of observing a whole host of material and processes that would otherwise be inaccessible. A new NASA movie of the sun based on data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, shows the wide range ... more |  |
 Laser Demonstration Reveals Bright Future for Space Communication Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 27, 2013 - The completion of the 30-day Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration or LLCD mission has revealed that the possibility of expanding broadband capabilities in space using laser communications is as bright as expected. Hosted aboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer known as LADEE, for its ride to lunar orbit, the LLCD was designed to confirm laser communication capabilities ... more |  |
 Telit Unwraps First Positioning Module Based on MediaTek's Single Chip Multi-GNSS Receiver SoC Technology Raleigh NC (SPX) Dec 27, 2013 - Telit Wireless Solutions, a global provider of high-quality machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions, products and services, today announced the market introduction of Jupiter SL869 V2, the second generation of one of its top performing positioning products. The new module is based on the low-power MT3333 from MediaTek. The complete multi-GNSS receiver features easy integration and superior batt ... more |  |
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 Official: Iran to Send Astronaut into Space in 2024 Tehran (FNA) Dec 27, 2013 - Head of Iran's Space System Research Center Mohammad Ebrahimi underscored the countries' rapid growth in aerospace industries, and said that Iran plans to launch an explorer which can carry astronomers to suborbital altitude in four years. "If we can send 2-ton satellites to geo-orbit by next 12 years, we can be able to send 2-ton aerospace into space carrying astronomer as well," Ebrahimi ... more |  |
 Astrium and Inmarsat sign strategic agreement on Global Xpress London, UK (SPX) Dec 27, 2013 - Inmarsat and Astrium have reached a strategic distribution partnership agreement which will see Global Xpress services made available to Astrium Services' large partner and customer base. Astrium Services will deliver Global Xpress high-speed broadband services through its worldwide distribution channels. The strategic agreement will cover key vertical markets, including the maritime, as w ... more |  |
Rainfall satellite will aid in environmental, weather science Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2013 - NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency say they've set a launch date for a satellite intended to improve environmental research and weather forecasts. A Japanese H-IIA rocket will carry the Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite into orbit from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center Feb. 27, NASA reported Thursday. The international satellite mission that ... more |  |
Gilat Awarded Project by Peru's Fitel Petah Tikva, Israel (SPX) Dec 27, 2013 - Gilat Satellite Networks has been awarded a project valued at $30 million as part of the Integracion Amazonica Loreto initiative. The contract for the project is expected to be signed shortly. The majority of the award is for the design, setup and implementation of the network, which is expected to be executed within the first year. The remainder is for the operation and maintenance of the ... more |  |
GameSim Grows Revenue 30 Percent Orlando FL (SPX) Dec 27, 2013 - GameSim has announced that it expects to close this year with 30 percent overall company growth and $3.6 million in revenue. Ranked by Inc. Magazine as one of the 500 fastest growing companies in America, this is the third consecutive year the company will report a significant increase in revenue. This year, GameSim completed several large scale co-development projects within the gaming in ... more |  |
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 Birth of black hole kills the radio star Perth, Australia (SPX) Dec 27, 2013 - Astronomers led by a Curtin University researcher have discovered a new population of exploding stars that "switch off" their radio transmissions before collapsing into a Black Hole. These exploding stars use all of their energy to emit one last strong beam of highly energetic radiation - known as a gamma-ray burst - before they die. Up until now, it was thought all gamma-ray bursts ... more |  |
 First launch of new Soyuz rocket with redesigned engine delayed Moscow (UPI) Dec 26, 2013 - A test launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket with a new engine design has been delayed until 2014, officials said without specifying a new date. "The launch has been postponed until next year," defense official Colonel Dmitry Zenin said. The new Soyuz-2.1v features a completely reworked first stage powered by a new-design rocket engine built by the NK Engines Company in the Russian ci ... more |  |
Britain's Met Office to begin offering space weather forecasts London (UPI) Dec 26, 2013 - Britain's weather service said it will begin providing early warnings of solar storms that can disrupt satellites, radio communications and power grids. The 24-hour service offering space weather forecasts and information, to begin next spring, will help businesses and government departments make preparations for potentially destructive solar storms. The Met Office is working in ... more |  |
 Station's Replacement Pump Successfully Restarted Houston TX (SPX) Dec 26, 2013 - Following Two Spacewalks To Replace A Degraded Pump Module On The Truss, Or Backbone, Of The International Space Station, Flight Controllers In The Mission Control Center At Nasa's Johnson Space Center In Houston Successfully Restarted The New Pump Tuesday Night. The Pump Module Controls The Flow Of Ammonia Through Cooling Loops And Radiators Outside The Space Station, And, Combined With W ... more |  |
 China's moon rover "sleeps" through lunar night Beijing (XNA) Dec 26, 2013 - The moon rover and lander of China's Chang'e 3 lunar probe mission will "sleep" during the lunar night, enduring extreme low temperatures on the lunar surface. According to Wu Fenglei of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center, the lander will "go to sleep" at about 7 a.m. on Christmas Day and the moon rover, Jade Rabbit, will fall asleep at about 1 a.m. on Boxing Day. The forthcoming l ... more |  |
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 Dwarf Planet Ceres - 'A Game Changer in the Solar System' Moffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2013 - In March of 2015, NASA's Dawn mission will arrive at the dwarf planet Ceres, the first of the smaller class of planets to be discovered and the closest to Earth. Ceres, which orbits the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is a unique body in the Solar System, bearing many similarities to Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, both considered to be potential sources for ... more |  |
ISRO end year on high note after Mars mission Chennai, India (IANS) Dec 26, 2013 - The successful launch of India's first inter-planetary Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), the sending up of India's first navigation satellite midnight, the launch of the Indo-French satellite SARAL, and signing up a couple of satellite launch contracts - all these put Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 2013 amongst the select group of space-faring nations on a couple of counts. The yea ... more |  |
Spacewalk ends, station fix a success Washington (AFP) Dec 24, 2013 - NASA astronauts on Tuesday successfully wrapped up a Christmas Eve spacewalk to make repairs at the orbiting International Space Station, the US space agency said. "We have a pump that is alive and well," said a NASA commentator on live television after a successful jumpstart test to the newly installed ammonia pump module, a bulky piece of gear the size of a refrigerator. More checks wi ... more |  |
JAXA plans to test new large rocket from 2020 Tokyo, Japan (JIJI) Dec 26, 2013 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch a new large-scale test rocket in fiscal 2020 and another the following year. The rocket, provisionally dubbed H-III, is a successor to JAXA's H-IIA launch vehicle. According to JAXA's plan, reported to a science ministry panel Tuesday, the H-III will basically have two engines in its first stage and have no solid-fuel boosters. ... more |  |
 Boeing, Energia Achieve Mixed Results in Counterclaims Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 26, 2013 - A US federal court on Wednesday granted in part and denied in part a motion by American aerospace and defense conglomerate Boeing to dismiss counterclaims filed by Russian space giant Energia in Boeing's $355 million lawsuit, according to court documents obtained by RAPSI. In February, plaintiffs The Boeing Company (Boeing) and Boeing Commercial Space Company (BCSC) filed a complaint again ... more |  |
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