Aerospace

Boeing Tests Validate Performance of FAB-T Satellite Communications Program

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Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) development program has completed the functional qualification testing phase for the protected wideband satellite communications system. FAB-T will be used in the command and control of U.S. nuclear forces. Boeing’s tests verified operational capabilities required for the ground and airborne terminal types specified in the … Dowiedz się więcej

Swarm mission launched

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ESA’s three-satellite Swarm constellation was lofted into a near-polar orbit by a Russian Rockot launcher this afternoon. For four years, it will monitor Earth’s magnetic field, from the depth of our planet’s core to the heights of its upper atmosphere. The Swarm satellites will give us unprecedented insights into the complex workings of the magnetic … Dowiedz się więcej

NASA’s Chandra Helps Confirm Evidence of Jet in Milky Way’s Black Hole

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Astronomers have long sought strong evidence that Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, is producing a jet of high-energy particles. Finally they have found it, in new results from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope. Previous studies, … Dowiedz się więcej

ESA: Stepping up Vega launcher production

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Such is the success of Europe’s Vega small launcher that an order was signed today in Rome for the production of ten more vehicles. These will be launched over three years from the end of 2015. The contract was signed by Stéphane Israel, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Pierluigi Pirrelli, CEO of European Launch … Dowiedz się więcej

Vinci, one engine for two Ariane launchers

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The Vinci cryogenic engine by Safran is designed to power the upper stages on Ariane 5 ME* and the future Ariane 6. Jean-François Delange, who runs the Ariane development programs at the Snecma (Safran) Space Engines division, told us more. Jean-François Delange, Head of Ariane Development Programs at Snecma (Safran) | © Snecma What is … Dowiedz się więcej

ESA: Happy birthday, Space Station

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The International Space Station celebrates its birthday today, 15 years after the first module was launched in 1998. Zarya and Unity The Space Station is the largest cooperative project ever carried out in science, involving NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, the Canadian Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. On 20 November 1998 a Russian Proton … Dowiedz się więcej