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Military Aviation News, Space News September 27, 2011

Astrium selected to help define missile defence system for NATO

Contract awarded for the definition of a systems architecture to protect NATO territories against the threat posed by ballistic missiles Astrium has been working with…

Space News September 26, 2011

Lockheed Martin-Built BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R Satellite Handed Over to Japanese Customers

NEWTOWN, Pa., September 26th, 2011 — The BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R broadcasting satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT)…

Space News September 26, 2011

Lockheed Martin Completes Primary Structure of NASAs MAVEN Spacecraft

Photograph Shows Structure of Next Mars Orbiter DENVER, September 26th, 2011 — â€“ Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has completed building the primary structure of NASAâ€™s…

Space News September 22, 2011

46th successful launch in a row of the Astrium-built Ariane 5

Ariane 5, the European launch vehicle developed and manufactured by Astrium, today successfully lifted-off from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. For FranÃ§ois Auque,…

Space News September 20, 2011

China to launch Tiangong 1 ‘Heavenly Palace’

BEIJING – China will launch a prototype module for a planned space lab next week, Xinhua said on Tuesday, a step that will bring it…

Space News September 19, 2011

FAITH

The Spaceship Company opens assembly facility at Mojave Air and Space Port to build Virgin Galactic spaceships The Spaceship Company (TSC), the aerospace production joint…

Space News September 15, 2011

NASAâ€™s Kepler Mission Discovers a World Orbiting Two Stars

The existence of a world with a double sunset, as portrayed in the film Star Wars more than 30 years ago, is now scientific fact….

Space News September 15, 2011

Virgin aims for first space launch within 12 months

British business magnate Richard Branson hopes to launch a vessel into space within the next 12 months, kicking off an era of commercial space travel….

Space News September 15, 2011

NASA Announces Design For New Deep Space Exploration System

New Heavy-lift Rocket Will Take Humans Far Beyond Earth NASA has selected the design of a new Space Launch System that will take the agency’s…

Space News September 12, 2011

Astrium Galileo satellites accepted by ESA

Kourou, 12 September 2011 First and second Astrium-built Galileo satellites successfully pass ESAâ€™s technical acceptance review Two IOV satellites set to be launched on…

Space News September 11, 2011

NASA Launches Mission To Study Moon From Crust To Core

NASA’s twin lunar Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:08 a.m. EDT Saturday…

Space News September 8, 2011

Virgin Galactic Appoints Former NASA, White House Executive as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Virgin Galactic, the worldâ€™s first commercial spaceline, owned by Sir Richard Bransonâ€™s Virgin Group and Aabar Investments PJS, has appointed Steven J. Isakowitz as Executive…

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