Simulating the Mars mission Computational curiosity Landing system IT has been key to successfully landing the rover robot Curiosity, on Mars earlier this week. Mars missions in the past have not had a great track record. But the landing ...
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GIA announces the release of a global report on Aerospace Fasteners market. Sales in the global market for Aerospace Fasteners is projected to reach US$6.8 billion by the year 2018, encouraged by increased shipments of Aerospace Equipment ...
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UK-Harlow,Essex,based performing arts school Makin'Steps likes to pull out all the stops for its end of year show-traditionally staged at Harlow Leisure Centre-and ensure its students get to perform accompanied by"proper X-Factor technical ...
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IDG News Service - Ask any Silicon Valley entrepreneur about their startup and they'll usually tell you the sky is the limit. For some, it's not just the limit but the goal. Combining advances in electronics and new sources of funding with ...
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The Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor device market is expected to reach $12.6m by the end of 2012, and the phenomenal growth rate of 60-80% year-on-year is expected to continue in subsequent years, according to the report ‘Gallium ...
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Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes components,subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,recently achieved its 100th successful satellite launch and deployment with primary power supplied by its solar ...
Emcore PV cells rack up 100th satellite deployment 12 Jul 2012 High-end solar cell maker says another 120 Emcore-powered satellites are already under contract. Satellite power The one-hundredth satellite to generate its primary power ...
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Fifty years ago this week a Delta rocket roared into space carrying a payload that sparked a revolution in the way the world communicates. On board the rocket, launched on July 10, was Telstar, the first telecommunications ...
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In preparation for the launch of Europe's answer to GPS,research satellite GIOVE-A has been retired. Made in the UK by Surrey Satellite Technology(SSTL),"the main objectives of the GIOVE-A mission were the on-board characterisation of a ...
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Arianespace is probably best-known as the launch services operator for the European Space Agency, and thus closely associated with Ariane rocket operations from Europe's spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana. The firm, founded in 1980 and ...
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Development and manufacturing agreement with Hyundai will enable Australia's Electro Optic Systems to scale production in Asia. "CROWS"system in operation Electro Optic Systems(EOS),the Australian company that develops and makes ...
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By 2015, the European Parliament wants all new cars to automatically alert emergency services in case of a crash, a service known as eCall. The Parliament adopted a resolution to this effect in a show of hands on Tuesday, and urged the ...
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Delta Air Lines today announced it would extend its Wi-Fi coverage to international flights, including those serving the UK. Delta Air Lines already has Wi-Fi services on all internal flights in the US – over 3,000 a day – ...
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Specialty foundry TowerJazz(which has fabrication plants at Tower Semiconductor Ltd in Migdal Haemek,Israel,and at its subsidiaries Jazz Semiconductor Inc in Newport Beach,CA,USA and TowerJazz Japan Ltd)and Phasor Solutions Ltd of ...
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A Zenit launch vehicle has successfully inserted Intelsat 19 into geosynchronous transfer orbit(GTO)after its 1 June liftoff from the SeaLaunch platform in the Pacific Ocean,but a problem with the satellite's solar array deployment may ...
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