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Boeing GPS IIF Satellites Assembled Using 'Pulse' Manufacturing Line

El Segundo, CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2012 - Boeing has accelerated the assembly of its Global Positioning System (GPS IIF) satellites through the use of a pulse-line manufacturing approach adapted from the Boeing 737 airplane production line.

Ball Aerospace Makes Progress for NASA's Joint Polar Satellite System-1 Spacecraft

Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 24, 2012 - Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. expects to have initiated the procurement of the majority of avionics and electronics components required to build the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) spa

Fourth Boeing Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite Ready for Liftoff

El Segundo, CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2012 - Boeing has announced that the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite the company is delivering to the U.S. Air Force has successfully completed prelaunch testing and is ready for launch.

The Wideband Global SATCOM Program (WGS)

Launch of 1st Block II bird imminent; Canada joins WGS. (Jan 17/12) The US military needs a bigger data firehose. In an era of streaming data from proliferating UAVs (Last update: 2012-01-18 21:36:46 GMT)

NASA looking at Cassini radio problems

Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jan 13, 2012 - NASA says it's conducting diagnostic tests on its Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn after its signal was not detected during a tracking pass in late December.

New Deep Space Capsule Passes NASA Chief's Inspection NASA & Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle |

NASA chief Charlie Bolden got a look at the Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle, the agency's next-generation capsule for manned exploration of asteroids, Mars and other deep-space destinations.

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MARLBOROUGH, Mass. | Raytheon Company has again successfully tested with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite that will provide secure communications for the U.S. military and int...

New GPS satellite begins testing at Peterson - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air

DENVER — A $5.5 billion upgrade to the GPS moved a step closer to launch this week when a prototype arrived at a Lockheed Martin complex in Colorado to begin months of tests.

DLR tests Australian spacecraft

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2011 - Can new types of engine make spaceflight easier and more economical? This question is being investigated by researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR

Shenzhou for Dummies

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 18, 2011 - The safe return of Shenzhou 8 has ended a highly successful mission for China's human spaceflight program. Although there were no astronauts aboard, this flight has been as dramatic and important as

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