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The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights.Today's published Commons order papers contain a question to be answered by a minister later this week. The Guardian is pr (Read More)
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Win a suborbital spaceflight and support Synergy Moon in their attempt to reach the Moon!Team SYNERGY MOON is aiming for the Moon as an official competitor in the Google Lunar X PRIZE. Ecademy Member Mark Posen of RPC Telecom is a founder partner of the team.Our sponsor, eSpaceTickets.com, is the World's oldest space touri (Read More)
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On 10 February this year, a defunct Russian communications satellite crashed into an American commercial spacecraft, generating thousands of pieces of orbiting debris.At the time, some observers put the odds of such an event occurring at millions, maybe billions, to one.But experts had been warning for years that useable sp (Read More)
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The Google Lunar X PRIZE teams come from all walks of life with varied sets of experiences and ideas. Each has a unique plan for getting to the lunar surface. Get to know all of our competitors by following their blogs, watching the latest videos, or participating on their forums, and cheer them on to the Moon!. (Read More)
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Mark Posen's SatCom Blog
Two space satellites smashed into each other on Tuesday in an unprecedented orbital accident. Government agencies are still assessing the aftermath, but early radar measurements have detected hundreds of pieces of debris that could pose a risk to other spacecraft.As first reported by CBS News, a defunct Russian Cosmos satel (Read More)
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US and Russian communications satellites have collided in space in the first such reported accident.A satellite owned by the US company Iridium hit a defunct Russian satellite at high speed nearly 780km (485 miles) over Siberia on Tuesday, Nasa said.The risk to the International Space Station and a shuttle launch planned fo (Read More)
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One of the world's top commercial satellite operators used a heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket to successfully get two of its new communications spacecraft into orbit Saturday evening.It was a risky proposition for Eutelsat to entrust a pair of its satellites to just one rocket. Never before had the company put two pricey birds on (Read More)
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Qualcomm is teaming up with SkyTerra’s Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and ICO Global Communications to integrate satellite communications into mass-market cellular handsets.Under the agreement, Qualcomm will integrate satellite and cellular communication technology by developing a satellite protocol and including it in the (Read More)
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Mark Posen's SatCom Blog
The European Commission - with the support of ESA - has launched the procurement of Galileo, a global navigation system composed of 30 dedicated navigation satellites and a ground infrastructure with the main control centres in Europe and a network of dedicated stations deployed around the world.The overall programme object (Read More)
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