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Proton delivered Airbus sat. into orbit in Russia’s final 2014 launch
The Russian space agency has reported successful delivery of a European communication satellite to geosynchronous orbit. The 401st launch of the Proton-M booster blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Roskosmos federal space agency has conducted...
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Russia test-launches new space eco-rocket Angara right into geostationary orbit
Russia’s space agency has launched a heavy version of the newly developed ecologically clean rocket family Angara. The booster is to take its mock payload right to the geostationary orbit – over 35,000 kilometers from the Equator. “A 08:57 Moscow time,...
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China-US space relations see small but important step
WASHINGTON — China has taken a small, but potentially meaningful, step toward more normalized relations with the international space community, a top US general announced this month. Gen. John Hyten, the head of US Air Force Space Command, told an audience...
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US Air Force to Share Space Data Directly with China
Building on an initiative from the July 2014 U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, China has formally requested that U.S. Air Force Space Command share information with Beijing that could help prevent future satellite and satellite debris collisions...
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Japan Takes Another Step in Building Marine Force
By Ricky Hough December 02, 2014 An announcement that it would be procuring the MV-22 Osprey adds another element to a future amphibious marine force. A recent announcement by Japan’s Ministry of Defense that it would be going ahead with the procurement...
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Does the JF-17 Finally Have Buyers?
By Robert Farley December 05, 2014 The Sino-Pakistani jet could finally have found prospective buyers. The JF-17, a joint Sino-Pakistani fighter project, is a single engine fighter developed, conceptually, as a modern MiG-21. Given how global fighter...
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Pourquoi le Rafale va s'exporter
Qatar, Inde, Émirats Arabes Unis, Égypte, Malaisie, Indonésie, Belgique et pourquoi pas la Finlande... Ce ne sont pas les principales destinations des tour-opérateurs en 2015 mais la possibilité de voir un jour le Rafale atterrir dans un ou plusieurs...
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La France et l'Inde vont faire aboutir le contrat Rafale
NEW DELHI, 1er décembre (Reuters) - Les ministres de la Défense français et indien se sont mis d'accord lundi pour surmonter leurs différences en vue de la finalisation d'un contrat, estimé à quelque 15 milliards de dollars (12 milliards d'euros), portant...
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Ariane 6 : l'Europe à la veille d'une décision historique
Les ministres de l’Espace vont donner le top départ du projet ce mardi. Le premier tir du lanceur européen est prévu en 2020. Après le vrai-faux départ de Naples fin 2012, les ministres de l’Espace des Etats membres de l’Agence spatiale européenne (ESA)...
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NORAD launches Santa tracker. We still have questions.
Each year, North American Aerospace Defense Command launches a website that allows little children to track Santa. Other media outlets may think, “Wow, what a cute story,” but we at FlightLines/Air Force Times want to go deeper and ask the hard-hitting...
