OPTSAT 3000 QZS-4 (MICHIBIKI-4) QZS-3 (MICHIBIKI-3) QZS-2 (MICHIBIKI-2) QSS ROCKET MELTDOWN OVER PRAIRIE PROVINCES CONFIRMED BY U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND - The U.S. Strategic Command has confirmed a spectacular fireball witnessed in Saskatchewan and Alberta on Friday night was the Antares rocket body burning up as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere. ON-ORBIT SATELLITE SERVICING AND REFUELING MAY BE ON THE HORIZON - A team of researchers and Pentagon contractors was recently selected to organize a space industry consortium that will consider new "rules of the road" for commercial on-orbit satellite repair and refueling. THREE CHINESE MILITARY SURVEILLANCE SATELLITES SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED - A Chinese rocket placed three experimental military surveillance satellites in orbit Friday, the second set of related triplets launched in less than two months. ESA'S LATEST TECHNOLOGY CUBESAT CLEARED FOR LAUNCH SITE - GomX-4B, ESA's latest and largest technology-testing CubeSat, will be launched from China early next year, together with the near-identical GomX-4A.
News.com.au | News Online from Australia and the World | NewsComAu MetaFilter | Community Weblog Welcome to the British Cartoon Archive - The British Cartoon Arc GrowthHackers - A Community for Growth-Focused Marketers - Trending Obama vows to preserve open Internet During his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, President Obama promised the United States would continue to support a "free and open Internet" and would call out nations that censor content. On the same day that Commerce Secretary Gary Locke warned an increasing number of nations are enacting policies to censor the Web or block certain applications to protect domestic industries, Obama said the U.S. will always stand up for the individual's right to free speech. Obama said the freedom to assemble without government permission and an independent media are critical to making social progress and holding those in power accountable. "Civil society is the conscience of our communities, and America will always extend our engagement abroad with citizens beyond the halls of government. Obama also promised the U.S. would actively promote technologies that allow people to communicate with one another in defiance of government bans.