Experts point to a similar launch in 2009 that they say was actually a ballistic missile, noting no satellite was ever detected in space.
Once launched -- sometime in 2018 hopefully -- the 4.2-foot hexagonal sections will be the largest mirror ever flown in space.
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It is the biggest, most sophisticated vehicle the bloc has ever flown in space.
To accomplish this, it uses the longest antenna ever deployed in space, longer than the height of the Empire State Building.
At 3.5m, it is the biggest mirror ever flown in space.
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He says a takeover is possible, but would be the second-biggest ever deal in the space.
The first crew of the International Space Station took up residence 200 miles above Earth on this date 10 years ago and we have had a sustained human presence in space ever since.
Optical disc drives take up precious space in our ever-shrinking gadgets, and the ability to stream music or movies on demand has made CDs and DVDs less essential.
The Greek foreign minister told me on Tuesday that no European country had ever tried such cuts in such a short space of time.
No organization has ever done that much that quickly in this space and a lot of the reason we were able to do it is because Silicon Valley got behind us with money, people took board seats, and advice.
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The men and women charged with handling intel and state of the art gear are coming off the lines, back to a civilian world where the same talents they used while serving their country could benefit them in the potentially lucrative and ever-growing technology space.
Despite challenging market conditions, Broadcom's product pipeline is stronger than ever, positioning us for continued success in the communications semiconductor space.
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There was just this big open space left in my heart that no one ever bothered to fill and no one knew was there.
It is concerned that, should it ever get around to building its space plane, the definitions in the bill may, or may not, cover its vehicle.
Neither of them had ever been there before that day, and neither ever went back, so it remained a bright free space in their imaginations: sunlit stately walks, aisles of tall flowers, fountains splashing.
They say (she had read somewhere) that no one ever disappears, up in the atmosphere, stratosphere, whatever you call space atoms infinitely minute, beyond conception of existence, are up there forever, from the whole world, from all time.
"For Ian, innovation and disruption is a concept he has mastered- he is able to instinctively identify the opportunities for growth and improvement that exist in the digital music space better than anyone I have ever met and he knows what it takes to win, " said Luke Wood.
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As far as the rest of humanity goes, ever since the persistent Dennis Tito secured his place as the first tourist in space, he has become a rallying point for enthusiasts trying to get access to space for a broader (ie, poorer) range of customers.
That's not how the Internet should ever work in our view -- not if we want it to remain the space where economic, political and social exchanges can flourish.
Hubble's successor, the James Webb Space Telescope -- designed to reveal the first galaxies ever formed in the universe and to study other planetary systems -- could far surpass Hubble's discoveries.
After all, this was 1986: IBM had just unveiled its first laptop, the Soviet Union was launching the Mir Space Station and Tom Cruise kept daring us to fly ever higher in the hit film "Top Gun".
The Prometheus expedition, despite its grandiose ambitions, is a corporate endeavor, headed by Meredith Vickers, who is played by a distant, short-tempered Charlize Theron, looking sleeker than ever in a silver-gray mohair suit the epitome of outer-space chic.
Finding them in ever-more-distant galaxies was a primary reason for building the Hubble space telescope.
For conventional companies, archives are an expensive problem: they need curating, maintenance, storage space, and no-one can ever judge what will be significant in the future.
This year, the odds of winning a space in a public gifted and talented kindergarten program were steeper than ever: The number of preschoolers testing in the 97% percentile and above soared by 47%, leaving more than 2, 600 children qualifying for about 400 spots in the city's five citywide kindergarten programs.
Both Elon Musk and Bond know that for space travel to ever become economical, there cannot continue to be launches that result in multi-million dollar rockets that are used just one time, then disposed.
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No-one is talking about human missions for CSG yet, but the space in the jungle is there to build the additional facilities if that option is ever taken up.
The safari park said it is dedicated to providing a retirement space for dysfunctional elephants, which led it to undertake its largest-ever construction project in the park's 43-year history.
The modular tin cans that took us to the moon and back, and have kept us in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ever since, will eventually be superceded by full-scale space cities.
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He also denied that Ms Spence was ever bound to a chair in the attic of the flat in Meadowfoot Road and claimed that the attic space housed a cannabis factory.
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