Perth also reduced the power of the transmission to make it more like the sort of faint X-band signal the craft would expect to hear at Mars.

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In addition, the official says, a floating X-band radar has to be modified to track the satellite's trajectory, and the "fire-control" systems on the Navy ships also needed modification.

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The U.S. military has positioned its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system and its X-band radar system in the event a missile were to be launched toward Hawaii.

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The United States has also concluded agreements with the governments of Poland and the Czech Republic that will allow the fielding of ten land-based interceptors and an X-band radar, respectively, in the two nations.

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Better known as "hide" (pronounced hee-day, and with a small h), Matsumoto played lead guitar with the now-defunct rock group X Japan - a five-member band that had a passionate following among teenagers, but which most adults had never even heard of.

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If that's not enough syrupy corporate synergy for you, Microsoft's X-Box platform is featuring another new track by the band, "Sheckler's Revenge, " on the just-released Rock Band 2 game.

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