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Live Video: Watch ViaSat-1 Communications Satellite Launch from Kazkahstan

The world's most powerful communications satellite ViaSat-1 is scheduled to launch atop a Proton-M rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 2:48 pm ET.
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Airline News
Airplane cracker in Ethiopian Airlines business class

Flying High On Cloud Nine: Ethiopian Airlines Business Class Review

Following our review of Ethiopian Airlines economy class, this is the second of a three part series on on the airline, with this segment focusing on their business class service called Cloud Nine.
by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren
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Aviation News

Southwest Airlines Announces New Routes Out of Dallas

Monday morning, Southwest Airlines announced which routes it will serve from Dallas Love Field when the Wright Amendment expires in October.
by Ben Granucci
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Airline News

Total Turbulence Helps Guide Flights To Smoother Skies

Real-time turbulence reports are now crowdsourced directly from flights en route. However, it's the planes -- not the passengers -- doing the talking.
by Paul Thompson
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Government News
Filtered images from a backscatter body scanner. (Photo by TSA)

TSA X-Ray Body Scanners Sit Idle in Warehouse

It turns out that more than 90 of the controversial scanners removed from major airports will sit in a Texas warehouse indefinitely.
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica
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