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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 14, 2007The launch of a U.S. telecommunications satellite, DirecTV-10, on board a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket has been scheduled for July 7, a leading Russian space company said Wednesday. The DirecTV-10 is a commercial telecommunications satellite designed and manufactured by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems to provide consumers across continental United States, Hawaii, and Alaska with local a ... more Guessing Robots Predict Their Environments For Better Navigation 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jun 14, 2007Engineers at Purdue University are developing robots able to make "educated guesses" about what lies ahead as they traverse unfamiliar surroundings, reducing the amount of time it takes to successfully navigate those environments. The method works by using a new software algorithm that enables a robot to create partial maps as it travels through an environment for the first time. The robot refer ... more Japanese Researchers Help Robots Brush Up Communication Skills 
Tokyo (AFP) June 13, 2007Japanese researchers said Wednesday they had developed a new system that would allow robots to learn their own communication skills and conversation patterns. The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology said the system, which it described as a world first, allows robots to move beyond recognition of only certain nouns to understand even ambiguous phrases. "Robots wo ... more Construction Begins On The James Webb Space Telescope's Guidance Sensor And Imager 
Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Jun 14, 2007The Canadian Space Agency has awarded a $39 million contract to COM DEV International Ltd. to complete construction of two important instruments on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. COM DEV, Ottawa, Canada, has been given the approval to build the instrument that includes both the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) and the Tuneable Filter Imager (TFI) camera for the telescope. The company is a le ... more Government Agencies Account For Over Half The New Satellite Business In 2006 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2007Hannover Fairs USA and Futron Corporation announced results of their annual satellite industry survey conducted during the International Satellite Communications exchange (ISCe 2007) that concluded here today. For the first time in the six years Futron has conducted the survey, it included questions targeted specifically at military, as well as industry attendees. Attendees at the record-b ... more |
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Washington (AFP) June 13, 2007Two Atlantis shuttle astronauts went Wednesday on a second space walk of four planned for the mission, to retract a solar array aboard the International Space Station, NASA said. Pat Forrester and Steve Swanson emerged from the airlock of the International Space Station (ISS) decompression chamber at 1828 GMT. The astronauts worked 90 minutes on a 73-meter (240-foot) solar array on the starboard ... more Matter Flashed At Ultra Speed 
Paris, France (ESO) Jun 13, 2007Using a robotic telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory, astronomers have for the first time measured the velocity of the explosions known as gamma-ray bursts. The material is travelling at the extraordinary speed of more than 99.999% of the velocity of light, the maximum speed limit in the Universe. "With the development of fast-slewing ground-based telescopes such as the 0.6-m REM tele ... more Boring Star May Mean Livelier Planet 
Kingston, Canada (SPX) Jun 13, 2007The bad news for astronomers is: The light from the planetary system Gliese 581 is boring. The good news for any Gliesians that might live there: The light from the star Gliese 581a is boring. Canada's space telescope, MOST, placed Gleise 581 (pronounced "Gleez-eh" 581) under a scientific stakeout for about a month and a half, after a planet that might be capable of supporting life was discovere ... more Massive Transiting Planet with 31-hour Year Found Around Distant Star 
Flagstaff, AZ (SPX) Jun 13, 2007An international team of astronomers with the Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey today announce the discovery of their third planet, TrES-3. The new planet was identified by astronomers looking for transiting planets - that is, planets that pass in front of their home star - using a network of small automated telescopes in Arizona, California, and the Canary Islands. TrES-3 was discovered in the co ... more Chronicle Of A Death Foretold 
Paris, France (ESO) Jun 13, 2007Using ESO's VLTI on Cerro Paranal and the VLBA facility operated by NRAO, an international team of astronomers has made what is arguably the most detailed study of the environment of a pulsating red giant star. They performed, for the first time, a series of coordinated observations of three separate layers within the star's tenuous outer envelope: the molecular shell, the dust shell, and the ma ... more |
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Washington (AFP) June 13, 2007China's secretive transformation of its military power leaves the United States preparing for the worst eventualities, including over Taiwan, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. About 900 Chinese missiles are in place opposite Taiwan, while China is also rolling out far more sophisticated long-range nuclear missiles, combat planes, warships and submarines, the Department of Defense official said ... more Thales Unveils Production Watchkeeper Air Vehicle Design 
London UK (SPX) Jun 14, 2007Thales UK has unveiled the final configuration of the Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle (UAV) following a Critical Design Review by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The air vehicle has been developed with Elbit Systems and will be manufactured at the UAV Tactical Systems Ltd (U-TacS - the Thales UK/Elbit Systems joint company) site in Leicester. The production Watchkeeper air vehicle design i ... more Camcopter S-100 Receives European Permit To Fly 
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jun 14, 2007As a first, the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 UAV System has received a Permit to Fly under the new amended European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Regulation. The Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 is one of the first Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and the first helicopter UAV that received an EASA Permit to Fly . This new amended regulation is applied to EU-registered aircraft, for which such a Permit to Fly ... more Pentagon Drops Ideology 
Arlington VA (UPI) June 13, 2007You don't need to be a defense expert to see the biggest lesson of Friday's leadership purge at the Pentagon. When you're in the military, losing wars is a bad career move. That's what America is doing in Iraq right now -- losing -- and the political system has had enough of the senior officers who presided over the debacle. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said when he took over from t ... more Apropos ABM Without Hysterics 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 14, 2007One of the main sensations of the G8 summit in Heiligendamm was President Vladimir Putin's surprise proposal to his American colleague George W. Bush to exchange the radar in the Czech Republic for the Russia-rented radar system in Azerbaijan. Competent people know that this idea had been discussed prior to the summit and was only presented in Heiligendamm - no more than that. Putin knew w ... more
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