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Heart Of Herschel To Be Presented To Media
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 05, 2007By the end of 2007, the assembly of the ESA's Herschel far-infrared space observatory - the latest mission to study the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies - will be completed. ESA and Astrium are jointly inviting the media to a press conference in Friedrichshafen, Germany, on 19 September 2007, to hear about this revolutionary spacecraft, its scientific objectives, and to view the ... more India To Build Constellation Of Seven Navigation Satellites 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Sep 05, 2007India plans to build a constellation of seven geo-stationary satellites at a cost of Rs 1,600 crore to meet the navigational system requirements in cars, trains and aircraft. "Design (of the satellites) is more or less complete. We are in the process of building the first proto model," Secretary in the Department of Space G Madhavan Nair said. "First launch will take place around 2010. We ... more Scientists And Space Enthusiasts Share Vision For Mars 
Washington DC (VOA) Sep 05, 2007Humans could get to Mars in less than 10 years, if they put their minds to it. That is the message of the Mars Society, a group of scientists and space enthusiasts who met recently in Los Angeles. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan spoke with some about their vision for the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet. They came to see astronaut Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men on the moon, and to ... more Globalstar Signs 2nd-Gen Satellite Constellation Launch Contract With Arianespace 
Milpitas CA (SPX) Sep 05, 2007Globalstar has announced it has signed a launch agreement with European launch services company Arianespace for the launch of Globalstar's second-generation LEO (low earth orbit) satellite constellation. The agreement provides Globalstar with the ability to conduct back-to-back launch campaigns and commence launching its second-generation satellites as early as the summer of 2009. ... more JCSAT-11 Satellite Ready For Launch From Baikonur 
Newtown PA (SPX) Sep 05, 2007The JCSAT-11 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] for the JSAT Corporation (JSAT) of Japan, is ready for its scheduled launch on Sept. 6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Proton/Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services. JCSAT-11 is a high-power hybrid satellite consisting of 30 active Ku-band transponders and 12 active ... more |
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Reston VA (SPX) Sep 05, 2007Northrop Grumman has been awarded a Guardrail Modernization system integration contract to continue upgrading and enhancing the system, extending Guardrail's operational life beyond 2020. Guardrail Modernization ensures warfighters continue to receive critical battlefield intelligence about current and emerging threats, enhances and more rapidly delivers precision targeting data, and maximizes ... more Lockheed Martin Team Shifts Into Production Effort To Add GPS Demonstration Signal To Modernized Satellite 
King Of Prussia PA (SPX) Sep 05, 2007The Lockheed Martin-led team has begun production activities to reconfigure a modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite to include a new demonstration payload that will temporarily transmit a third civil signal following a successful review with the Air Force. Lockheed Martin and its navigation payload supplier ITT, Clifton, N.J., are proceeding on-schedule ... more Several countries trying to hack into US military system: Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) Sept 4, 2007Several nations and groups are trying to break into the US military's computer system, the Pentagon said Tuesday after reports China's military had successfully hacked into the network. The Chinese military's cyber-attack was carried out in June following months of efforts, the London-based Financial Times reported Tuesday, citing unnamed current and former US officials. Officials had ... more Outside View: No Hamlets on BMD 
Moscow (UPI) Sept. 4, 2007 A mere mention of missile defense can today provoke truly Shakespearean passions. However, the famous question of the Prince of Denmark no longer applies to missile defense. Following the logic of scientific and technological progress, the defense programs will go ahead despite the seemingly unbeatable arguments of their opponents. The American plans to deploy 10 interceptor ... more Boeing Demonstrates FAB-T Interoperability With Milstar Satellite 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Sep 05, 2007Boeing has successfully demonstrated for the first time that its Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) system can acquire an operational satellite and complete downlink data transmissions. During the Low Data Rate test, a FAB-T radio communicated with an operational Milstar satellite and completed a series of downlink tests, meeting program schedule commitments and laying ... more |
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Durham NC (SPX) Sep 05, 2007Using restricted-access Census data, a new study examines a quarter-million households on a block-by-block basis to yield new results about the correlation between household attributes and school quality. The researchers find that, conditional on income, households prefer to self-segregate on the basis of both race and education. "Economists have long been interested in estimating ... more America Regains Leadership With World Record 
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 05, 2007The Spallation Neutron Source, the Department of Energy's $1.4 billion research facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has established a new record as the world's most powerful accelerator based source of neutrons for scientific research. The SNS surpassed the previous record of 160 kilowatts for beam power, held by the United Kingdom's ISIS facility, while operating at 183 kilowatts. ... more Grain Will Not Become Oil 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 05, 2007Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexei Gordeyev will discuss a possibility of creating an OPEC-like grain cartel with his colleagues from Australia in September. He said the United States is reviewing the idea, and somewhat earlier Ukraine and Kazakhstan accepted it as a rational suggestion. But agricultural experts are not too optimistic about the idea to control the production and trade in ... more Six groups shortlisted for Bulgarian nuclear plant partnership 
Milan (AFP) Sept 4, 2007Six companies have been shortlisted to take part in a joint venture to build a 7.0-billion-euro (9.5-billion-dollar) nuclear power plant in Bulgaria, Italian press reports said on Tuesday. Italian energy group Enel has been chosen as well as Electricite de France, the Belgian group Electrabel, Germany power groups EON and RWE, and CEZ of the Czech Republic, Il Corriere della Sera reported ... more The 5 Ws Of Corn Production 
Madison WI (SPX) Sep 05, 2007As of late, many uncertainties have been sprouting up in corn production. Researchers and producers have been wondering if precision agricultural technologies can improve crop yield and quality or reduce their variability. Farmers have been asking a number of questions from, which hybrid should I plant for best yield and quality, to does applying nitrogen fertilizer at a uniform rate produce a ... more
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