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United Launch Alliance Successfully Completes First Operational Delta IV Heavy Launch 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 11, 2007United Launch Alliance successfully launched the first operational Delta IV Heavy expendable launch vehicle for the U.S. Air Force yesterday from Space Launch Complex-37 Nov. 10, 8:50 p.m., EST, carrying the service's Defense Support Program-23 satellite. A Delta IV Heavy demonstration flight was launched from SLC-37 in December 2004. The launch also marks the fourth ULA mission conducted for ... more Russia plans more ISS modules 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 10, 2007 Roskosmos chief Anatoly Perminov says the Russian space agency will build three new modules for the International Space Station by 2011. The space station, a joint project between Russia, Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States, is likely to remain in operation until 2020, RIA Novosti said Friday. Perminov said new energy modules will also be added to the station after 2011. ... more Hughes Signs Contract To Provide Managed Network Services For UK Lottery Network 
Germantown MD (SPX) Nov 12, 2007Hughes Network Systems have announced that UK lottery operator Camelot Group plc has awarded its wholly owned subsidiary, HNS Ltd., a multi-year contract to provide managed network services for over 27,000 lottery sites in the U.K., supporting the cutting-edge lottery terminals Camelot will deploy under its new license. The UK National Lottery Commission recently announced that Camelot has signe ... more XM And SIRIUS Highlight More Support For Merger 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2007XM Satellite Radio and SIRIUS Satellite Radio have highlighted additional support the two companies have received for their pending merger. The new comments further illustrate the substantial and wide ranging benefits that the combination would offer consumers, including more programming options, lower prices and individually tailored packages. These new endorsements add to the growing lis ... more Northrop Grumman-Built Defense Support Program Flight 23 Satellite Successfully Launched 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2007The final Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite thundered into the night sky from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Nov. 10 at 8:50 p.m. EST, and successfully separated from the Delta IV-Heavy launch vehicle six hours and 20 minutes later. DSP was built by Northrop Grumman Corporation for the United States Air Force Space and Missile System Center. The launch of DSP 23 extends the serv ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Nov 12, 2007A successful 6-hour, 55-minute spacewalk to prepare for the relocation of Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 and the subsequent move of the new Harmony node to its permanent International Space Station home ended at 10:49 a.m. EST Friday. Station Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko worked in U.S. spacesuits and used the Quest airlock. Whitson, the lead spacewalker, wore ... more ICO Satellite Launch Set For March 2008 
Reston VA (SPX) Nov 12, 2007ICO Global Communications announced that Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS), in consultation with the United Launch Alliance (ULA), has established a slot of March 1, 2008 - March 31, 2008 for the launch of ICO's G1 satellite. The launch will take place at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The timing of ICO's launch has been determined through careful coordination with ULA's launch manife ... more Scientists Have Discovered A Connection Between Active Galactic Nuclei And The Most Energetic Known Cosmic Rays 
Granada, Spain (SPX) Nov 12, 2007A group of scientists from 17 countries, formed by researchers of the Universidad de Granada, has proved that the sources of the most energetic particles ever detected do not come from directions uniformly distributed in the firmament, but they aim at areas in which there are galaxies with active nuclei in the centre from a relatively close distance. Scientists of the Pierre Auger Collabor ... more GPS Chipset Shipments To Grow From 110 Million To 725 Million Units In 2011 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Nov 12, 2007Research and Markets has announced the addition of "GPS Chips in Mobile Devices" to their offering. We expect the GPS chipset market to be driven by integration into mobile devices, including personal navigation devices (PNDs), cellular handsets, mobile PCs, and a variety of portable CE devices. The most promising portable CE categories include ultra mobile devices (UMDs), handheld games, ... more Personal Navigation Devices Will Surpass 100 Million Units By 2011 
London UK (SPX) Nov 12, 2007The consumer navigation market has seen unprecedented levels of activity and growth in 2007, mainly driven by PNDs (personal navigation devices) which offer a compelling mix of ease of use, features, portability, and affordability. As an established mass market CE category, PND markets will continue to grow strongly to reach a global sales volume of more than 100 million units by 2011. Ded ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Nov 10, 2007South Korea is developing a mobile truck-mounted laser weapon capable of destroying North Korean missiles and artillery shells, a report said Saturday. A defence ministry research team and defence firms have been involved in the development of high energy laser weapons, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper said. From 2010, South Korea hopes to deploy the weapon, which can counter North Korean missi ... more Raytheon Delivers 3000th Joint Standoff Weapon To The US Navy 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 12, 2007Raytheon Company has delivered its 3,000th Joint Standoff Weapon to the U.S. Navy. JSOW is a family of affordable, precision-guided, air-to-ground glide weapons capable of striking targets in sensitive and well-defended areas. More than 400 JSOWs have been used in combat operations, including Operation Iraqi Freedom. "JSOW's battle-proven capability provides us with an unbeatable combinat ... more Iran's Khatami urges reformists to rally for change 
Tehran (AFP) Nov 10, 2007Former president Mohammad Khatami has called on fellow reformists to rally for change in the next parliamentary polls, warning that Iran was faced with "great threats", newspapers reported on Saturday. "The objective of the reformists is not only to collect votes but to serve the country. Our country is facing great threats and unfortunately there are serious concerns," Khatami was quoted as ... more Nukes Must Stay Within National Borders Says Russian Army Chief 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 12, 2007Any new Russia-U.S. agreement on strategic weapons reduction must eliminate the possibility that nuclear weapons could be stationed outside national borders, chief of the Russian General Staff said. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START-I) was signed by the United States and the Soviet Union on July 31, 1991, five months before the union collapsed, and remains in force between the U.S., Rus ... more India committed to boosting ties with Russia 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 11, 2007Indian Premier Manmohan Singh vowed to push for closer ties with Moscow as he left Sunday for a two-day visit to Russia to discuss trade and arms deals with President Vladimir Putin. "I will convey to him (Putin) the high priority that India attaches to its partnership with Russia and the benefits that this partnership has brought to our two peoples," Singh said in a statement before his dep ... more
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