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NASA Names John Shannon New Space Shuttle Manager
Washington (UPI) Feb 25, 2008The U.S. space agency has named John Shannon as its new space shuttle program manager. Shannon succeeds N. Wayne Hale Jr., who becomes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's deputy associate administrator for strategic partnerships. Shannon has been Hale's deputy since November 2005. Hale has served as the manager of the space shuttle program since September 2005. ... more Mitsubishi Targeting Foreign Satellite Launch Orders 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 25, 2008Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries expects to win its first orders for commercial satellite launches with its H-2A rocket from foreign companies, its president said in an interview published Monday. The industrial giant is in the final stages of negotiations with US and South Korean telecommunications firms and hopes to launch their satellites by February 2009, the Nikkei business daily ... more India's Moon Mission Pushed To July First Week 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 26, 2008India's first planetary mission, Chandrayaan-1, has now been rescheduled to take place in the first week of July as the mission personnel work overtime to sort out payload integration and launch-related issues. "We are targeting the end of June. We will try to make it in the first week of July," a senior scientist associated with the Rs 386 crore moon mission told PTI here on Monday on condition ... more China To Launch Chang'e-2 Lunar Probe Around 2009 
Beijing (XNA) Feb 26, 2008China plans to launch its second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, around 2009, according to a top satellite scientist. Ye Peijian, chief commander and designer of China's first moon probe satellite system, revealed the plan during an interview program on CCTV, China Central Television. However, Ye did not elaborate on the plan with more details. He said Chang'e-1, the country's first lunar ... more Joint ESA And Russian Team In Moscow Ready To Support Jules Verne 
Moscow (ESA) Feb 25, 2008When the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle is launched in early March it will use several key spacecraft hardware items such as the docking and refuelling systems, and the Kurs radar, procured in Russia. European and Russian engineers have worked together to adapt them from their previous use on the Russian spacecraft Progress and Soyuz to the much larger 20-tonne ATV vessel. ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2008Gaps in the soup of high energy particles near the orbits of two of Saturn's tiny moons indicate that Saturn may be surrounded by undiscovered, near-invisible partial rings. A paper in the February issue of the journal Icarus suggests the larger Saturnian moons may not be the only ones contributing material to Saturn's ring system. A team of scientists has detected two peculiar breaks in ... more Successful EGNOS Trial In San Sebastian 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Earlier this month, at San Sebastian airport in Spain, a successful test using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service to guide an aircraft during landing was carried out. EGNOS is a joint programme of the European Space Agency, the European Commission and Eurocontrol. EGNOS is made up of a network of more than forty elements all over Europe that collect, record, correct ... more Telematics Outshines Telemetry In North America 
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Super Bowl 2008 showcased not only athletic talent but also the growing presence of M2M (Machine-to-Machine) technology. Both the New York Giants and the New England Patriots employed cellular M2M and GPS systems in team vehicles, ensuring the wellbeing of all players and employees by tracking each vehicle's location and continuously updating the pertinent travel schedules. M2M technology in ... more Western Data Systems Markets Handheld Laser Systems Line of Products 
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Measurement Devices has announced that they have awarded the Handheld Laser Products U.S. Master Distributorship to Western Data Systems of Houston, Texas. Western Data Systems will establish a nationwide dealer network to rapidly expand the market reach of the MDL hand held products across the United States. These eye-safe handheld laser systems are currently utilized for surveying ... more Garmin Opening Offices To Serve Australia And New Zealand 
George Town, Cayman Islands (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Garmin has announced plans to open company-owned offices in Australia, to be known as Garmin Australasia Pty Ltd. The new facility will include a full warehouse, sales, marketing and customer support staff that will provide an unprecedented level of service to dealers and customers in Australia and New Zealand for Garmin's consumer products. Over the past 17 years, Garmin's Australasian ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 25, 2008The shoot-down of a rogue spy satellite by the US Navy last week was a success and reduced the risk of damage to humans from its toxic fuel, the Pentagon said Monday in a statement. "Officials are confident the missile intercept of a non-functioning national reconnaissance satellite achieved the objective of destroying the hydrazine tank and reducing, if not eliminating, the risk to people ... more Boeing's Airborne Laser Team Installs All Major Laser Components On ABL Aircraft 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Boeing, industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have achieved a significant milestone for the revolutionary Airborne Laser missile defense program with the installation of all six chemical oxygen iodine laser modules on the ABL aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. "ABL's weapon system integration team has done a tremendous job installing major components ... more Czech, Poland close to deal on US anti-missile shield: officials 
Prague (AFP) Feb 25, 2008The Czech Republic and Poland said Monday they were both on the verge of striking a deal with Washington on hosting elements of an US anti-missile shield, despite Russian anger over the project. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek is to finalise a deal on siting an anti-missile radar on Czech soil during a two-day visit to the United States starting Tuesday, his government said in a statement ... more ASAT Weapons And Doctrine In The Early 21st Century Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Feb 25, 2008The Soviet Union once used sea reconnaissance and targeting satellites with nuclear power packs aboard. Upon completion of their duty, they would be elevated to a so-called burial orbit to circle the Earth for hundreds of years. But one of the satellites, while still active, got out of control, descended from orbit and, partly collapsed, fell in the north of Canada. Radioactive pollution ... more China to spend 18 billion dollars to clean up Bohai Bay: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 25, 2008China plans to spend 18 billion dollars on cleaning up one of the country's most contaminated coastal areas, Bohai Bay, state media reported Monday. The 130-billion-yuan project will monitor seawater quality, set up treatment plants, tackle industrial pollution and establish marine parks, the China Daily reported, citing an unnamed State Oceanic Administration official. Bohai Bay, about ... more
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