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Sea Launch Postpones DirecTV 11 Satellite Launch
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 18, 2008The Sea Launch consortium has postponed the launch of U.S. satellite DirecTV 11, scheduled for Monday, for an indefinite period due to technical problems. "Sea Launch has put on hold the countdown for the launch of the DirecTV satellite, as of late Sunday afternoon, to allow the team to study an issue. We will update our launch information as it becomes available," the company said on its website ... more Russian-Launched US Satellite Unlikely To Reach Target Orbit 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 18, 2008A U.S. AMC-14 satellite launched from a space center in Kazakhstan on early Saturday is unlikely to reach the designated orbit from its current position, a Russian space expert said on Monday. A few minutes after the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket from the Baikonur Space Center, which is leased to Russia and carries out dozens of launches every year, the Breeze M orbit insertion boost ... more Mercury's Shifting, Rolling Past 
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Patterns of scalloped-edged cliffs or lobate scarps on Mercury's surface are thrust faults that are consistent with the planet shrinking and cooling with time. However, compression occurred in the planet's early history and Mariner 10 images revealed decades ago that lobate scarps are among the youngest' features on Mercury. Why don't we find more evidence of older compressive features? ... more NASA Goddard Delivers Aquarius Radiometer To JPL 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 18, 2008On Jan. 10, 2008, after a four-year development effort, the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., delivered the Aquarius Radiometer to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for integration with the Aquarius instrument. The radiometer, built by an in-house team of scientists, engineers and technicians at Goddard, is part of the Aquarius mission. Aquarius is an in ... more X-ray Observations Of Postoutburst Nova V5116 Sagittarii 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 18, 2008In a recent paper, Gloria Sala et al. present the X-ray light curve and broadband spectrum of nova V5116 Sagittarii (V5116 Sgr) as observed by XMM-Newton 609 days after the nova was first observed at optical wavelengths. When a white dwarf star in a binary system accretes material from the larger companion star and the accreted gas after reaching a critical limit explosively ignites as hydrogen ... more |
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Cary IL (SPX) Mar 18, 2008LandAirSea Systems has announced that it recorded record sales for its GPS tracking products in 2007. With the continued success of the passive Tracking Key and 3100 series, along with the next generation 8100 real-time unit, LandAirSea Systems delivered more than 25,000 GPS tracking systems worldwide. The growing popularity of GPS tracking transcends numerous applications and industries. ... more Countermind Targets Delivery And Freight Transport With Next-Gen Mobile Solution 
Littleton CO (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Parcel and product delivery and freight transport operate under intense, time-sensitive schedules that at times are delayed due to operational errors and inefficiencies. To help mitigate these risks, Countermind has introduced MI Deliver, an enterprise-grade mobile software application, to efficiently support the daily volume, coordination logistics and fleet management needs of medium to large ... more Pratt And Whitney Rocketdyne Rocket Engine Powers Latest GPS Satellite Into Space 
Canoga Park Ca (SPX) Mar 18, 2008A new Global Positioning System satellite was carried into orbit Saturday by a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket powered by a Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne RS-27A rocket engine. The RS-27A performed perfectly as it boosted the ULA Delta II and its GPSIIR-19 payload from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, marking the 221st flight for the RS-27 family of rocket engine systeem ... more ProStar GPS Guides Players At Arizona Golf Resort 
Chandler AZ (SPX) Mar 18, 2008ProLink Solutions has announced that Arizona Golf Resort now features the ProLink Solutions ProStar GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity. Arizona Golf Resort's 6,523-yard, par-71 course is noted for its outstanding par-3 holes and lush conditions. While the fairways are lined with ... more Silicon Labs Enhances RDS Data Receivers For Portable And In-Car Navigation Devices 
Austin TX (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Silicon Laboratories has announced the expansion of its broadcast audio portfolio to include two high-performance radio data system receivers. These devices meet the growing demand to couple RDS traffic message channel and open data applications with static GPS navigation maps to dynamically route drivers around traffic anomalies. The Si4706 and Si4749 receive RDS data ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) March 14, 2008Honduras' Quezungal farmers have an age-old trick to protect their crops from hurricanes -- planting them under trees whose roots would anchor the soil, thereby holding the crops steady. Not just these farmers, but many indigenous people around the world are sitting on a treasure trove of traditional knowledge that could be mined as the world seeks adaptation strategies to deal with climate ... more Mozambican government seeks urgent food aid after cyclone 
Maputo (AFP) March 17, 2008The Mozambican government has made an urgent appeal to the UN World Food Programme to help more than 60,000 people left destitute when cyclone Jokwe hit northern and central parts of the country. "The government has made an urgent appeal to the WFP for food to feed people who were affected by cyclone Jokwe," Joao Ribeiro, the deputy national director of Mozambique's government-run national ... more Potential of adult stem cells discussed 
New York (UPI) Mar 17, 2008 U.S. drug companies are making significant progress behind the scenes in harvesting the potential uses of adult stem cells and preparing to market them. Representatives of a number of companies met with institutional investors in New York recently to discuss a science that is projected to yield $87 million in drug sales this year alone, The Chicago Tribune reported Monday. Unlike ... more New Portrait Of Earth Shows Land Cover As Never Before 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 18, 2008A new global portrait taken from space details Earth's land cover with a resolution never before obtained. ESA, in partnership with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, presented the preliminary version of the map to scientists last week at the 2nd GlobCover User Consultation workshop held in Rome, Italy. Earth's land cover has been charted from space before, but this map, which will ... more Brazil, Germany To Develop Night-Vision Radar Satellite 
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (XNA) Mar 18, 2008Brazil and Germany have signed an agreement to develop a night-vision radar satellite to observe the Amazon region, the National Space Research Institute said Sunday. The INPE plans to build the Multiple Application Synthetic Aperture Radar with the help of the German Space Center over 18 months, in the second satellite project undertaken by the two nations. The 500-kg satellite ... more
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