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German military satellite launched by Russia: report
Moscow (AFP) March 27, 2008A German reconnaissance satellite successfully took off from the Plesetsk base in northern Russia Thursday on board a Kosmos rocket, a Russian space official told Interfax news agency. "The launch from the Plesetsk cosmodrome went according to plan," said Alexei Zolotukhin, a spokesman for Russian troops charged with defending and managing space installations, Interfax reported. ... more New theory emerges in Gagarin death mystery 
Moscow (AFP) March 27, 2008Russia's popular Komsomolskaya Pravda daily has put forward a new theory for the death of Soviet hero Yury Gagarin, the first man in space, in a fighter jet crash 40 years ago on Thursday. Gagarin's death has generated countless theories over the years, ranging from a contract killing out of envy by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev to the idea that aliens may have taken their revenge on the ... more SeaMobile To Provide Satellite Communication Solutions Onboard Royal Caribbean Ships 
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 28, 2008SeaMobile Enterprises has that it has been awarded a multi-year contract extension with Royal Caribbean Cruises to provide its MTN VSAT satellite communication services. The agreement includes fleet-wide services for the Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Cruises brands. The agreement calls for SeaMobile's MTN Satellite Services division to provide global C-Band ... more Spirit Begins Preparing For Another Winter Hibernation 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2008Spirit has reached its final position for the coming Martian winter and has no plans to move before the next Martian spring. During the next few months, the rover will increasingly go into a "hibernate" mode as the sun continues to dim. Spirit is currently wrapping up a campaign of scientific studies of the rock target known as "Wendell Pruitt," interspersed with remote science observation ... more Odyssey Moon Announces Commercial Launch Services Agreement 
San Diego, CA (SPX) Mar 28, 2008Odyssey Moon has announced that it has reached a commercial launch services agreement with Celestis. The agreement provides for payload capacity aboard Odyssey Moon's lunar missions for placing memorial flight capsules and modules in lunar orbit or on the Moon. In 1999 NASA requested Celestis to assist the colleagues and loved ones of renowned astronomer Dr. Eugene Shoemaker in placing a ... more |
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Aberdeen, Scotland (SPX) Mar 28, 2008Evidence of the biggest meteorite ever to hit the British Isles has been found by scientists from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Oxford. The scientists believe that a large meteorite hit northwest Scotland about 1.2 billion years ago near the Scottish town of Ullapool. Previously it was thought that unusual rock formations in the area had been formed by volcanic activity. ... more Astronomers Coordinating International Observatories In White-Dwarf Watch 
Newark, DE (SPX) Mar 28, 2008Judi Provencal is star-struck, but not so much by the glitz and glam of Hollywood. You have to look heavenward through a telescope to see the object of her fascination--to pale stars called white dwarfs, their brilliance faded because all of their nuclear fuel has been burned up. A white dwarf is a star that is "dying," cooling down in the twilight of its life. It's what the sun will ... more Satellites Can Help Arctic Grazers Survive Killer Winter Storms 
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Rain falling on snow sounds like a relatively harmless weather event, but when it happens in the far north it can mean lingering death for reindeer, musk oxen and other animals that normally graze on the Arctic tundra. That was the case in October 2003 on Canada's Banks Island, at the edge of the Beaufort Sea inside the Arctic Circle. Rain fell for several days on top of a 6-inch snow ... more Raytheon Awarded Contract for NATO SEASPARROW Surface Missile System 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Raytheon has been awarded a $17.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy and the NATO SEASPARROW Project Office for the company's MK57, MK29 and MK73 NATO SEASPARROW missile systems. Under the contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) will assemble, test, and deliver components and support for the systems, which enable critical self-defense capabilities for U.S. and allied navy surface ... more Consumer Telematics Hardware And Services Revenue Will Reach 41 Billion Dollars By 2013 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 28, 2008After several years of moderate growth, consumer telematics solutions are expected to become very popular in the future as drivers start to appreciate the advantages of GPS and cellular communication technology for improved safety, comfort and entertainment," says ABI Research principal analyst Dominique Bonte. "According to our latest forecasts, by 2013 OEM and aftermarket consumer telematics ... more |
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Haifa, Israel (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Elbit Systems will supply Skylark I UAV systems to France's Special Forces, as it won a tender involving 10 of the leading UAV manufacturers worldwide. This contract marks Elbit Systems' first UAV contract with France. Haim Kellerman, General Manager of Elbit Systems UAV Division and Corporate Vice President said that there is a worldwide growing demand for UAVs for Special Forces ... more NKorea raises stakes in nuke dispute with missile launches 
Seoul (AFP) March 28, 2008North Korea raised the stakes Friday in its nuclear disputes with South Korea and the United States, test-firing several missiles and warning it may slow down work to disable atomic plants. The actions come one day after the communist state expelled South Korean officials from a joint industrial estate, in protest at the new conservative government's tougher policy towards Pyongyang. ... more Outside View: ABM talks deadlock -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Mar 26, 2008 Sources in the Russian Defense Ministry are very dubious about the new U.S. proposals. Off the record, they insist that all proposals brought by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to Moscow this time do not change the gist of the problem. Their aim is to alleviate Russia's grievances and show their European allies that it is impossible to ... more Raytheon Awarded Contract for NATO SEASPARROW Surface Missile System
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Raytheon has been awarded a $17.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy and the NATO SEASPARROW Project Office for the company's MK57, MK29 and MK73 NATO SEASPARROW missile systems. Under the contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems will assemble, test, and deliver components and support for the systems, which enable critical self-defense capabilities for U.S. and allied navy surface ... more Differences remain with Russia on missile defense: US 
Washington (AFP) March 27, 2008US and Russian officials ended two days of meetings here Thursday without bridging the gap on Washington's plans to deploy parts of a missile shield in eastern Europe, US officials said. The two sides are intensifying efforts to end a row with echoes of the Cold War by planning more talks on missile defense at a summit in early April in Russia between US President George W. Bush and his ... more
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