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Vietnam's First Satellite Launched After 13-Year Preparation
Hanoi, Vietnam (XNA) Apr 21, 2008After 13 years of unceasing efforts, Vietnam's first satellite was successfully launched Saturday, ushering a new era for the local information communication technology industry. The 2.6-ton medium-sized satellite, Vinasat-1, was successfully launched to its geostationary orbit position using rocket Ariane-5in Kourou site in French Guiana at 5:16 a.m. Saturday (2016 GMT Friday). The satell ... more The Moon And The Magnetotail 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Behold the full Moon. Ancient craters and frozen lava seas lie motionless under an airless sky of profound quiet. It's a slow-motion world where even a human footprint may last millions of years. Nothing ever seems to happen there. Right? Wrong. NASA-supported scientists have realized that something does happen every month when the Moon gets a lashing from Earth's magnetic tail. "Earth's ... more Stellar Birth In The Galactic Wilderness 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2008A new image from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows baby stars sprouting in the backwoods of a galaxy -- a relatively desolate region of space more than 100,000 light-years from the galaxy's bustling center. The striking image, a composite of ultraviolet data from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer and radio data from the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array in New Mexico, shows the ... more European Space Agency seeks the right stuff 
Paris (AFP) April 18, 2008Wanted: men and women between the ages of 27 and 37 with solid background in science, exceptional human qualities such as team spirit and fluent English, to become Europe's new astronauts. The European Space Agency on Friday launched a recruitment drive for four new astronauts who could take part in space missions starting in 2012 or 2013. Applications are open to citizens from the space ... more Communication From Car To Car - DLR Brings Mobile Communications Network Into Operation 
Cologne, Germany (SPX) Apr 14, 2008A new mobile communications network between vehicles (car-to-car, or C2C for short) has been brought into operation at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Oberpfaffenhofen site. Scientists are using it to find out to what extent specially-equipped vehicles can 'inform' each other of their relative positions, state, and the traffic situation. The aim is totally new applications, leading to increase ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson officially handed over command of the International Space Station to Expedition 17 Commander Sergei Volkov. Thursday's ceremony took place inside the U.S. Harmony Node. The station crews have shifted their sleep schedules in preparation for Saturday morning's Soyuz TMA-11 undocking. Whitson and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko will return to Earth with South ... more Mars Radar Opens Up A Planet's Third Dimension 
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 18, 2008ESA's Mars Express radar sounder, MARSIS, has looked beneath the martian surface and opened up the third dimension for planetary exploration. The technique's success is prompting scientists to think of all the other places in the Solar System where they would like to use radar sounders. No matter how accurate a camera is, it can only map a planet's surface. To retrieve information about th ... more Ariane 5 rocket lifts Brazilian, Vietnamese satellites into space 
Kourou, French Guiana (AFP) April 18, 2008An Ariane 5 rocket blasted off here on Friday and successfully deployed telecommunications satellites for Brazil and Vietnam, Arianespace said. The heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA successfully placed the Brazilian Star One C2 and Vietnamese VINASAT-1 satellites into geostationary transfer orbit, Arianespace officials said. VINASAT-1, a 2.6-tonne craft built by US firm Lockheed Martin for Vietnam ... more SkyBitz Gets Award For Intelligent Sensors 
Sterling VA (SPX) Apr 21, 2008SkyBitz has been awarded the 2008 Product Innovation Award by Frost and Sullivan in the North American regional fleet telematics market. The Frost and Sullivan Product Innovation Award is bestowed annually to a company based on excellence in technology and new products. The award was presented Tuesday evening at the Frost and Sullivan Award ceremony in San Antonio, Texas. ... more High-Precision GNSS Positioning Launched In Madrid With Trimble VRS Now Service 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Apr 21, 2008Trimble has announced the launch of Trimble VRS Now Service in Madrid, Spain. The commercial service provides surveyors, civil engineers and geospatial professionals in the area with instant access to real-time kinematic (RTK) Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) corrections without the need for a base station. The Trimble service delivers centimeter-level RTK positioning customized ... more |
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Santa Fe NM (SPX) Apr 21, 2008Newly published data from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, the Soviet Union's primary nuclear weapons testing ground during the Cold War, can help today's atomic detectives fine-tune their monitoring of nuclear explosions around the world, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America. From 1949 to 1989, Semipalatinsk was scrutinized ... more Lockheed Martin Opens Wireless Cyber Security Lab 
Hanover MD (SPX) Apr 21, 2008Lockheed Martin recently opened a new Wireless Cyber Security Center, one of only a handful of technology labs capable of testing wireless communications systems in a classified environment. The lab allows defense and intelligence agencies to test and evaluate wireless systems like 802.11 Wi-Fi or broadband satellite links on a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) network. ... more Analysis: Chinese spies in Western cities 
Hong Kong (UPI) April 21, 2008 China's intelligence agency has reinforced its infiltration activities in Europe, North America, Japan and Russia in recent years. An analysis of numerous cases leads to the conclusion that China has shifted its tactics in recruiting citizens of Western countries. Beijing has abandoned the traditional approach of ideological persuasion, turning instead to the use of blackmail, women and ... more 3rd SOPS Makes Historic WGS Transition 
Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Apr 21, 2008At approximately 11:31 a.m. April 11, a historic transfer was made on the 3rd Space Operations Squadron's ops floor. The squadron, known for its Defense Satellite Communications System Phase III satellite operations, is now at the helm operating a brand new satellite. Brig. Gen. Jay Santee, 14th Air Force vice commander, Air Forces Strategic-Space at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif ... more Analysis: EU bashes Bush's climate plan 
Berlin (UPI) Apr 21, 2008U.S. President George W. Bush's policies to combat climate change have come under fire in Europe, with Germany's top energy policy official accusing the U.S. president of demonstrating "losership instead of leadership." Bush earlier this week in a speech on his government's climate protection policies laid out the plan to halt the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 "and ... more
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