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Ocean On Enceladus May Be Short-Lived
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2008The tide may be changing for the ocean suspected under the icy shell of Enceladus. Recent research has shown that this small moon of Saturn does not produce enough heat in its present configuration to keep water from freezing down to its core. "There is no possible combination of parameters that allow for a thermally stable ocean," said James Roberts of ... more Chemical Clues Point To Dusty Origin For Earth-Like Planets 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Higher than expected levels of sodium found in a 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite suggest that the dust clouds from which the building blocks of the Earth and neighboring planets formed were much denser than previously supposed. The study, by scientists from the Carnegie Institution, American Museum of Natural History, and U.S. Geological Survey, is published in the June 20 issue of Science. ... more Pratt And Whitney Rocketdyne Engine Launches New Ocean-Mapping Satellite Into Orbit 
Canoga Park CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne helped scientists better understand global warming and hurricane prediction by successfully boosting the 1,100-pound Jason 2 satellite into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Jason 2 is onboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket powered by Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne's RS-27A engine. It was the 223rd consecutive successful mission for a launch vehicle ... more One Million Names To The Moon And Counting 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 23, 2008One million and counting! Did you say one million? That's how many names have been submitted to blast off on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft. Since May 1, NASA has invited the public to join the excitement of the first mission in NASA's exploration program to return humans to the moon by 2020. LRO, which is scheduled to launch later this year, will map the lunar ... more Mikulski Announces Nearly 18 Billion Dollars For NASA, Vows To Get More 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 23, 2008As Dr. Sally Ride marks the 25th anniversary of her voyage as the first American woman in space, Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) has announced the fiscal year 2009 CJS spending bill provides almost $17.8 billion for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which is $200 million above the President's budget ... more |
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Fremont CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2008While other spies hide their cameras and surveillance devices in pens, cigarette cases and lighters, Maxwell Smart cleverly hides a telephone in his shoe. Soon, the most famous prop in television history will come to life if Matt Potts, founder and president of ArchPortTM Shoes, has his way. Taking things one "step" at a time, Potts has incorporated a wallet feature into his company's Arch ... more CheckMEND Launches In US To Curb Cybercrime Pawn Shops 
Gloucestershire, UK (SPX) Jun 23, 2008A new weapon against cybercrime comes to market with the U.S. launch of CheckMEND. The consumer-friendly and easy-to-use online service, already well-established in Europe, offers a platform for identifying serial numbered stolen and counterfeit property offered on the Internet. CheckMEND offers consumers and businesses nationwide safe, fast, easy and very affordable checks against the wor ... more Digital Angel Awarded Multiple Contracts From Federal Government Agencies 
St. Paul MN (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Digital Angel has announced that its Destron Fearing unit has been awarded $885,000 in contracts with the Portland, OR-based Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) technology. One award, for $760,000, is for the ini ... more CGL Opens New Station In The Triad Of North Carolina 
Downers Grove IL (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Concert Group Logistics has announced the opening of it Greensboro, North Carolina station in April 2008. CGL Greensboro is led by brothers Mike and Steve Medley who have joined the CGL family after 11 years with Lynden International and 40 years in the freight business in the Greensboro area. Under the leadership of Mike and Steve, the Greensboro station is taking customer service to the ... more Alanco TSI PRISM Awarded System Upgrade Project By Illinois DOC 
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Alanco Technologies has announced that its Alanco/TSI PRISM subsidiary has been awarded a contract valued at $850,000 by the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) to provide a major system upgrade and three years of extended maintenance on a TSI PRISM RFID inmate tracking system in operation since 2003 at the Logan Correctional facility located in Lincoln, Illinois. The new contract co ... more |
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Germantown MD (SPX) Jun 23, 2008 Hughes Network Systems has announced the availability of the fastest consumer broadband satellite Internet access plans ever offered. The new service plans, Elite and ElitePlus, operating over the HughesNet service, give rural Americans access to speeds on par with terrestrial broadband services utilizing affordable consumer equipment. The Elite plan features download speeds of up to 2Mbps ... more FOX Business Network To Air On XM Satellite Radio 
New York NY (SPX) Jun 23, 2008FOX Business Network (FBN) and XM Satellite Radio have announced that FBN will begin airing nationwide on XM on July 14th. XM will air FBN across the U.S. on XM channel 128. In making the joint announcement, XM executive vice president of programming Eric Logan said, "FOX Business brings a great line-up of business news and analysis for XM listeners nationwide. "This is the latest ... more SingTel Extends MVSAT Network Globally Via SES NEW SKIES Satellites 
Singapore (SPX) Jun 23, 2008SES NEW SKIES has announced that Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) is extending its suite of maritime satellite solutions globally by contracting capacity on SES NEW SKIES' NSS-7, NSS-703 and NSS-5 satellites. Terms of the three-year deal for up to 5MHz of capacity over the three satellites remain confidential. Mr. Titus Yong, SingTel's Vice President of Satellite, said: "Sing ... more Harmonic's Universal EdgeQAM Deployed In Wideband DOCSIS Upgrade By Korea's Hanaro Telecom 
Singapore (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Harmonic has announced that Hanaro Telecom has extensively deployed Harmonic's Narrowcast Services Gateway (NSG) 9000 universal edgeQAMs to increase bandwidth offered to cable subscribers. Hanaro's wideband DOCSIS 2.0B modular cable modem termination system (M-CMTS) service with channel bonding, capable of delivering 150 Mbps or more, is fully operational and has been very well received by ... more Chitkara To Debut CUBE 3 On AsiaSat 2 
Hong Kong, China (SPX) Jun 23, 2008Asia's leading satellite operator, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Chitkara Technologies Limited (Chitkara) of India have announced a lease agreement to supply Chitkara with AsiaSat 2's C-band transponder capacity for the launch of a new television channel called 'CUBE 3' across India. This new channel, scheduled for service launch in July, will be a free to ... more
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