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Shenzhou: A Spacewalk In The Sunlight
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2008Earlier this month, China suddenly brought forward the launch window for the Shenzhou 7 space mission. The mission was originally expected to lift off in mid-October, but will now take off at some time between September 25 and 30. This flight will produce China�s first spacewalk. Pundits immediately suspected that political factors had intervened to change the mission. The new launch time ... more Astrium-Built Inmarsat-4 F3 Satellite Successfully Deployed In Orbit 
London, UK (SPX) Sep 11, 2008Further to its launch by Proton on 18 August 2008, the third Astrium-built Inmarsat-4 satellite took four apogee engine firings to reach geosynchronous orbit. Following full deployment of its 45m solar array and 80m� antenna reflector the spacecraft adopted its final Earth-pointing control mode. All of the Eurostar E3000 spacecraft's systems are operating nominally. The payload, which ... more Thales Alenia Space To Supply RASCOMSTAR-QAF With A New Telecommunication Satellite 
Cannes, France (SPX) Sep 11, 2008Thales Alenia Space has announced the signature of a contract with RASCOMSTAR-QAF for the construction of the RASCOM-QAF1R telecommunication satellite. This new satellite will ensure adequate continuity of service capacity to RASCOMSTAR-QAF and its Customers. It will provide the African continent access to telecommunication and new information and communication technologies. ... more Nuclear Waiver Will Help India Access Latest Space Tech 
Chennai, India (PTI) Sep 11, 2008Calling the NSG waiver a big achievement for the country, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair on Sunday said it will help the Indian space department access latest space technologies from developed nations. "It is a major achievement for India. We will have a better opportunity to interact with other developed nations on sharing certain space technologies," Nair told reporters on the sidelines ... more O3b Networks To Deploy Low-Cost Satellite System For Developing Worlds 
St. John, Channel Islands (SPX) Sep 11, 2008O3b Networks has announced it will begin deployment of a new global communications infrastructure to provide high-speed, low-cost Internet connectivity to emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Backed with financial and operational support from Google, Liberty Global and HSBC Principal Investments, the new system will reduce bandwidth costs for telecommunication ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 11, 2008The recent trouble with the ISS, caused by simple computer virus capable of stealing logins and passwords for computer games only, was minor compared to possible environmental changes that could make space flights impossible. This could also cripple aviation and television, and even put terrestrial life at risk. It's about the Earth's geomagnetic field, changing rapidly and ... more iPhone Hits The Road With Avego's Shared Transport Application 
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Sep 11, 2008Mapflow has announced Avego, a new technology designed to reduce wasted seat capacity in cars and dramatically expand commuting options. Avego [pronounced a-vay'-go] pairs passengers and drivers through an easy-to-use system using iPhones and other mobile devices. A cross between carpooling, public transport and eBay, Avego matches a driver's wasted seat capacity-those seats which are ... more Polaris Wireless Launches Advanced Hybrid Location Solution 
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2008Polaris Wireless has announced a new solution within its Wireless Location Signatures (Polaris WLSTM) family of products. The Polaris Wireless Advanced Hybrid Solution is designed to work in conjunction with A-GPS systems to consistently provide the highest possible accuracy across all environments, especially dense urban and indoor environments, where standalone A-GPS mobile location ... more WebDiet Launches First Service For Anytime Anywhere Healthy Eating 
San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2008WebDiet has introduced a new smartphone-based service to help people make smarter eating choices and improve their health anytime, anywhere. WebDiet is the first and only service to proactively send customers specific and dynamic meal suggestions, directly to their email and mobile devices immediately before time of purchase. Meal recommendations sent throughout the day are customized to ... more iMarkMySpot - Digital Photo Geotagging Application 
Missoula MT (SPX) Sep 11, 2008iCloseBy.com has announced the release of iMarkMySpot, a new App for the Apple iPhone which is used to "one-touch" Geotag and Geocode digital photos with exact GPS locations. The latest iPhone App from iCloseBy.com, iMarkMySpot uses the built in GPS functionality of the Apple iPhone to store exact waypoint locations with one-touch simplicity. Stored waypoint locations can then be ... more |
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Caracas (AFP) Sept 10, 2008Two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers were in Venezuela on Wednesday for "training flights," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said, adding he would be piloting one of the aircraft. "I hope that stings, 'pitiyanquis'," he said, using a derogatory term for Venezuelan opponents who have perceived US sympathies. "What's more, I'm going to take the controls of one of these monsters," boasted ... more Russia threatens to target US sites in Europe 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 10, 2008A top Russian general threatened Wednesday to target planned American missile shield sites in Poland and the Czech Republic with ballistic missiles amid icy US-Russia relations over Georgia. General Nikolai Solovtsov, head of strategic missile forces, said if Washington pushes forward plans to build installations in Central Europe the Kremlin would act to ensure Russia's vast nuclear arsenal ... more Analysis: EU works on detente with Russia 
Berlin (UPI) Sep 10, 2008 The European Union team scored the first tension release points in Moscow, but the diplomatic crisis between Russia and the West is far from over. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, sat over dinner negotiations, with the Frenchman not leaving until "sweet dessert" had been served, according to the Kremlin. The four hours Sarkozy sat with Medve ... more UN calls for 107 million dollars in aid for storm-struck Haiti 
Mexico City (AFP) Sept 10, 2008The United Nations has called for some 107 million dollars in humanitarian aid to help Haiti recover from four major storms in less than four weeks, a top UN official said here Wednesday. UN emergency relief coordinator John Holmes made the appeal along with Latin American countries, after the first regional meeting on international humanitarian assistance mechanisms in Mexico City. ... more Texas girds for the worst as deadly Ike closes in 
Houston, Texas (AFP) Sept 10, 2008Texas authorities ordered coastal evacuations Wednesday as deadly Hurricane Ike strengthened to a Category Two storm in the Gulf of Mexico and headed toward the southern US coast after ravaging Cuba and the Caribbean. Ike could slam into the Texas coast immediately south of the port of Galveston late Friday or early Saturday as an even stronger storm, the National Hurricane Center forecast. ... more
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