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Cape Canaveral (UPI) Sep 14, 2004 
In two weeks, the front-runner in a race to fly a privately developed passenger ship to space is scheduled to make its move. The pairing of Burt Rutan and billionaire Paul Allen, has already produced a space-worthy vessel. The test flight in June forever retired the notion that only governments possess the financial and technical resources -- and the legal reach -- to send people beyond the planet's atmosphere. |
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Beware: Io Dust
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 15, 2004Jupiter's moon Io is peppered with volcanoes, the hottest, most active volcanoes in our solar system. Sizzling vents spew plumes of gas and dust as much as 400 km high. They surge, spit, subside and surge again. Rad-hardened CPU and RAM Will Ensure The Message Gets Heard From Mercury 
Farnborough UK (SPX) Sep 15, 2004BAE Systems' radiation-hardened RAD6000 computers and solid state recorder assemblies are headed for the planet Mercury. BAE Systems builds the RAD6000 32-bit RISC CPU to operate in the highly radiated environment of space. |
RoboNet On Watch For Exploding Galaxies
Liverpool UK (SPX) Sep 15, 2004British astronomers have begun a project to operate a global network of the world's biggest robotic telescopes, dubbed 'RoboNet-1.0', intelligent software will provide rapid observations of sudden changes in astronomical objects, such as violent Gamma Ray Bursts, or 24-hour surveillance of interesting phenomena. FSRI And NASA Sponsor Lunar Exploration Design Competition 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 14, 2004University teams from around the nation will be invited during the 2004-2005 academic year to participate in a new design competition aimed at advancing NASA's plans for lunar and Mars exploration. |
 Risk In Private Rocket Flights Worthwhile 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2004As the X-Prize sub-orbital rocket contest heats up, the Space Frontier Foundation is praising the imagination and bravery of the rocketeers competing to win this historic race to space. |
Raytheon, EADS ST Sign Cooperative Agreement For BMD Interceptors
Florence, Italy (SPX) Sep 15, 2004Raytheon and EADS SPACE Transportation have signed a cooperative agreement to begin collaborating on ballistic missile defense (BMD) interceptor programs in Europe, the United States and around the world. Spectrometers Scan It Clean And Dirty 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 15, 2004On sol 215 Opportunity completed a reading with its Moessbauer spectrometer of a target called Kirchner. The rover also made some remote-sensing observations then then set up for using its alpha particle X-ray spectrometer on Kirchner the following morning. |
SkyWave Mobile Introduces Two Inmarsat D+ Satellite Terminals For Improved Tracking
Ottawa ON (SPX) Sep 15, 2004SkyWave Mobile Communications, a provider of Inmarsat D+ satellite airtime, services and terminal equipment, announced the availability of two new satellite terminals. Wireless World Troubling Gaps In 'e-911' 
Chicago (UPI) Sep 10, 2004A driver crashes his Mercedes C230 while on a rural route in upstate New York. Severely injured, he manages to dial 911 on his mobile phone. |
Thales Introduces Magellan MapSend Lakes USA
Santa Clara CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2004Thales has announced the introduction of Magellan MapSend Lakes USA to enhance navigation for customers who explore the nation's top freshwater fishing and boating destinations. Flight Explorer Adds NAVTEQ Maps Of North America As Extra Navigation Aid 
Alexandria VA (SPX) Sep 14, 2004Flight Explorer has announced an agreement with NAVTEQ whereby Flight Explorer customers can now track the real-time location of aircraft relative to the road network of the United States and Canada and points of interest including hospitals, waterways and other relevant locations. |
Intelsat Becomes Lead Provider Of North American Satellite Capacity To SkyPort
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 15, 2004SkyPort International has purchased two long-term capacity leases on Intelsat's IA-7 satellite over North America to provide support for the specialized needs of oil and gas companies, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico. Gilat Announces First SkyEdge Contract With Australia's Optus 
Petah Tikva, Israel (SPX) Sep 15, 2004Gilat announced Tuesday an agreement to supply Australia's second largest telecommunications company, SingTel Optus, with a SkyEdge hub and remote sites for the expansion of Optus's already existing Gilat networks, which will be upgraded to SkyEdge as well. |
SES Astra Clinches ITV Deal For Two Additional Transponders
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Sep 15, 2004SES Astra - an SES Global company and Britain's premier direct-to-home (DTH) satellite business - has clinched an important two-transponder deal with ITV, the UK's biggest commercial television networK. |
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