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Shanghai Lands Star Role In Satellite Mission
Beijing (XNA) Jun 14, 2006Shanghai will be the headquarters of the satellite positioning equipment used to track the country's first lunar orbiter, due to be launched next April, officials said Monday. The lunar orbiter positioning system uses four radio telescopes - in Shanghai, Beijing, Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, and Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the northwest. Malaysia To Work With India On Space Technology 
Kuala Lumpur (XNA) Jun 14, 2006Malaysia is expected to formalize several agreements with India on the use of satellite applications and space technologies, local media reported Tuesday. "We are looking at initiating a formal cooperation with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in various areas," said Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak. Swales Delivers Final Micro-Satellite For NASA THEMIS Mission 
Beltsville MD (SPX) Jun 14, 2006Swales Aerospace announced Tuesday it has delivered the last of five micro-satellite buses for NASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms mission. THEMIS comprises five identical high-performance satellites flying through Earth's magnetosphere, a region of the upper atmosphere extending for hundreds of thousands of miles. The mission is scheduled to launch in October. |
Listen Out For Satellite Radio
Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2006How does one decide on whether a risk is worth taking? There's obviously no set formula to that question that is asked by any shrewd investor or entrepreneur. At first blush, the risk in putting money into satellite radio may not seem a prudent one. Optimize Trade Study Analyses With Software From Phoenix Integration And AGI 
Exton PA (SPX) Jun 14, 2006Space mission planners have access to advanced optimization algorithms that generate optimal solutions from trade studies without scripts or programming. The new Optimizer extension for STK/Analyzer software was developed by Phoenix Integration, Inc., of Blacksburg, VA, and is offered by Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) of Exton, PA. Mind Over Matter No Longer Science Fiction 
Paris (AFP) Jun 14, 2006Sitting stone still under a skull cap fitted with a couple dozen electrodes, American scientist Peter Brunner stares at a laptop computer. Without so much as moving a nostril hair, he suddenly begins to compose a message - letter by letter - on a giant screen overhead. |
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Gilat Offers New Services For Cisco IP VSAT Satellite WAN Network Module
Petah Tikva, Israel (SPX) Jun 14, 2006Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced Tuesday its Spacenet subsidiary has launched a wide range of full-time and on-demand Connexstar CI broadband services designed specifically for the Cisco IP VSAT Satellite WAN Network Module. Boeing Names Jamieson Senior VP of Engineering Operations And Technology 
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 14, 2006Boeing announced Tuesday it has named Jim Jamieson its new senior vice president of Engineering, Operations and Technology, expanding his previous responsibilities as Boeing senior vice president, chief technology officer, and head of the Boeing Technology organization. SES Americom Wins Long-Term Satellite Contract With Comsat Mexico 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Jun 14, 2006SES Americom reports that its affiliate Sistemas Satelitales de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., (SSM) was awarded a long-term contract by Comsat Mexico, S.A. de C.V., a division of Comsat International, for Ku-band satellite capacity on AMC-4. |
A Naturally Inspired Robot
Surrey, UK (SPX) Jun 14, 2006Biomimetic devices look to nature for inspiration, mimicking the way insects, plants and animals cope with difficulties. From the way plants furl their leaves to how wasps bore holes into trees, evolution has developed clever and varied ways to solve engineering problems. Faulty Design Caused Genesis Mishap 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 14, 2006NASA announced Tuesday that a flaw in the design of its Genesis spacecraft's sample-return capsule caused it to crash in the Utah desert in 2004. That is the conclusion of the agency's Genesis Mission Mishap Investigation Board, convened on Sept. 10, 2004 - two days after the accident. NASA has released the board's final report. Stephen Hawking Calls For Mankind To Reach For Stars 
Hong Kong (AFP) Jun 14, 2006British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking said Tuesday that the human race should reach for the stars in order to survive. Speaking on a six-day visit to Hong Kong, Hawking said: "It is important for the human race to spread out into space for the survival of the species. |
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ITT Prepares For US Hurricane Season
White Plains NY (SPX) Jun 09, 2006Hurricane season officially began on June 1, and national forecasters predict another active hurricane season for 2006, with an estimated eight to ten hurricanes expected. Of these, they predict four to six will escalate to "major" hurricanes of Category Three strength or higher. Google Announces Major Update For Google Earth 
Mountain View CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2006Google has announced a series of updates to the company's mapping product suite, further illustrating Google's commitment to creating powerful tools for sharing geographic information. Announced live at Google's first Geo Developer Day, these innovations both connect users to information about the world around them, as well as address the growing needs of the developer community. Harmful Algal Blooms Monitored From Space In Chile Compact tidal generator Lowers Cost Of Producing Electricity 
Southampton, UK (SPX) Jun 14, 2006What happens if you run an electric motor backwards? That is exactly what researchers Dr Steve Turnock and Dr Suleiman Abu-Sharkh from the University of Southampton asked themselves after they had successfully built an electric motor for tethered underwater vehicles, using funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Parallel Evolution Found To Exist At Protein Level 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jun 14, 2006Wings, spines, saber-like teeth-nature and the fossil record abound with examples of structures so useful they've evolved independently in a variety of animals. But scientists have debated whether examples of so-called adaptive, parallel evolution also can be found at the level of genes and proteins. |
China Deploys New Dong Feng ICBM Nuke Missile
Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2006China's new Dong Feng-31, or CSS-9, road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile is expected to enter service during 2006, Jane's Intelligence reported on its Web site janes.com on June 9. The DF-31 is expected to be followed by the extended-range DF-31A version in 2007, the Web site said. Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile Passes Key Test 
Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2006The Raytheon company announced June 5 that its Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missiles, or GEMs, destroyed two surrogate ballistic missile targets in a test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Lockheed Martin Selects Symmetricom Oscillator For MUOS Satellite Program 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2006Symmetricom reports that the company was chosen to supply its master reference oscillator for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite led by Lockheed Martin for a U.S. Navy customer. F-22 Test Team Perform Supersonic High-Altitude JDAM Drop 
St Louis MO (SPX) Jun 14, 2006The F-22 Combined Test have demonstrated the F-22 Raptor's ability to release a munition at supersonic speed, high altitude and standoff range during a recent test at White Sands. CONTENT PARTNERS
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