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Russia Launches New Remote Detection Satellite
Moscow, Russia (AFP) Jun 16, 2006Russia on Thursday launched a new remote-sensing satellite which is due to take high-resolution photographs of Earth, Russian mission control said. The Resource DK1 satellite was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan by the Soyuz-U launch vehicle at midday (0800 GMT) and went into orbit almost nine minutes later, mission control spokesman Valery Lydnin said. Steve Cook At Marshall Leads Launch Vehicle Development 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 16, 2006As a child, Steve Cook dreamed of someday launching space vehicles, and astronauts, to worlds far beyond his hometown of Bloomington, Minn. Today, he's living that dream. Galaxy 16 Countdown Begins 
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2006Sea Launch announced Thursday it has initiated a 72-hour countdown in preparation for Saturday's launch of the Galaxy 16 communications satellite. The two-hour launch window begins 12:50 a.m. Pacific Time. |
Teachers To Learn About Mars-Earth Science
Washington (UPI) Jun 16, 2006Eighteen middle school and high school U.S. science teachers will soon depart for Alaska for a Mars exploration and polar science research experience. The teachers, selected from more than 500 applicants to join the June 23 Phoenix Mars Mission team, will perform scientific investigations in the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory's permafrost tunnel and at University of Alaska-Fairbanks research labs. European Space Parliamentarians Meet In Brussels 
Brussels (SPX) Jun 16, 2006Parliamentarians from 10 European countries met this week at the 8th European Interparliamentary Space Conference to discuss space policy. The conference was organized by the E.U. Belgian Presidency and held at the Belgian Senate in Brussels. Three Trojans Share Neptune Orbit 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2006Researchers announced Thursday they have found three new objects locked into roughly the same orbit as Neptune. |
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SOFIA Passes New NASA Review
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2006NASA announced Thursday that its formerly canceled airborne astronomical observatory has passed a technical and programmatic review that could lead to continuation of the mission. Atmel and u-blox Introduce High Sensitivity/Low Power Single-Chip GPS Receiver 
Heilbronn, Germany (SPX) Jun 16, 2006Atmel and u-blox AG have announced the availability of their latest weak-signal tracking GPS technology in an ultra-small form factor. Satellite Services Demand The Future in High Def 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 16, 2006The satellite industry, like telecommunications overall, has gone from boom to bust to reconciliation. It is now in the midst of an unusually complex period, in which large operators are consolidating while new, innovative operators are starting up - or restarting - with plans to create hybrid networks and services. |
Hubble Sees Star Birth Gone Wild
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 16, 2006Staring into the crowded, dusty core of two merging galaxies, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a region where star formation has gone wild. The interacting galaxies appear as a single, odd-looking galaxy called Arp 220. The galaxy is a nearby example of the aftermath of two colliding galaxies. NASA Spies Lunar Meteoroid Impact 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 16, 2006There's a new crater on the Moon. It's about 14 meters wide, 3 meters deep and precisely one month, eleven days old - and NASA astronomers watched it form. Loral Skynet Launches New Satellite Services 
Bedminster NJ (SPX) Jun 16, 2006Loral Skynet announced Thursday it has launched a new suite of satellite-based contingency services designed to help businesses and government organizations minimize Internet Protocol data network interruptions caused by large-scale natural disasters such as hurricanes, and protect against the everyday outages that frequently occur in multi-path terrestrial network links. |
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Early Bird Caught The Fish
Philadelphia, PA (SPX) Jun 16, 2006Five fossil specimens of a near-modern bird found in the Gansu Province of northwestern China show that early birds likely evolved in an aquatic environment, according to a study reported today in the journal Science. Rural Kenyan Women On Vanguard Of African Solar Revolution 
Kajiado, Kenya (AFP) Jun 16, 2006Elizabeth Leshom may not know it, but she is among a legion of African women at the vanguard of what many hope will be a "solar revolution". Search For Two Believed Trapped On Indonesian Volcano Suspended 
Mount Merapi (AFP) Jun 16, 2006A search for two people believed trapped in a bunker at Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano was suspended Thursday as more searing clouds made work too dangerous for rescuers, an official said. Thawing Permafrost Is A Significant Source Of Carbon 
Fairbanks AL (SPX) Jun 16, 2006Permafrost, permanently frozen soil, isn't staying frozen and a type of soil called loess contained deep within thawing permafrost may be releasing significant, and previously unaccounted for, amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. |
Boost Phase Blues Impact Missile Shield Developments
Washington (UPI) Jun 16, 2006The mainstream media often simplifies the arguments both in favor of and against different kinds of ballistic missile defense systems. Repeatedly, simplified or out of date assertions are presented as - and accepted - as irrefutable fact. Iran Supreme Leader Implicitly Rejects Nuclear Suspension 
Tehran (AFP) Jun 16, 2006Iran's supreme leader said Thursday his country would not bow to pressure over its atomic program, implicitly rejecting international calls to suspend nuclear enrichment. Raytheon To Support US Navy Satellite Communications System 
Norfolk VA (SPX) Jun 16, 2006Raytheon Technical Services received a $31M Navy contract to provide logistics support for the USC-38 satellite communications system. CONTENT PARTNERS
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