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Technicians Preparing For Next Progress Launch
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jun 21, 2006Technicians are preparing the next Russian Progress M-57 space freighter for its launch this weekend on a mission to deliver supplies to the crew of the International Space Station. Technicians from Energia RSP transported the spacecraft, dubbed Progress 22, from the processing facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the integration facility. Arianespace Looks To Serve Asian Market 
Singapore (SPX) Jun 21, 2006Jean-Yves Le Gall, chief executive officer of Arianespace, said his company is ready to serve the Asia-Pacific market from a position of strength, benefiting from a sustained launch tempo, a full range of services, a capable launcher family, and the backing of Europe and its experienced industry team. Arianespace To Launch First Vietnamese Satellite 
Singapore (SPX) Jun 21, 2006Arianespace announced Tuesday it will launch the VINASAT-1 satellite for Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corp. in 2008. VINASAT-1 will be built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems. The first Vietnamese telecommunications satellite, VINASAT-1 will be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket during the first half of 2008 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. |
Astronomers Discover Space Is Fizzing
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 21, 2006Space is fizzing. In a place where Earth's magnetic field meets the constant stream of gas from the Sun, astronomers have found thousands of bubbles of superheated gas constantly growing and popping. The discovery could allow scientists finally to understand the interaction between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetic field. High Energy Particles Seen From Black Hole Jet 
New Haven CT (SPX) Jun 21, 2006An international team of astronomers has captured infrared observations that reveal the nature of high-energy quasar particle jets that originate just outside super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies and radiate across the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio to X-ray wavelengths. Uncovering Rhea 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2006NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured two Saturnian moons meeting in the sky: Dione departs after crossing the face of Rhea for several minutes. Dione (1,126 kilometers, or 700 miles across), at right, has a notably smoother-looking surface than Rhea (1,528 kilometers, or 949 miles across), suggesting the former has been modified more recently. |
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Luxembourg To Build Galileo Antenna System
Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 21, 2006SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company, announced Tuesday its subsidiary SES ASTRA TechCom has been selected for a project of Europe's global satellite navigation system Galileo. Together with its Luxembourg partner, HITEC Luxembourg, SES ASTRA TechCom has been chosen as lead partner to provide two large telemetry, tracking and control antenna systems which will allow the ground control of the Galileo satellite fleet when it is in orbit. FCC Approves Intelsat/PanAmSat Merger 
Pembroke, Bermuda (SPX) Jun 21, 2006The U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced Monday it has approved the merger of a subsidiary of Intelsat, Ltd., with PanAmSat Holding Corp. Energia/Intersputnik Sign Cooperation Agreement 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 21, 2006S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia and the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications announced Tuesday they have signed an cooperative agreement to establish satellite networks using Intersputnik. |
Boeing Demonstrates TSAT Next-Generation Processor Router Capability
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 21, 2006Boeing announced Tuesday it has successfully completed a series of live tests demonstrating the interoperability of the Transformational Satellite Communications Next-Generation Processor Router with a government reference ground terminal, marking another achievement for the TSAT Space Segment development program. Goodrich Technology Aboard GOES-N 
Charlotte NC (SPX) Jun 21, 2006When the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest spacecraft, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N, launched last month, it carried Goodrich Corp.'s Solar X-ray Imager telescope mirror assembly. Russian Rocket Orbits Kazakh Satellite 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (RIAN) Jun 20, 2006A Russian carrier rocket delivered Kazakhstan's first communications satellite into orbit Sunday, a Roskosmos spokesman said. |
Military Police To Combat Crime In New Orleans
New Orleans (AFP) Jun 21, 2006Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco on Tuesday welcomed 100 military police officers and 60 state police troopers deployed to help New Orleans deal with a flood of violent crime as it struggles to recover from Hurricane Katrina. US And French Power Companies Sign MoU For Evolutionary Power Reactor 
Baltimore MD (SPX)Jun 20, 2006Constellation Energy and Electricite de France (EdF) today announced that the two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Merapi May Be At End Of Current Active Cycle 
Mount Merapi (AFP) Jun 21, 2006A new lava dome which began forming last week at Indonesia's Mount Merapi may signal that heightened activity is ending at the volcano, a scientist said Tuesday. CONTENT PARTNERS
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US Defenses Likely Activated For NKorean Test
Washington (AFP) Jun 20, 2006The launch of a long-range North Korean missile would provide the first real test of a US missile defense system that has cost billions of dollars to build and is still in development, analysts said Tuesday. Precision-Guided Munitions Play Key Role 
Eglin AAF FL (AFNS) Jun 21, 2006The two 500-pound bombs that took out terrorist leader Abu Musab Al Zarqawi June 7 have a long history of development and improvements at the Air Armament Center here.to the target. Iraq Mission Sets Precedent For Japan Global Role 
Tokyo (AFP) Jun 21, 2006Japan's historic military mission to Iraq, which was declared complete Tuesday, has set a precedent for its expanding role overseas which remains deeply controversial, analysts said. |
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