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Boeing To Define Next Generation Polar Satellite Payload For US Air Force
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 07, 2006Boeing announced Thursday it has received a $1.5 million U.S. Air Force contract to study the next-generation communications payload for a polar-orbiting satellite. ILS Schedules Proton Breeze M Return To Flight in August With Eutelsat's HOT BIRD 8 
McLean VA (SPX) Jul 07, 2006International Launch Services announced Thursday it has scheduled a commercial launch mission Aug. 5 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, when its Proton rocket will lift Eutelsat's HOT BIRD 8 satellite into geosynchronous orbit. Eutelsat HOT BIRD 8 Arrives At Baikonur 
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 07, 2006Eutelsat announced Thursday its HOT BIRD 8 telecom satellite built by EADS Astrium has arrived at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, for launch on a Proton M Breeze M vehicle provided by International Launch Services in early August. |
NASA Satellites Find Balance In South American Water Cycle
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2006For the first time, NASA scientists using space-based measurements have directly monitored and measured the complete cycle of water movement for an entire continent. Solitons Might Power Molecular Electronics 
Columbus OH (UPI) Jul 06, 2006U.S. scientists say they've discovered exotic particles called solitons -- short for "solitary waves" -- have intricate internal structures. Since the 1980s, researchers have known solitons can carry an electrical charge when traveling through certain organic polymers. Pratt and Whitney Demonstrates Lunar Mission Propulsion System 
West Palm Beach FL (SPX) Jul 07, 2006Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne announced Thursday its Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine has exceeded performance goals and demonstrated propulsion technologies required to land spacecraft on the Moon. |
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Spirit Copes With Decreasing Solar Energy
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2006With electrical power from Spirit's solar array down to about 300 watt-hours per Martian day, or sol, the science team is able to plan only one major activity per sol and often needs to devote one sol to recharging the rover's batteries. Clock Ticking Slower On Antarctic Ozone Hole Recovery 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 07, 2006Antarctica's ozone hole is running late with its recovery, a NASA study has found, and will take nearly 20 years longer than previously expected. New Hawaiian Telescope Dedicated 
Honolulu HI (SPX) Jul 07, 2006Astronomers dedicated the University of Hawai'i's newest telescope, called PS1, last Friday in a ceremony on the summit of Haleakala, the massive extinct caldera on the island of Mau'i. The telescope is a prototype for the larger Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System, or Pan-STARRS, telescope scheduled to start scanning the skies for "killer asteroids" in 2010. |
Russia Aims To Corner 21 Percent Of Space Services Market
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 07, 2006Russia intends to take at least 21 percent of the global space services market by 2015 as part of a development strategy approved by the government, a top space official told RIA Novosti on Thursday. Indian Broadband Market Could Explode 
Calcutta, India (UPI) Jul 06, 2006The telecom world may still be marveling at India's mobile telephony growth, which at 100 million connections has emerged as the fastest growing in the world, but the other scorching growth story in the country's telecom sector could well be broadband over wireless. Northrop Grumman Appoints Two Vice Presidents 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2006Northrop Grumman announced Thursday it has appointed Ed Halibozek as vice president of corporate security and Tim McKnight as vice president of information security. Both appointments are effective immediately. |
Silent Earthquakes May Foreshadow The Big One
Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 06, 2006Geoscientists around the world are searching for evidence of tiny earthquakes in seismically active areas, such as the Pacific Northwest, that are periodically rocked by powerful magnitude 8 temblors. Oil Prices Set For New Records Beyond 80 Dollars 
London (AFP) Jul 06, 2006The price of crude oil, fresh from striking a new record above 75 dollars in New York on rising tensions over North Korea and Iran, is likely to hurtle beyond 80 dollars per barrel before the end of 2006, according to one London analyst. Invasions Across Darwin's Impassable Barrier 
Panama, Panama (SPX) Jul 06, 2006Reef fish share genetic connections across what Darwin termed an 'impassable barrier', 5000km of deep ocean separating the eastern and central Pacific, according to a report by Smithsonian scientists in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Railway Poses Dangers To Fragile Tibetan Plateau 
Lhasa, Tibet (AFP) Jul 06, 2006While China is keen to stress the environmentally friendly aspects of the new railway to Tibet, many are concerned about the line's impact on the Himalayan region's fragile ecosystem. China Urges US To Lift High Tech Restrictions 
Beijing (AFP) Jun 27, 2006Beijing called on the United States Tuesday to ease restrictions on the export of high technology equipment to China, following reports that Washington was preparing to toughen up such rules. |
Taiwan To Test Cruise Missile That Can Hit China
Taipei (AFP) Jul 06, 2006Taiwan plans to test-fire a cruise missile capable of hitting rival China despite concerns from the United States, a report here said Thursday. Making Mistakes On BMD 
Washington (UPI) Jul 06, 2006Political and military leaders throughout history have been lulled or lured into catastrophic miscalculations because they either over-estimated the tactical capabilities of their weapons and fortifications, or underestimated those of their enemies. Calling The Bluff On North Korea 
Washington (UPI) Jul 06, 2006North Korea may have gambled -- and lost -- while playing a game of nuclear/missile chicken with the United States. The reclusive communist state, the only remaining Stalinist regime on the planet, can hardly feed its population. US Concerned Over N.Korea Weapon Exports 
Washington (AFP) Jul 06, 2006The US repeated concerns Thursday over North Korea's weapon exports, saying it would ensure that aid to the impoverished Stalinist state was not diverted to beef up its missile and nuclear programs. CONTENT PARTNERS
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