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Delta II Delivers Another GPS Satellite to Orbit
St. Louis MO (SPX) Sep 27, 2006The reliable Boeing Delta II launch vehicle, known as the workhorse of the launch industry in its payload class, successfully delivered to orbit earlier today a replenishment Block IIR Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force. SkyTerra And MSV Consolidate Ownership Of Mobile Satellite Ventures 
New York NW (SPX) Sep 27, 2006SkyTerra Communications, Inc. and Mobile Satellite Venture LP announced today that it has completed the closing of the previously announced transactions to consolidate the ownership and control of MSV. As a result of the transactions completed today, SkyTerra now owns approximately 52% of the outstanding limited partnership interests of MSV and approximately 78% of the outstanding common stock of its general partner, each on a fully-diluted basis. Space XL Fails To Reach Sub-Orbital Space 
Las Cruces NM (SPX) Sep 27, 2006The first launch from Spaceport America in New Mexico has failed to reach sub-orbital space and landed in the desert. The Space XL rocket, launched by Connecticut's UP Aerospace, lifted off at 2:14 p.m. Monday but only made it to an altitude of 40,000 ft before coming back down to Earth several miles from the planned landing site, the Las Cruces (N.M.) Sun News reported Tuesday. |
China And US In Ongoing Talks To Understand Space Opportunities
Beijing (CHX) Sep 27, 2006China and the United States have taken preliminary steps to boost cooperation in space exploration, a top national official said yesterday. Sun Laiyan, head of the China National Space Administration, held talks on Sunday in Beijing with Michael Griffin, chief of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Gallup Poll Finds Americans Overall Strongly Support Space Exploration 
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 27, 2006A new Gallup Poll shows more than two-thirds of respondents support the nation's stepping-stone approach to space exploration, which includes flying the space shuttle to complete the International Space Station, building a replacement vehicle for the space shuttle, returning humans to the moon, and exploring Mars and points beyond. Young Adults "Largely Disinterested" in the Vision for Space Exploration 
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 27, 2006In a study reported on last week at the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space 2006 meeting, Dittmar Associates reported that young American adults are "largely disinterested" in the Vision for Space Exploration announced by President Bush in January of 2004. These results came from a follow-up study to the company's groundbreaking Market Study for Space Exploration originally released in November of that year. |
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HiRISE Camera Will Take First Close-Up Pictures Of Mars On Sept 29
Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 27, 2006The most powerful camera ever to orbit Mars will get its first close look at the Red Planet on Friday. The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera flying aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) will relay its first low-altitude images to scientists at The University of Arizona beginning Sept. 29. Mars Express Powers Through Eclipse Season 
Paris (ESA) Sep 27, 2006The Mars Express spacecraft has emerged from an unusually demanding eclipse season introducing a special, ultra-low-power mode nicknamed 'Sumo' - an innovative configuration aimed at saving the power necessary to ensure spacecraft survival. This mode was developed through tight teamwork between ESOC mission controllers, principal investigators, industry and mission management. In the past weeks, Mars Express faced an unusually demanding solar eclipse season running from end-August until late September. New Horizons Snaps Approach Image Of Jupiter 
Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2006Blazing along its path to Pluto, NASA's New Horizons has come within hailing distance of Jupiter. The first picture of the giant planet from the spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken Sept. 4, is a tantalizing promise of what's to come when New Horizons flies through the Jupiter system early next year. New Horizons was still 291 million kilometers (nearly 181 million miles) away from Jupiter when LORRI took this image. |
Russian Space Company Wins Tender To Build Second Kazakh Satellite
Moscow (RIAN) Sep 27, 2006One of Russia's leading space-industry firms has won a tender to build its second satellite for Kazakhstan, KazSat-2, a spokesman for the center said Tuesday. The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center also built KazSat-1, which was launched June 18 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. Before the launch, the Russian and Kazakh presidents discussed building KazSat-2. ISS Crew Turns On Oxygen Regeneration System 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 27, 2006The 13th crew has repaired the Russian oxygen regeneration system at the International Space Station, a mission control spokesperson said Tuesday. The Elektron system was turned off September 20 after high temperature damaged its rubber seals. "Pavel Vinogradov, the commander of the 13th expedition, reported that the system has been turned on and functions properly," the source said. Space Scientists Uncover Causes Of Gap In Van Allen Belts 
London UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2006A team of British and US scientists have discovered that the gap in the Van Allen radiation belts is formed by natural wave turbulence in space, not by lightning. The discovery settles years of controversy among space scientists about the mechanisms responsible for causing the gap and has important implications for space weather forecasting. |
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IARC Scientists Document Warm Water Surging Into Arctic Fairbanks AK (SPX) Sep 27, 2006 
Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center this fall documented that recent surges of warm water from the North Atlantic Ocean continue to pulse into the Arctic Ocean and are moving toward Alaska and the Canadian Basin.New Sensor For Next-Generation Weather Satellites 
Durham NH (SPX) Sep 27, 2006With an award in excess of $10 million, scientists from the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center have been selected to build an instrument for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) third-generation weather satellites under the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) Program. Gaseous Microbes From The Abyss 
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Sep 27, 2006During an expedition off the South American coast, an international team of ocean scientists discovered that the gases ethane and propane are widespread, and are being produced by microorganisms in deeply buried sediments. Russia Threatens To Halt Sakhalin-2 Project Unless Shell Cleans Up 
Moscow (AFP) Sep 26, 2006Russia on Tuesday threatened to halt the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas development project off Russia's Pacific coast unless the Anglo-Dutch group Shell corrected environmental damage done to the site. Internet Services Resume In Zimbabwe 
Harare (AFP) Sep 26, 2006Internet services in Zimbabwe were restored after fixed telephone service provider TelOne paid its outstanding 700,000 dollar debt to Intelsat, a company spokesman said Tuesday. |
NKorea Says Nuclear Weapons For Self-Defense
United Nations (AFP) Sept 26, 2006A top North Korean official told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that his country's nuclear arms were for "self-defense" as he accused Washington of using non-proliferation and terrorism as "a pretext" to invade sovereign states. Stevens Wins GBI Funding Battle 
Washington (UPI) Sep 26, 2006Congressional champions of ballistic missile defense led by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, have won another funding battle to increase the number of Ground-Based Midcourse Interceptors, or GBIs deployed around Fort Greeley, Alaska. Boeing Completes Last Round of Critical Wideband Gapfiller Sat Tests 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Sep 27, 2006Boeing has completed Spacecraft Thermal Vacuum (SCTV) testing for the first of its Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS). The tests, conducted at the Boeing Satellite Development Center in El Segundo, Calif., evaluated the WGS operating systems' ability to withstand the extreme temperatures of space. C-Surveyor 3 AUV Scheduled For Gulf Of Mexico Delivery 
Lafayette LA (SPX) Sep 27, 2006C and C recently announced delivery of its third AUV, C-Surveyor III, scheduled for October of 2007. C and C and Kongsberg Maritime recently performed sea trails and installed C and C's latest version of its "Advanced Survey Payload" in Norway. Iran Builds Plasma Engine For Space Program 
Tehran (AFP) Sep 26, 2006Iran has developed a plasma-thrusting engine to help guide satellites as part of its nascent space programme, state television said Tuesday, quoting the defense ministry. "Iranian experts were able to build a satellite guiding system in space called a plasma thruster," it said. CONTENT PARTNERS
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