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Rocketplane Kistler And ATK Announce Agreement For K-1 Launch Vehicle And COTS Program Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Nov 08, 2006 
Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) and Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) announced today that ATK will become the lead contractor for RpK's K-1 launch vehicle, which was recently awarded a Space Act Agreement by NASA for the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. The K-1 is a fully reusable space transportation system designed to provide cost-effective and reliable transport of cargo and science payloads to and from the International Space Station (ISS). Under terms of the agreement, ATK will provide launch vehicle development, assembly, integration and test of the launch system, and will conduct launch and landing site development and launch vehicle preparation for the K-1. |
Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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AMC-18 Launch Campaign Begins
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 09, 2006The activity pace is picking up for Arianespace's December heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission as final pre-launch preparations begin with SES AMERICOM's AMC-18 satellite payload. After arriving at the Spaceport, AMC-18 made the traditional fit check today (November 7) with its Ariane 5 payload adapter, which verifies the correct interface between the satellite and the launcher hardware. TerreStar Networks Chooses Arianespace to Launch TerreStar I 
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 09, 2006Arianespace and TerreStar Networks have signed a "Launch on Demand" contract for TerreStar I, which will be the largest commercial communications satellite ever launched into geostationary orbit. "We are very proud of our role in the development of the TerreStar system," said Jean-Yves Le Gall, Arianespace CEO. IADB Lends Argentina $50 Millon For Sat Program 
Buenos Aires (XNA) Nov 09, 2006The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) on Tuesday signed an agreement with Argentina to provide a loan for the country's satellite program, Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana said. Taiana said that the IADB would lend Argentina 50 million U.S. dollars to expand the country's satellite system, which includes launching two new orbiters in 2010 and 2011. The total satellite program would cost 200 million dollars. |
Northrop Grumman Showcases Comprehensive Suite of Geospatial Intelligence Solutions
Orlando (SPX) Nov 09, 2006Northrop Grumman Corporation will highlight solutions to support the national security and intelligence communities next week at the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation's GEOINT 2006 Symposium. The exposition will be held Nov. 13-16 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. Cut from Different Cloth 
Groningen, Holland (SPX) Nov 09, 2006A large survey, made with ESO's VLT, has shed light on our Galaxy's ancestry. After determining the chemical composition of over 2000 stars in four of the nearest dwarf galaxies to our own, astronomers have demonstrated fundamental differences in their make-up, casting doubt on the theory that these diminutive galaxies could ever have formed the building blocks of our Milky Way Galaxy. Egypt To Launch First Scientific Satellite - Late 2007 
Cairo (XNA) Nov 09, 2006Egyptian Higher Education Minister Hani Hillal said Tuesday that Egypt, in cooperation with Ukraine, will launch a scientific satellite by the end of 2007 in Kazakhstan, the official news agency MENA reported. The satellite, named as Egyptsat 1, will be launched from Kazakhstan with the aim of providing necessary information to serve development in all fields, Hillal said. |
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Nigeria To Build Second Space Satellite
Abuja, Nigeria (XNA) Nov 09, 2006Nigeria has signed a deal with British satellite maker Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)to build a second space satellite, a government official said hereon Monday. Felix Ale, spokesman for Nigeria's Space Research and Development Agency, said the deal between Nigeria and SSTL is expected to culminate in the launch of Nigeria SAT 2 by 2008, an earth observation satellite which has a seven-year lifespan. Russia Plans To Improve Outer Space Monitoring Capabilities 
Nurek, Tajikistan (RIA Novosti) Nov 09, 2006Russia's Space Forces will significantly improve the technical capabilities of its main space-monitoring installation in Tajikistan, a deputy commander of the Okno center said Wednesday. Russia's Okno (Window) space-monitoring complex, located at an altitude of 2,200 meters (about 7,200 feet) in the mountains near the Tajik eastern city of Nurek, was commissioned in March 2004. Time Is Right To Put An Indian In Space 
Bangalore, India (SPX) Nov 09, 2006India's top scientists gathered under one roof on Tuesday to laud the fact that the country was ready to put an Indian in space by 2014 and perhaps one on the moon six years later. About 80 scientists from across the country gave the green signal to the manned space mission at a meeting organised by Indian Space Research Organisation at its headquarters. |
Gravity Helps SDSS-II Reveal A Brilliant Jewel Of The Early Universe
Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 09, 2006A team from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II) and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory today announced discovery of the brightest known image of a galaxy from the early universe. While furious star formation makes the galaxy luminous, it enters the record books because the gravity of a foreground galaxy acts as a natural telescope, focusing its light on the earth. The Moon Not As Dead Cold As Believed 
Providence RI (UPI) Nov 09, 2006U.S. scientists say a study of Apollo-era and recent spectral data suggests the moon may have produced interior gas eruptions more recently than thought. Brown University geological science Professors Peter Schulz and Carle Pieters note conventional wisdom suggests the Earth's moon has seen no widespread volcanic activity for at least 3 billion years. But now they say the data point to much more recent events. Ground Team Stays Busy on 10th Anniversary of NASA Mars Launch 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 09, 2006Engineers are striving to restore full communications with NASA's Mars Global Surveyor on the 10th anniversary of the spacecraft's Nov. 7, 1996, launch. The orbiter is the oldest of five NASA spacecraft currently active at the red planet. Its original mission was to examine Mars for a full Martian year, roughly two Earth years. |
India Halts Border Goose-Stepping Ahead Of Talks
Wagah (AFP) India, Nov 8, 2006Indian troops guarding the country's only land transit point to Pakistan have halted an aggressive military ceremony ahead of a resumption of talks next week, officials said Wednesday. Russian US Relations Will Continue Deteriorating 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 09, 2006Relations between Russia and the United States will continue to worsen regardless of which political party is at the helm of the American legislature, a Russian expert said Wednesday. NetFires Conducts Successful Precision Attack Missile All-Up-Round Container Cover Test 
Dallas TX (SPX) Nov 09, 2006NetFires, a company composed of Raytheon Company's Missile Systems and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, successfully conducted a container cover design verification test for the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System Precision Attack Missile at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Successful Trial For BNSC-funded Space Surveillance Project 
London UK (SPX) Nov 09, 2006Better ways of tracking satellites and other space objects could come into force following the completion of a successful trial of a new space surveillance system in Cyprus. Cubic Teams Up To Bid For US Northern Command And NORAD Services Business 
San Diego CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2006Cubic will provide major support as one of eight contractor teams to receive an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. Air Force. |
One Tenth Of Arable Land In China Suffers Pollution Beijing (XNA) Nov 09, 2006 
China's pollution problems have damaged 10 million hectares, or one tenth, of the country's arable land, said the environment watchdog Tuesday as it called for expanding grass-roots monitoring staff in the rural areas.Shrinking Sweden Glaciers Suggest Global Warming 
Stockholm (AFP) Nov 8, 2006Sweden's glaciers are melting at a rate that conforms to global warming climate models, Swedish researchers said on Wednesday. Petrochina To Affect WTO 
Washington (UPI) Nov 08, 2006Recent divestment strategies against PetroChina, the energy-thirsty Asian giant's biggest oil producer, for trading with Sudan will not affect talks with the World Trade Organization, experts say. Merkel Demands US Share The Burden On Climate Protection 
Berlin (AFP) Nov 8, 2006German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that Berlin would make the fight against global warming a centerpiece of its European Union presidency and press the United States to join the effort. Japan Probes Damage From Killer Twister 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 8, 2006Japanese authorities Wednesday investigated the damage from a tornado that tore through a town killing nine construction workers and leaving seven other people seriously injured. |
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