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Lifting The Darkness On Japan's Next Spy Satellite Geelong, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2006 
At some time in 2007, Japan plans to launch its next spy satellite. In keeping with previous form, almost nothing has been said or revealed about the upcoming launch. It's somewhat ironic that this radar-imaging satellite, which has the capability to see in the dark, is itself surrounded by the darkness of a communications blackout. How much can we see through the veil of secrecy? It's possible to make some educated guesses about Japan's latest intelligence tool. In an earlier article for SpaceDaily (Guessing Games For Japan's "Information Gathering Satellite" Program, October 11, 2006) I set forth a case for the possible configuration of Japan's earlier spy satellite launch. |
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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ISS Crew Crack The Galactic Fairways
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2006Two residents of the International Space Station ventured outside the complex Wednesday for a 5 hour, 38 minute spacewalk to reposition, deploy and relocate equipment, and to take a swing at a commercially sponsored activity. Sky's The Limit As Swiss Test Solar Panels At Jungfrau Summit 
Geneva (AFP) Nov 23, 2006The peak of the Jungfrau in the Swiss Alps could be the home to the world's highest solar-energy power station if tests prove succesful, Swiss electricity company FMB said on Thursday. Industry To Hold Networking Event For Current And Future Space Leaders 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 21, 2006University students, young professionals and first-level managers from NASA and the aerospace industry will be able to meet and share their views on the nation's space exploration program with space leaders from NASA and the aerospace industry at a reception being planned by Northrop Grumman in partnership with Booz Allen Hamilton and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX). |
Terrasar-X Scheduled For Launch - 27 February
Cologne, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2006The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X will be launched from Baikonur on 27 February 2007 on a Dnepr-1 rocket. This new launch date has now been announced by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) along with its industrial partners Astrium GmbH and Infoterra GmbH, responsible for the commercial exploitation of TerraSAR-X data. The launch originally planned for 31 October 2006 had to be shifted after an unsuccessful launch of a rocket of the same type last summer. Space Shuttle Canadarm Marks 25 Years In Space 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2006Originally, it was intended to be all brawn. It was obvious when the space shuttle was first thought up that there would have to be some way to get the enormous equipment it was meant to carry out of its cargo bay and into space. A few different options were considered... but it didn't take long to settle on the idea of a glorified crane, something that could pick the equipment up, move it over and let it go. GX Rocket Plans Up In The Air 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 27, 2006The Education, Science and Technology Ministry's panel in charge of coordinating Japan's space development policy has released an interim evaluation report urging that the secondary engine for the planned GX rocket be completely revamped the Yomiuri Shimbun has reported. |
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Saturn Joins Venus In The Vortex Club
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 27, 2006Cassini's spectacular image of Saturn's polar vortex, published this month by NASA, may provide astronomers with a missing piece in the puzzle of how that planet's atmosphere works. For planetary scientists studying Venus, the image was strangely familiar. Ever since the late 1970s, scientists have known of a similar polar vortex on Earth's nearest neighbour. For six months now, ESA's Venus Express has been studying this enigmatic atmospheric structure. Venus Express Program Wins Popular Science Award 
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 21, 2006Venus Express just received an extra birthday present. In the same week as the first anniversary of the spacecraft's launch, the editors of Popular Science magazine named Venus Express as one of the top 100 technological innovations of the year. The award recognises both the speed with which the mission was put together and the unprecedented study it is making of Earth's nearest planetary neighbour. India Mulls Unmanned Mission To Mars By 2013 
New Delhi, India (SPX) Nov 27, 2006Indian space scientists plan to send an unmanned mission to Mars by 2013 to look for evidence of life, a news report said on Sunday. The six-to-eight-month mission, likely to be launched in the next seven years, would cost three billion rupees (67 million dollars), the Hindustan Times reported. "Mars is emerging on our horizon. The geo-stationary launch vehicle can take a payload to Mars and our Deep Space Network can track it all the way," G. Madhavan Nair, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told the newspaper. |
VLT Image Of Starburst Galaxy NGC 1313
Garching, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2006The captivating appearance of this image of the starburst galaxy NGC 1313, taken with the FORS instrument at ESO's Very Large Telescope, belies its inner turmoil. The dense clustering of bright stars and gas in its arms, a sign of an ongoing boom of star births, shows a mere glimpse of the rough times it has seen. Probing ever deeper into the heart of the galaxy, astronomers have revealed many enigmas that continue to defy our understanding. DLR And EUROCONTROL Create Joint Total Airport Management Concept 
Brunswick, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2006The DLR Institute for Flight Guidance, in collaboration with the EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre, has developed an operational concept and logical architecture for a Total Airport Management system. The new concept builds on the current CDM (Collaborative Decision Making) system for airports to produce a comprehensive airport management system based on an Airport Operations Plan (AOP). Russian Space - Few Applicants Due To Low Pay 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 27, 2006According to newspaper reports, the Russian Cosmonaut Corps is facing difficulties in attracting applicants willing to work for years on wages of less than 1000 dollars a month. According to The Times of London, a team from Energia visited several universities in Moscow to encourage applications this year. but only five out of 20 students that expressed some interest took the initial medical tests, and none were deemed fit enough to proceed further. |
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Catching An Underwater Eruption New York NY (SPX) Nov 27, 2006 Ordinarily, losing almost all of one's instruments would be considered a severe setback to any scientist. A Sea Of Complexity 
Chicago Il (SPX) Nov 27, 2006The earth experienced its biggest mass extinction about 250 million years ago, an event that wiped out an estimated 95% of marine species and 70% of land species. Search For Missing In Indo. Gas Blast Continues 
Jakarta (AFP) Nov 25, 2006Rescuers continued searching Saturday for two more people believed to be missing in a deadly gas pipeline blast near the site of a huge mud leak on Indonesia's Java island, police said. Resilient Form Of Plant Carbon Gives New Meaning To Term 'Older Than Dirt' 
Seattle WA (SPX) Nov 27, 2006A particularly resilient type of carbon from the first plants to regrow after the last ice age - and that same type of carbon from all the plants since - appears to have been accumulating for 11,000 years in the forests of British Columbia, Canada. |
Pakistan Gets Approval For New Nuclear Plant
Islamabad (AFP) Nov 25, 2006The global atomic watchdog has approved an agreement with Pakistan for its second nuclear power plant, being built with Chinese assistance, the foreign ministry said Saturday. The Geopolitics Of Japan's BMD 
Washington (UPI) Nov 24, 2006It came as no surprise. The leaders of Japan and the United States announced in Hanoi over the weekend that they were going to accelerate their already strong cooperation on BMD development. NG To Develop Shipboard Warning System 
Apopka FL (SPX) Nov 27, 2006Northrop Grumman has received a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center and their sponsor, the Office of Naval Research, to develop an electro-optic based system intended to warn surface vessels and aircraft in violation of ship protection zones of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels at anchor or in port. Sagem Defense Securite To Conduct Study For DGA On Future Joint Tactical UAVs Paris, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2006 The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Sagem Defense Securite (SAFRAN Group) a contract to conduct a joint Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) UAV (DVI) study. |
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