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Alcatel Wins Italian MilComm Satellite Deal Paris, France (SPX) Jan 24, 2007 
Alcatel Alenia Space announced that it has signed a Euro 103 million contract with the Italian Ministry of Defense to provide the telecommunication satellite SICRAL-1B. The satellite, dedicated to the Italian Armed Forces, will ensure strategic and tactical communications on the Italian and foreign territories as well as mobile communications between terrestrial, naval and air platforms. It will also provide UHF and SHF band satellite capacities to NATO forces, further to a Memorandum of Understanding which was signed in 2004 between the Ministries of Defense of Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and the Atlantic Alliance. |
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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NASA Says Destroyed Chinese Satellite Is No Threat To Space Station
Paris (AFP) Jan 23, 2007Debris thrown out by a satellite destroyed by Chinese authorities earlier this month poses no immediate threat to the International Space Station, NASA administrator Michael Griffin said on Tuesday. "We are always performing debris analysis and so far we do not see any need for debris avoidance manoeuvres," Griffin told a news conference in Paris attended by representatives of agencies participating in the construction of the space station. China Seeks To Quell Fears Over Space Program 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 23, 2007China's insistence that its developing space programme should not be seen as a threat chimes with Beijing's mantra of recent years that its rise as a world superpower is nothing to worry about. Despite the rhetoric, however, confirmation that its military destroyed an ageing weather satellite has merely heightened global jitters about the Asian giant's military rise. SpaceWorks Engineering Releases Study On Emerging Commercial Transport Services To ISS 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 24, 2007Engineering consulting firm SpaceWorks Engineering announces the release of a new space economic study entitled: "Winning in the Next Space Market: Prospects for Financial Success of Commercial Transportation Services to the International Space Station (ISS)." This is the first study of its kind which provides quantitative evidence that emerging space transportation companies can make a profit supporting the ISS and estimates the cost savings to the government of such outsourcing. |
International Space Station Heads Of Agencies Meet At ESA Headquarters
Paris, France (ESA) Jan 24, 2007The heads of the International Space Station partners, space agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States, met at European Space Agency Headquarters in Paris, France, on 23 January 2007, to review ISS cooperation. In their discussions, the Heads of Agency noted the significant accomplishments of the partnership in implementing the Space Station configuration and assembly sequence endorsed at their last meeting in March 2006. Lunar Transient Phenomena 
Huntsville, AL (SPX) Jan 24, 2007If you stare at the Moon long enough, you start seeing things. "82 things to be exact," says Bill Cooke, leader of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Group. That's how many "transient phenomena" the group has video-taped since they started monitoring the night side of the Moon in Nov. 2005. "In 107 hours of observing, we've tallied 20 lunar meteors + at least 50 Earth-orbiting satellites + one airplane + one terrestrial meteor = 82 in all." Canada To Drive The Design Of Leading Space Technologies 
Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Jan 24, 2007The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, has announced an investment of $10.3 million in 36 research and development contracts awarded to Canadian industry for the design of new space technologies and applications. |
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JOULE II Launches With Success At Poker Flat
Poker Flat AK (SPX) Jan 24, 2007From Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, four NASA rockets launched into an aurora display over northern Alaska, starting at 3:29 a.m. Alaska Standard Time. Scientists hope to learn more about electrical heating of the thin atmosphere from about 60 to 120 miles above Earth's surface with the launch of these rockets. The project is called JOULE II. Turning An Axel Mounted Molecular Wheel 
Toulouse, France (SPX) Jan 24, 2007Researchers at the Centre for Material Development and Structural Studies in Toulouse (CEMES-CNRS) and their colleagues at the Free University of Berlin have, for the first time, managed to control the rotation of a wheel in a molecule. This nano-mechanical experiment concerned an 0.7 nm diameter wheel attached to a 0.6 nm-long axle. Outstanding In-Orbit Performance Of The Terma Star Tracker On TacSat-2 
Herlev, Denmark (SPX) Jan 24, 2007The Terma Star Tracker team has now received the first ever in-orbit live data from the Terma HE-5AS Star Tracker. The data has been recorded onboard the TacSat-2 spacecraft during the first hours following the successful release from the Minotaur I launch vehicle on Dec 16 2006. The Star Tracker was switched-on exactly one hour after the spacecraft release. |
A Stellar Moment Frozen In Martian Time
Pasadena (SPX) Jan 24, 2007An image of sunset on Mars, taken by Spirit, won in a public poll. This contest, and other new multimedia pieces, help mark the twin rovers' third anniversary on the red planet. On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera (Pancam) mosaic was taken around 6:07 in the evening of the rover's 489th martian day, or sol. Expedition 14 Talks To Martha Stewart 
New York NY (SPX) Jan 23, 2007Martha Stewart, homemaking expert and popular television personality, chatted with the crew of Expedition 14 Monday morning. The event started at 11:40 a.m. EST and was shown on NASA TV. Stewart asked the Expedition crew members about their experiments on station, the view of Earth from their vantage point, and life in their orbital home away from home. Coalition For Space Exploration Names New Leadership 
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2007The Coalition for Space Exploration's Public Affairs Team today officially announced its new leadership for 2007. Joe Mayer of The Boeing Company has been named the organization's new chairman, and will be serving a one-year term effective January 2007 through December 2007. |
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