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AIAA Recommends Actions For Implementation Of Lunar Settlements
Reston VA (SPX) Feb 15, 2007The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Colonization Technical Committee (SCTC) has developed a position statement which recommends specific research, development, technology and engineering goals be implemented in order to establish a Moon base by 2015 and open new frontiers to human space exploration. India Spacecraft For Moon To Take Off Next Year 
Kanpur, India (PTI) Feb 15, 2007The 'mission moon' of Indian Space Research Organisation has been completed and it is expected that the first space-craft (Chandrayan first) would take off on March 30 next year, Associate Professor of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum V. Adimurthi said here today. Rosetta Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre On Route For Mars Flyby 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 15, 2007The reporting period covers a period of 2 weeks characterised by preparatory activities for the Mars swing-by (MSB) phase. The Mars swing-by phase formally started on 28 July 2006. The actual swing-by will take place on 25 February 2007, followed by a Deep Space Manoeuvre in April 2007. |
SES To Buy Back GE Stake In Exchange For Assets And Cash
Luxembourg (SPX) Feb 15, 2007SES has announced that it has agreed with GE a EUR 1.2bn split-off transaction in which SES will contribute certain assets and cash to a new company and exchange shares of that new company for GE's entire holding of 103,149,900 shares in SES, subject to satisfaction of certain closing conditions. As disclosed in March 2006, SES has been discussing with GE a number of options to achieve a structured exit from its remaining shareholding. Soyuz TMA-10 Delivered To Baikonur For Final Processing 
Baikonur, Kazahhstan (SPX) Feb 15, 2007On February 12, 2007 manned transport space vehicle Soyuz TMA-10 was delivered to Baikonur Cosmodrome for final pre-launch processing and launch operations. ISRO To Launch Three Weather Satellites 
Ahmedabad, India (PTI) Feb 15, 2007India will get sharper eyes to track ravaging cyclones and forecast monsoon when the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches the indigenously built INSAT-3D and Oceansat-2 satellites next year. "The INSAT-3D satellite will be one of the three weather satellites that ISRO will launch in the next couple of years," said Abhijit Sarkar, a scientist at the Space Applications Centre (SAC) of ISRO here. |
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Loral Skynet Announces Skyreach Cellular Backhaul Service With Comtech EF Data
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2007Loral Skynet has introduced a new, satellite-based cellular backhaul service that enables mobile/cellular operators to extend their networks and reduce the operational costs of serving remote and low annual rate per user (ARPU) areas. Iridium Announces Q4 And Full-Year 2006 Results 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 15, 2007Iridium Satellite LLC announces that it has 175,000 subscribers worldwide as of December 31, 2006. The new figure represents a 23.2 percent increase over last year's subscriber total of 142,000. Revenue for the full year 2006 was $212.4 million and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) was $53.9 million. Fourth quarter 2006 revenue was $53.2 million and EBITDA was $14 million. Can UABC Take Russian Aircraft-Makers Out Of Spin 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 13, 2007In the 1990s the Soviet aircraft industry entered a spinning dive. Shortage of funds, fast turnover of top managers, and frequent changes in the rules of the game sharply reduced aircraft manufacture, primarily for the domestic market. In many respects, the crisis was generated by the industry's structure redundancy inherited from the Soviet times, when everything that could fly was put on a conveyor belt. |
Hong Kong Internet Access Fully Restored
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 14, 2007Hong Kong's telecom regulator said Wednesday Internet access in the city had been fully restored with the completion of repairs to undersea cables damaged by an earthquake in Taiwan last December. The Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) said cable operators reported that repairs were finished to six damaged submarine cables which badly disrupted Internet access in parts of Asia. THEMIS Launch Delayed To Friday 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 14, 2007The launch of THEMIS aboard a Delta II rocket has been postponed by 24 hours. The new launch date is now set for Feb. 16. Loading of hypergolic propellants aboard the second stage of the vehicle was unable to be completed on Tuesday. Thunderstorms and severe weather moved into the Cape Canaveral vicinity ahead of an advancing cold front that prevented fueling from continuing. Space Shuttle Closer To Launch 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 14, 2007Space Shuttle Atlantis was mated to the orange external tank and twin solid rocket boosters last week. The entire assembly is stacked on the mobile launcher platform and is targeted to roll out to Launch Pad 39A on February 15. The rollout marks the next milestone for Mission STS-117 and will be the first launch from Pad 39A in four years. |
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