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ILS Proton Launches THOR 5 Satellite Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Feb 12, 2008 
A Proton launch vehicle successfully lifted the THOR 5 satellite into orbit today, marking the first mission of the year for International Launch Services, and the second Proton flight in two weeks. The Proton Breeze M vehicle, built by ILS partner Khrunichev Space Center of Moscow, lifted off from Pad 39 at the cosmodrome at 5:34pm today local time (6:34am EST, 11:34 GMT). After a ... read more |
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Ahmadinejad Says Iran Will Launch Two More Satellites
Tehran (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Iran is to launch two more rockets into space in the next few months, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Monday, after a firing of a rocket earlier this month sparked international concern. "Two other rockets will be launched so that we can then send a satellite into space," Ahmadinejad said at a rally in Tehran broadcast live on state television. "We home that Iran's first home- ... more Doctors Give Green Light For Flight Of Next Space Tourist 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 12, 2008Russian doctors gave two would-be space tourists, Richard Garriott and Nik Halik, a clean bill of health paving the way for specialist training and a flight to the space station, a spokesman said Monday. "Richard Garriott and his backup Nik Halik (pictured) have been allowed to undergo special physical training at Star City. No contraindications were detected in the candidates against training and ... more Propulsion Technology Mostly Unchanged After 50 Years 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Although it's been a half century since America entered the space age, the basic propulsion concepts used to push Explorer I into space will be the same type of propulsion that the nation will use to begin the next half century of space exploration. It was January 31, 1958 when a Redstone-Jupiter C rocket developed in Huntsville, Ala., lifted the 30-pound artificial satellite into space. ... more SiRFprima Multifunction Location Platform To Drive Next-Gen Mobile 
San Jose CA (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Delivering on its vision of the convergence between location, multimedia and content in the mobile device market, SiRF Technology Holdings has launched its SiRFprima multifunction platform to enable the next generation of location-aware mobile devices that significantly enhance the consumer experience for location applications and media rich content. The SiRFprima platform combines an ... more Connected, Mobile Navigation For Walk And Drive has Arrived - Nokia Unveils Maps 2.0 
Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Nokia has announced that the Beta version of Nokia Maps 2.0 is ready for you to take out for a spin. Nokia Maps is taking its mapping and navigation experiences to the next level by enhancing its pedestrian navigation, adding multimedia city guides, offering satellite images, and sporting a redesigned user interface. Nokia Maps 2.0 adds Walk, a pedestrian focused navigation component to ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Feb 12, 2008In an official statement the Coalition for Space Exploration says,... "The Administration's $17.6 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2009 keeps NASA on course for completing the International Space Station and retiring the space shuttle on time in 2010. In addition, the proposal allows for full funding of the Constellation Program's Orion spacecraft and Ares I launch vehicle ... more Nokia says to launch touch-screen phone in late '08 
Barcelona, Spain (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Finnish manufacturer Nokia, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, said Monday it would release a touch-screen handset for the first time in the second half of this year. Nokia has been late in introducing the technology. Apple has scored a hit with its touch-screen iPhone and Nokia's traditional rivals LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and HTC have already used the technology. Nokia chief ... more World's mobile phone industry heads for Barcelona 
Paris (AFP) Feb 8, 2008The most established names in telecoms, Internet and media will come together next week in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress, one of the world's biggest events for the mobile phone industry. This year, like others previously, debate is likely to focus on how to encourage users in developed countries to use their phones for more than simply making calls. With competition and regular ... more Google's Android debuts in Barcelona 
Barcelona, Spain (AFP) Feb 11, 2008The first mobile phones fitted with Google's Android software platform made their debut at an industry trade show on Monday, a milestone for the Internet giant as it looks to dominate the wireless world. A handful of chip makers -- ARM, Marvell, Qualcomm, NEC, Texas Instruments and ST Microelectronics -- showed off prototype handsets at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. ... more |
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Marlborough MA (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Raytheon has won the U.S. Air Force's competition to upgrade a satellite communications system that provides protected communications to warfighters around the world. The contract, valued in excess of $75 million, is for development and production of the Minuteman Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network program upgrade, or MMPU. Raytheon began work on the current MMP solution ... more Millions brave China transport chaos as more bad weather looms 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 11, 2008Millions of people braved China's overcrowded transport networks Monday as they began the long trek back to work at the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, amid warnings of more chaos due to bad weather. "The overall situation remains very grim as the nation braces for the Lunar New Year return traffic peak," the state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing the Disaster Relief and Emergency Committee ... more Monitoring Asia-Pacific Disasters From Space 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 12, 2008A space-based international Earth observation network to detect and monitor natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region has been formed with a substantial contribution from Australian science. Called Sentinel Asia, the network of information-delivery websites has its roots in the Australian bushfire tracking system, Sentinel Hotspots, which was developed in 2002 by CSIRO, Geoscience ... more Hot Oxygen Atoms On Titanium Dioxide Motivated By More Than Just Temperature 
Richland WA (SPX) Feb 12, 2008Like two ballroom dancers waltzing together, the two atoms of an oxygen molecule severed by a metal catalyst usually behave identically. But new research reveals that on a particular catalyst, split oxygen atoms act like a couple dancing the tango: one oxygen atom plants itself while the other shimmies away, probably with energy partially stolen from the stationary one. Scientists from the ... more
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