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Japan successfully launches high-speed Internet satellite Tokyo (AFP) Feb 23, 2008 
Japan successfully launched Saturday an experimental satellite aimed at providing high-speed Internet access across Asia, even when terrestrial infrastructure goes down, the space agency said. The domestically developed H-2A rocket carrying the Kizuna satellite was launched at 17:55 pm (0855 GMT) with no glitches from the Space Centre on Tanegashima island off the southern tip of Kyushu ... read more |
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China to launch second lunar probe in 2009: report
Beijing (AFP) Feb 22, 2008China hopes to launch its second moon-orbiting satellite in 2009, state media reported Friday, as the country steps up its space programme. The news came after scientists regained contact with the country's first lunar satellite Chang'e-1 following a four-hour blackout, Xinhua news agency said. Ye Peijian, the chief commander of Chang'e-1, did not elaborate on his announcement ... more Texus 45 Successfully Launched 
Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Feb 25, 2008The sounding rocket Texus 45 was successfully launched from the Swedish Space Corporation's launch facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. The launch took place Friday Feb 21 at 07.15 (LT) and the rocket provided 6 minutes of weightlessness for the three experiments onboard. The Texus project is a sounding rocket programme with the primary aim to investigate the properties and behaviour of ... more Inauguration Of Astrium Services New Teleport In Toulouse 
Toulouse, France (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Astrium Services has opened its new teleport in Toulouse, thereby adding a satellite infrastructure network in France to the existing networks the company already has in the United Kingdom and Germany. With the new teleport, Astrium Services can now offer its government and commercial customers an increased satellite communications capability, particularly for VoIP services ... more SkyPort To Provide Satcom Support For Drillsite Broadcast's Oil And Gas Clients 
Houston, TX (SPX) Feb 25, 2008SkyPort Global Communications has signed an agreement with Drillsite Broadcast Company to deliver satellite connectivity and support Drillsite's video broadcast operations. Drillsite, based in Carrollton, TX, is a leading provider of video technology to the energy sector with its proprietary "Virtual Rig Access" suite of services. The company provides video feeds to the computer screens of ... more Successful EGNOS Trial In San Sebastian 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Earlier this month, at San Sebastian airport in Spain, a successful test using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service to guide an aircraft during landing was carried out. EGNOS is a joint programme of the European Space Agency, the European Commission and Eurocontrol. EGNOS is made up of a network of more than forty elements all over Europe that collect, record, correct ... more |
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Little Rock AR (SPX) Feb 25, 2008Whether in New York trying to find directions, or visiting California and looking for the perfect restaurant, Alltel Wireless customers now have access to GPS applications outside of their home network area with the availability of LBS (location based services) Nationwide Roaming. Alltel Wireless customers with GPS-capable handsets will benefit from this industry-leading feature, as they now ... more Polish-US missile-shield talks on track: report 
Warsaw (AFP) Feb 22, 2008Poland's deputy foreign minister on Friday rejected reports that negotiations over Washington's anti-missile shield were deadlocked, a report said. "There is no question of a stalemate," Witold Waszczykowski was quoted as saying by the PAP news agency. He said the talks were going fine and another round would take place next Thursday in Warsaw ahead of a meeting between the two countries ... more US military investigates stealth bomber crash 
Canberra (AFP) Feb 23, 2008The US military was investigating on Saturday after a B-2 stealth bomber crashed on take-off from the Pacific island of Guam, the first such incident involving the futuristic craft. Both pilots on board ejected safely as the 1.2-billion-dollar radar-evading plane, with its distinctive triangular shape, went down at Andersen airbase on the remote island, the US air force said. ... more Dogs of War: Modest proposals for reform 
Washington (UPI) Feb 22, 2007 One of the enduring debates over the use of private military and security contractors is whether there are sufficient means to prosecute them if their employees do something wrong.If you doubt the vigor with which this debate is being waged, just type in "security contractors" to a law journal database and prepare for the deluge. There appears to be little consensus on the issue ... more |
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Nairobi (AFP) Feb 22, 2008Kenya's crisis, which has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, risks sparking a new wave of HIV/AIDS infections that could wipe out progress achieved so far, Kenyan and UN officials warned Thursday. Of some 300,000 people displaced across the country, there are about 15,000 HIV/AIDS patients and less than 2,400 are receiving anti-retroviral treatments (ARTs), according to the state-run ... more Monitoring Asia-Pacific Disasters From Space 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 25, 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 Surging demand for rare metals driven by hi-tech industry, China 
London (AFP) Feb 24, 2008Prices of rare metals like cobalt and magnesium are surging ahead in London, driven by high-end technology and soaring demand from economic powerhouse China, according to commodities experts. Glamorous raw materials such as precious metal gold and oil have long hogged the headlines -- with New York crude at a record high 101.32 dollars per barrel last week on concerns about tight global energy ... more China's Baosteel agrees on 65 percent increase in ore prices 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 22, 2008China's top steelmaker said Friday it agreed to a 65 percent rise in ore prices with Brazil's Vale, in a move following agreements by other Asian producers for a global benchmark on the raw material. "Baosteel reached a consensus on the base price for internationally traded iron ore in 2008 with VALE the world's largest iron ore producer," the Shanghai steel maker said in a short statement. ... more
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