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ILS Proton To Launch S2M Satellite For Mobile TV Service In Middle East And North Africa Washington DC (SPX) Feb 27, 2008 
International Launch Services (ILS) have announced a contract with S2M to use a Proton Breeze M vehicle to launch the first dedicated mobile television satellite for the MENA region. The companies made the announcement during the Satellite 2008 industry conference in Washington, D.C. The Proton Breeze M is Russia's leading heavy-lift vehicle, which launches from facilities at the Baikonur ... read more |
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NASA adds technologies Web feature
Denver (UPI) Feb 26, 2007 The U.S. space agency has added an interactive program to its Web site, allowing users to discover some of the space technologies that now impact daily life. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Deputy Administrator Shana Dale unveiled "NASA at Home" and "NASA City" Tuesday in Denver during the 3rd Space Exploration Conference. Dale said the interactive site takes users ... more Killer Electrons Surf Celestial Tsunamis 
Twin Cities MN (SPX) Feb 27, 2008It's as if we took a trip into space with our best friends, and they turned into mutants and attacked us. Electrons are the best friends we've ever had from the subatomic world. We harness their flow as electricity to power all of modern life -- everything from cell phones and laptops to light bulbs. In space, however, electrons can turn against us. Boosted to almost the speed of light ... more Astronauts collect blood for immune study 
Houston (UPI) Feb 26, 2007 International Space Station crew members are collecting blood, saliva and urine samples to study their immune function in microgravity. NASA officials said while previous research conducted after landing showed dramatic changes in crew members' immune systems, the on-going first-of-its-kind study is the only one to comprehensively monitor the human immune ... more Sunstar EMS Deploys High-Performance Wireless Technology 
Pinellas County FL (SPX) Feb 27, 2008In Motion Technology has announced that Sunstar EMS has deployed In Motion's onBoard Mobile Gateway to improve emergency operations and service to the residents of Pinellas County, Florida. Sunstar is a High Performance EMS organization that provides ambulance and emergency response services under a contract to the County. "We offer the residents of Pinellas County an all 'advanced life ... more Galileo Satellite GIOVE-B Presented At ESA/ESTEC 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 27, 2008Europe is building its own satellite navigation system, Galileo, which will deliver a new, advanced global civil positioning service for the benefit of citizens in Europe and throughout the world. On Wednesday 5 March, media representatives will have the unique opportunity to attend an in-depth Galileo background briefing at ESTEC. It will be the last opportunity to see GIOVE-B before it ... more |
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Sheffield, UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2008A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield issued stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide. In a keynote address to the Royal United Services Institute, Professor Noel Sharkey, from the University's Department of Computer Science, expressed his concerns that we are beginning to see the first steps towards an ... more QinetiQ Selects Aonix PERC For Taranis UAV 
Nurnberg, Germany (SPX) Feb 27, 2008Aonix announced the selection of the PERC Ultra virtual machine for Taranis, a $166.6M UK technology demonstrator program for the next-generation of unmanned aerial vehicle for the UK Ministry of Defence. BAE Systems is the industry lead and prime contractor for the program and QinetiQ is providing the Reasoning Layer of the Autonomy Mission System making the high level plans ... more Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy Completes Flight Testing 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 27, 2008The Miniature Air Launched Decoy, a Raytheon state-of-the-art, low-cost, modular air- launched programmable flight vehicle, successfully completed government and Raytheon seamless verification team flight testing Jan. 11. This sets the stage for the MALD to enter low rate initial production later this year. The testing, which began in June 2007, put the MALD through a series of ... more India test-fires sea-based nuclear-capable missile: ministry 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 26, 2008India conducted its first test of a nuclear-capable missile from an undersea platform on Tuesday, completing its goal of having air, land and sea ballistic systems, the defence ministry said. The launch from a submerged pontoon took place off India's southeast coast near the port city of Visakhapatnam around 1:00 pm (0730 GMT), a defence ministry spokesman said. "The test was successful ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 26, 2008The Chinese government said Tuesday that it would sign a free trade agreement with New Zealand in early April, marking the Asian giant's first free trade package to be reached with a developed country. "The free trade agreement will be signed in early April when Prime Minister Clark visits China," a commerce ministry official who was involved in the bilateral negotiations told AFP. "The ... more NASA Names John Shannon New Space Shuttle Manager 
Washington (UPI) Feb 25, 2007 The U.S. space agency has named John Shannon as its new space shuttle program manager. Shannon succeeds N. Wayne Hale Jr., who becomes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's deputy associate administrator for strategic partnerships. Shannon has been Hale's deputy since November 2005. Hale has served as the manager of the space shuttle program since September 2005. ... more Mitsubishi Targeting Foreign Satellite Launch Orders 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 25, 2008Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries expects to win its first orders for commercial satellite launches with its H-2A rocket from foreign companies, its president said in an interview published Monday. The industrial giant is in the final stages of negotiations with US and South Korean telecommunications firms and hopes to launch their satellites by February 2009, the Nikkei business daily ... more China To Launch Chang'e-2 Lunar Probe Around 2009 
Beijing (XNA) Feb 26, 2008China plans to launch its second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, around 2009, according to a top satellite scientist. Ye Peijian, chief commander and designer of China's first moon probe satellite system, revealed the plan during an interview program on CCTV, China Central Television. However, Ye did not elaborate on the plan with more details. He said Chang'e-1, the country's first lunar ... more
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