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Europe Ready To Launch World's Latest Space Freighter Paris (AFP) March 6, 2008 
The most advanced robot freighter in space history is due for its maiden launch this weekend, crowning Europe's involvement in the troubled International Space Station. If all goes well, a beefed-up Ariane 5 rocket will blast off from French Guiana at 0339 GMT on Sunday, taking aloft a cylindrical craft the size of a London double-decker bus that will play a unique dual role of cargo ... read more |
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Russia To Launch US Communications Satellite On March 15
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 07, 2008A Russian Proton-M rocket will launch a U.S. communication satellite on March 15, the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Thursday. The launch will be carried out under a contract between the Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services and the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center. ILS, owned by the Khrunichev Center, RSC Energia, and U.S. firm Space ... more Energia Hosts Second Convention For Students Of Space 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 07, 2008S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia hosted the 2nd Convention of students from space-industry related institutions and departments of higher education in Moscow - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Moscow State Forest University, Moscow Aviation Institute, Moscow Aviation Technology Institute, Moscow State Technical University STANK ... more Terma Delivers Data Processing Chain For Canadian Satellite Program 
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Denmark-based high-tech company Terma has been awarded a contract from Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to deliver a data processing chain as part of the Sapphire space object surveillance program. As mission prime, MDA will lead the Sapphire mission team, including Terma and UK-based Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for delivering the spacecraft and Canadian COM DEV ... more Rockin' All Over the World -- The Top Ten for astronauts 
Paris (AFP) March 6, 2008Astronauts aboard the Space Station are to get an unusual treat - an MP3 player loaded with a playlist of songs specially chosen for people in orbit. The Top Ten was selected by a 14-year-old Norwegian girl, Therese Miljeteig, who won a competition staged by the European Space Agency. Her prize is to watch the launch this weekend of ESA's space freighter, the ... more Second Galileo Spacecraft Prepares For Launch 
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 07, 2008Yesterday, members of the media visited ESA-ESTEC, the agency's European Research and Technology Centre, to see and learn about GIOVE-B, the second Galileo in-orbit validation satellite, before it is packed for shipping to the launch site. GIOVE-B has successfully completed its test campaign and will depart from ESTEC on 11 March. The spacecraft will be flown to Baikonur, in Kazakhstan ... more |
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Robins AFB GA (AFNS) Mar 06, 2008Robins AFB GA (AFNS) Mar 06, 2008 Members of the Joint Service System Management Office here provide global positioning systems-enabled technology in direct support of warfighters worldwide. Part of the 752nd Combat Sustainment Group, the JSSMO has representatives from all military branches. The unit maintains GPS receivers in the only operational GPS lab in the Department of Defense. ... more NAVIGON's New GPS Devices Earn Their Name 
Hannover, Germany (SPX) Mar 07, 2008NAVIGON has unveiled the NAVIGON 2100 max and NAVIGON 2120 max personal navigation devices at CeBIT 2008. The North American products earn their name by incorporating 'wow' features found only on high-end devices. They are the latest additions to NAVIGON's award-winning and successful 2100 series line. Features include a widescreen 4.3 format, spoken driving directions via text to ... more New Mobile Phone Technology From Secure Identity Systems Stops Card Fraud Cold 
Brentwood TN (SPX) Mar 07, 2008A new Israeli technology brought to the U.S. by Secure Identity Systems thwarts credit and debit card fraud, and potentially stops ID thieves in the act. This in turn helps banks better protect customers, stem losses due to fraud, and attract new depositors with free identity protection services. The technology, dubbed mConfirm, uses any mobile phone to match the location of a consum ... more Positiontracer - A Bodyguard On Your Mobile Phone 
Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 05, 2008To contribute to the protection of people and property, the IT security specialist SecurStar has now developed PositionTracer for GPS-enabled mobile phones. With this brand-new product, it is now possible to determine the location of people as well as valuables using live position tracking. According to the German Federal Criminal Police Office, over 1,800 children and youths are cur ... more |
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Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2008A Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle landed after an eight-hour mission Feb. 28 that marked 10 years since base officials witnessed its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base. On that first flight, the aircraft flew for one hour at an altitude of 32,000 feet, and now the Global Hawk has logged more than 20,000 flight hours including 15,000 hours flown in support of the war on terrorism. ... more iRobot Receives Award For DARPA LANdroids Program 
Burlington MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2008iRobot has announced it has received an award under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) LANdroids program. Through this multi-year robotics research and development program, iRobot will develop a new portable communications relay robot that is small, inexpensive, intelligent and robust. The new effort takes advantage of the company's extensive experience in mobile robot desig ... more Klepto-Capitalism Drives Sub Prime Meltdown 
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 06, 2008The bursting of the housing bubble, which punctured the credit bubble, was a criminal enterprise at the outset, pooh-poohed at first by those who should have known better, that has now triggered a global economic crisis. The U.S. prison population is at an all-time high with 2.3 million behind bars, but the subprime con men/women are enjoying the fruits of their scams. Global estimates ... more China Central Bank Says Direct Impact Of US Subprime Crisis Limited 
Beijing (AFP) March 6, 2008The direct impact of the US subprime crisis on the Chinese economy has so far been limited, but policy makers should pay attention to possible ripple effects, China's central bank chief said Thursday. "As of now, the crisis has not yet run its course, and it shouldn't be ignored," said Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing annual meeting ... more
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