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Russian Proton Rocket Fails To Take Satellite Into Right Orbit Moscow (AFP) March 15, 2008 
A Russian rocket launched a communications satellite produced by US defence company Lockheed Martin into space on Saturday but failed to take it into the planned orbit, Russian space officials said. "The engine of the Briz-M booster failed to work for the whole of the scheduled time and the satellite could not be taken to the planned orbit," the Khrunichev space centre, which carried out the ... read more |
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United Launch Alliance Launches Delta 2 For US Air Force GPS Replacement Satellite
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 16, 2008United Launch Alliance successfully launched a Delta II expendable launch vehicle today from Space Launch Complex 17-A at 2:09 a.m., EDT carrying the Air Force's GPS IIR-19(M) satellite. This launch marks the first mission for the Air Force from the cape in 2008. Following a nominal 1 hour and 8 minute flight, the rocket deployed the GPS IIR-19(M) spacecraft, the sixth modernized NAVSTAR G ... more Modernized GPS Satellite Built by Lockheed Martin Successfully Launched From Cape Canaveral 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 16, 2008A U.S. Air Force modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II launch vehicle. The satellite, designated GPS IIR-19M, is the sixth in a line of eight GPS IIR satellites that Lockheed Martin Navigation Systems, Valley Forge, P ... more Korolev Hosts Expert Board On Legislative Support To Develop The Defense Industrial Complex 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 16, 2008On March 11, 2008 S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia hosted the enlarged field working meeting of Expert Board on legislative support to develop Defense - Industrial Complex, of which the Chairman of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly Federal Council is in charge. Opening the meeting, S.M. Mironov, the Chairman of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly Federal Council, ... more Spanish Chair For ESA Council 2008-09 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 16, 2008Maurici Lucena, Director General of CDTI (the Spanish Innovation Agency, which belongs to the Ministry of Industry Tourism and Trade) will chair the ESA Council for the next two years effective from 1 July. Lucena was unanimously elected Chairman of the ESA Council at the 199th ESA Council meeting held at ESRIN, ESA's European Centre for Earth Observation in Frascati, Italy, on 13 and 14 March. ... more Rocket Wreckage Removed From Siberian Shepherd Land 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 16, 2008Part of the wreckage of a carrier rocket that fell in Siberia after takeoff from Kazakhstan last month has been removed from land owned by a Russian shepherd, local officials said on Friday. Specialists from the Russian space agency Roscosmos traveled to the farm in the Altai Republic, "cut the fragment into parts and loaded it on a Mi-8 helicopter," a spokesman for the local administration said ... more |
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Seattle, WA (SPX) Mar 17, 2008thincSoft has announced an expanded integration with Oracle technology products and solutions. Building on successful implementations of thincVIew integrated with Oracle database, thincSoft has expanded its integration with Oracle products and solutions to include: Oracle WebCenter, Oracle Spatial 10g, Oracle Coherence, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, Oracle Data Warehouse, and ... more Northrop Grumman Wins US Army Missile Interceptor System Prototype Contract 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 16, 2008Northrop Grumman is one of two companies awarded a contract by the U.S. Army last month to design and demonstrate a prototype missile interceptor weapon system that will defend warfighters against rocket, artillery, and mortar (RAM) threats. As part of the first phase of a multi-phased program spanning five years, Northrop Grumman will design, fabricate, integrate, and test hardware and so ... more Kilgore Awarded M212 Flare Contract 
Toone TN (SPX) Mar 17, 2008The Chemring Group is pleased to announce that its US subsidiary, Kilgore Flares Company, based in Toone, Tennessee, has been awarded an IDIQ contract for the supply of M212 flares to the US Department of Defense. The M212 flare is a key component in the Advanced Infrared Countermeasure Munition suite that is used by the US Army and US Air ... more Lockheed Martin F-35 Succeeds In First Aerial Refueling Test 
Fort Worth TX (SPX) Mar 16, 2008The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II successfully completed the first stage of its airborne refueling tests during the aircraft's 34th flight yesterday. Aerial refueling capability will expand the F-35 operating envelope enabling longer duration flights. The milestone is another in a series leading to first production deliveries in 2010. "Our progress on the F-35 program remains strong. T ... more |
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Gerdec, Albania (AFP) March 16, 2008A pall of thick black smoke hung over the village of Gerdec on Sunday, reduced to rubble by deadly explosions at a nearby military depot, killing seven people and leaving more than 240 injured. Although the booming of blasts from the depot could still be heard, several villagers braved the dangers to return to home only to find their houses razed to the ground and fire still smouldering in ... more Albania's blast toll mounts as rescuers look for victims 
Gerdec, Albania (AFP) March 16, 2008Rescue workers halted work for the night for fear of setting off more unexploded shells at the site of the devastating Albanian munitions blast, as the death toll rose to nine Sunday. "The search will resume tomorrow morning because it is impossible to work at night in the zone, with a lot of unexploded shells and munitions that are a danger to everyone," said the Albania's chief of staff ... more PSE And G Joins Effort To Boost Efficiency Of Electric Delivery Systems 
Newark NJ (SPX) Mar 17, 2008Public Service Electric and Gas has announced that it will play a leading role in the research and development of "green circuits," an initiative aimed at improving energy efficiency in the electric distribution system. New Jersey's largest utility has informed the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) that it will support its Green Circuit Initiative, an 18-month research and development ... more PA DEP Lauds Lebanon County Landfill Gas Project 
Lebanon PA (SPX) Mar 17, 2008Following an award from the federal government, Pennsylvanias environmental protection secretary heralded the work of a Lebanon County landfill and its partner to harness renewable energy that is helping power local communities and businesses while educating the public. Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty today congratulated the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority ... more
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