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Garmin Named Global Leader In Portable Satellite Navigation Cayman Islands (SPX) Mar 19, 2008 
Garmin has announced that it is the global leader in portable satellite navigation sales, having sold more personal navigation devices in 2007 than any other manufacturer. The research was provided by Canalys, a leading independent technology market analyst firm. "These figures validate our associates' hard work and commitment to innovation, value, and satisfying our customers," said ... read more |
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SES ASTRA Satellite Leads European Digitalisation
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Mar 19, 2008SES ASTRA has announced that according to its most recent annual reach study 83 per cent of the satellite TV households in Europe and North Africa are digitalized. This is more than four times more than in cable where in average 20 per cent of all households are digital. With a share of 58 per cent of all1 digital households satellite represents the most popular digital reception mode. The ... more SPACEHAB Debuts New SPACETECH Product At Aviation Industry Expo 
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 19, 2008SPACEHAB has announced the successful completion of development and testing activities for its new AirWard Container Systems. Planned for unveiling at the Dallas Aviation Industry Expo in Dallas, Texas, March 18-20, 2008, AirWard Containers are the first product to go to market from the Company's new SPACETECH, Inc. subsidiary. SPACETECH is a technology transfer, product development, and ... more RFID Technology Keeps Track Of School Bus Riders 
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 19, 2008Seattle-based Zonar Systems said it is providing RFID technology to the school bus industry to answer the iconic 1969-television question, "It's 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are?" The company's patented ZPass system identifies when and where a student enters or exits the school bus to enhance their safety and security. According to Zonar's SVP of Marketing, Bill Brinton, "Safety ... more First Korean astronaut 'honoured' about space mission 
Star City, Russia (AFP) March 18, 2008The 29-year-old woman set to become South Korea's first astronaut said on Tuesday she was "honoured" to have been chosen, as she took final tests at Russia's astronaut training centre. "I am honoured. I will try to do my best. Not just for (myself) but as the first Korean astronaut," said Yi So-Yeon, a biosystems engineering student, before climbing into a model Soyuz capsule for tests. ... more GPS Partnership Council To Meet In Los Angeles 
Los Angeles AFB (SPX) Mar 19, 2008The Global Positioning Systems Wing, Air Force Space Command, Department of Transportation, and the Los Angeles Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) have re-established the GPS Partnership Council as the premier annual event for GPS stakeholders to exchange the latest GPS information and status, view the latest industry exhibits and capabilities, network ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 18, 2008The United States and Russia failed in talks here Tuesday to bridge gaps over US missile defence plans and the fate of the main strategic arms treaty, but vowed to make a clean break with past tensions. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, flanked by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, told reporters that both sides had made "steady progress" on work to combat nuclear terrorism and ... more Mozambique tourist resort struggles to recover from cyclone 
Vilankulo, Mozambique (AFP) March 18, 2008Little more than a year after Cyclone Favio ripped through Mozambique's premier tourist resort of Vilankulo, the town still resembles a refugee camp as it struggles to recover. With faded tents and roofless, unused buildings a stark reminder of the damage inflicted by Favio, residents breathed a sigh of relief when another cyclone headed their way was downgraded Friday to a tropical depression ... more Louisiana System Built Homes Completes First Fortified For Safer Living Home 
Arnaudville LO (SPX) Mar 18, 2008Louisiana System Built Homes marked the completion of the first Fortifiedfor safer living home built in the state of Louisiana with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The home, at the Ponderosa Estates in Arnaudville, meets the Fortified requirements set by the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS), a nonprofit research organization supported by the insurance industry to reduce property losses. ... more China concerned over falling US dollar, economy: Wen 
Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2008China is concerned about the falling US dollar and the state of the US economy, but domestic conditions would determine the nation's monetary and fiscal policy, Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday. "I am paying great attention to the world economy, I am especially worried about the US economy," Wen said at a press conference at the end of China's parliament. "What I'm worried about is that ... more |
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London (AFP) March 18, 2008The world's biggest passenger plane, Airbus's A380, touched down in London Tuesday on its first commercial flight to Europe facing questions from green groups over its eco-friendly billing. The Singapore Airlines jet, as tall as a seven-storey building and with about 50 percent more cabin space than its rivals, was carrying 449 passengers enjoying increased legroom and state-of-the-art ... more Sea Launch Postpones DirecTV 11 Satellite Launch 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 18, 2008The Sea Launch consortium has postponed the launch of U.S. satellite DirecTV 11, scheduled for Monday, for an indefinite period due to technical problems. "Sea Launch has put on hold the countdown for the launch of the DirecTV satellite, as of late Sunday afternoon, to allow the team to study an issue. We will update our launch information as it becomes available," the company said on its website ... more Russian-Launched US Satellite Unlikely To Reach Target Orbit 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 18, 2008A U.S. AMC-14 satellite launched from a space center in Kazakhstan on early Saturday is unlikely to reach the designated orbit from its current position, a Russian space expert said on Monday. A few minutes after the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket from the Baikonur Space Center, which is leased to Russia and carries out dozens of launches every year, the Breeze M orbit insertion boost ... more NASA Goddard Delivers Aquarius Radiometer To JPL 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 18, 2008On Jan. 10, 2008, after a four-year development effort, the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., delivered the Aquarius Radiometer to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., for integration with the Aquarius instrument. The radiometer, built by an in-house team of scientists, engineers and technicians at Goddard, is part of the Aquarius mission. Aquarius is an in ... more
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