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 Seoul (AFP) June 10, 2009 
South Korea has completed a space centre which will be used to send a satellite into orbit from its own territory for the first time, officials said Wednesday. Education, Science and Technology Minister Ahn Byong-Man said the government would hold a ceremony on Thursday to celebrate the opening of the Naro Space Centre in Goheung, 475 kilometres (300 miles) south of Seoul. The centre, wh ... read more 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 11, 2009The GOES-O spacecraft, encapsulated in the Delta IV fairing, was rolled out of the Astrotech Facility, Titusville, Fla. and transported to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) on June 7, 2009. GOES is an acronym for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. GOES-O was removed from the Astrotech facility and shipped in the silent of the night, as to minimize the impact ... more
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Lusaka, Zambia (XNA) Jun 11, 2009A top Zambian government official warns the southern African country risks lagging behind in technology advancement if there is no investment in space science, the Zambia Daily Mail reported on Wednesday. Gabriel Namulambe, the minister of science, technology and vocational training, said there was need to promote and exploit science and technology as an instrument for development, adding ... more  
Austin TX (SPX) Jun 11, 2009In an initial step toward the first successful rendezvous and docking of very small satellites without human control, a pair of miniature "picosatellites" built by University of Texas at Austin and Texas A and M University engineering students will be launched into orbit this month from Space Shuttle Endeavour. In the process, the students will try to accomplish what only multi-million-dollar ... more  
La Jolla CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2009Blue Sky Network (BSN) and Iridium Satellite (Iridium) have announced that they have agreed to supply the Open Passage Expedition with voice communications and GPS mapping technology for its upcoming four month-long Arctic journey. Equipped with the BSN D2000 device, and the Iridium 9555 satellite phone, the crew of Open Passage's vessel will not only have a constant link to its home base ... more 
Austin TX (SPX) Jun 11, 2009BorgSolutions has announced they will be offering a free version of its flagship fleet maintenance management software Borg Fleet - Borg Fleet Starter Edition. The edition allows customers to manage the maintenance and repair schedules of their fleet, as well as plan their fleet resources from a simple to use web-based platform. Previously, BorgSolutions had offered only commercial license ... more |
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Arlington, Va. (UPI) Jun 9, 2009 The greatest threats to Navy ships in the years ahead come from missile proliferation and submarines, but the best defense starts in the sky with the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye. "State actors and non-state actors who, in the past, have only posed limited threats in the littoral are expanding their reach beyond their own shores with improved capabilities in blue water submarine operations, advanced ... more  
Farnborough, UK (SPX) Jun 11, 2009One of the last British bi-planes to have seen active service, the Fairey Swordfish, which helped sink the Bismarck and the Italian battle fleet in WW2, is to be restored to her former glory thanks to the specialist skills of engineers at BAE Systems in this, the Royal Navy's centenary year of naval aviation. The Swordfish Mk I, a torpedo bomber first flown in 1934, is due to undergo GBP1 ... more 
Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 11, 2009Boeing P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T2 takes off from Renton Field today to begin its successful first flight. T2 took off at 10:32 a.m. Pacific time and landed two hours and 56 minutes later at Boeing Field in Seattle at 1:28 p.m. The flight plan for T2, painted in its new U.S. Navy livery, included a flyby of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., to give Navy personnel a close-up look ... more 
Williton, UK (SPX) Jun 11, 2009Ballista-Tek has developed Blast Attenuating Vehicle Seating and Floor Matting designed to increase survivability and reduce injury to Troops in Armoured and Light vehicles. Vehicle Seating - Purpose built seating which features heavy duty seat frame with GRP/Kevlar double shell with integrated 'Blast-Guard' Tiles to reduce the effects of both Blast and Shock waves, offering improved ... more |
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