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space applications today |
 Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 07, 2009 
The University of Colorado at Boulder is working with NASA to develop a new communications technology now being tested on the International Space Station, which will extend Earth's Internet into outer space and across the solar system. Called Disruption Tolerant Networking, or DTN, the new technology will enable NASA and other space agencies around the world to better communicate with ... read more 
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Jul 07, 2009Antenna Technology Communications has announced the deployment of its Warrior Satellite Monitoring and Surveillance System specific for the law enforcement agency markets. The Warrior Satellite Monitoring System can simultaneously provide complete observation for satellite activities spread over 140 degrees, but with the added upgrades the system goes beyond the Basic TT&C Monitoring that ... more
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Paris, France (ESA) Jul 07, 2009Proba-2, one of the smallest satellites ESA has ever built for space, is about to leave its Belgian homeland. Its development and testing complete, the satellite is being packed up for the first leg of its journey to orbit - shipment to the distant Plesetsk launch site in northern Russia. Proba-2 is second in ESA's Project for OnBoard Autonomy series, building on nearly eight years of ... more  
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (XNA) Jul 06, 2009Brazil plans to expand its Alcantara aerospace base in the north by building 12 more rocket launching pads at there, the government said Wednesday. Defense Minister Nelson Jobim described the project as one of "international importance." "we must not be naive. There are nations who are seeking to prevent Brazil from entering the exclusive circle of nations that launch rockets," Jobim said. ... more  
Monrovia, Calif. (UPI) Jul 6, 2009 The ability for a tiny man-made vehicle to fly through the flapping of wings while carrying its own energy source has been achieved, the company responsible said. AeroVironment Inc., a California company, announced that the Defense Advanced research Projects Agency had awarded it a contract extension to design and build a working prototype of a nano air vehicle. The contract ... more  
Grosseto, Italy (SPX) Jul 07, 2009Excellent results were achieved after the first operational evaluation made by NATO of a Eurofighter Typhoon Wing. A NATO evaluation team certified the Italian Air Force's 4th Fighter Wing at the Grosseto Base as a NATO Quick Response Force. This means that the 4th Wing becomes the first Eurofighter flight unit to obtain this important NATO certification. The operational evaluation ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) July 6, 2009Taiwan on Monday rejected China's call for the opening of restricted air space over the Taiwan Strait to help meet rising passenger demand between the island and the mainland. Flights currently have to make a detour around the restricted air space -- "the median line" -- between China and Taiwan. Wang Yi, chief of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council, last week said an ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) July 6, 2009Toyota Motor's Prius became the first fuel-sipping hybrid car to outsell all other vehicles in Japan last month, boosting the automaker's recovery efforts, industry figures showed Monday. Helped by the launch of a remodelled version, Toyota sold 22,292 Prius vehicles in June, up from 6,231 in the same month last year, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association reported. Honda's Fit was in ... more 
Berlin (AFP) July 6, 2009Chinese automaker BAIC has written to German officials regarding Opel, but an economy ministry spokesman refused Monday to reveal the contents. "A letter effectively exists," the spokesman told a regular news conference, without providing details. On Sunday, a press report said BAIC had offered to take 51 percent of Opel, a troubled unit of US automaker General Motors, with a public ... more 
Rome (AFP) July 6, 2009Italian auto maker Fiat was Monday to sign an agreement on the construction of a factory in China with the Chinese firm Guangzhu Automobile Industry Group (GAC), an industrial source said. The signing was to take place alongside a meeting here between Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao. The new plant was expected to begin turning out vehicle ... more |
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