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 Beijing (AFP) July 13, 2009 
A Chinese businessman has bought the British satellite television channel Propeller and plans to use it to broadcast programmes promoting China in Europe, media reports said Monday. Ye Maoxi, chairman of advertising company Xiking Group, acquired Propeller in June after six months of talks, the City Express newspaper reported. Propeller, broadcast from Yorkshire via digital provider Sky ... read more 
Hong Kong (AFP) July 12, 2009Forty years after the United States landed a man on the moon, China's fledgling space programme is racing to get to the lunar surface before an American return and ahead of its Asian rivals. The United States - the only country to have sent men to the moon - is hoping to touch down on the lunar surface again by 2020, almost a generation after it first completed six historic manned lunar ... more
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Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 12, 2009Forty years ago, mankind's most daunting frontier was boldly overcome when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon, establishing America's dominance in the space race. At the height of the Cold War, Armstrong's "small step" onto the lunar surface was a giant slap in the face to the Soviet Union, which had been the first to put a satellite into orbit, and fly a man into space. ... more  
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jul 13, 2009Space Systems/Loral has announced that it shipped a new communications satellite built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to launch in early- to mid-August aboard a ILS Proton Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS). "We are very proud of being able to contribute ... more 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 13, 2009We've all seen video of astronauts drifting and gliding gracefully around inside the International Space Station like fish in a fishbowl. It looks so relaxing. But as enjoyable as it appears to be, there's a down side to all that freefalling. "When astronauts land back on Earth after a long time in space, not only is their vestibular system mixed up and their kinesthetic sense thrown off," ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 13, 2009Since the February 10, 2009 collision of Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251, the Department of Defense has begun to ramp-up its efforts to warn satellite operators of high-risk, close approaches by debris and other satellites. The latest population estimates of maneuverable spacecraft are as high as 800. However, since all operators do not report on satellite status, some fraction of these may ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 13, 2009The U.S. Army selected the Raytheon-Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture to provide life-cycle contract support for the Javelin anti-tank missile and command launch unit. The five-year $298.6 million contract has a fiscal year 2009 funded value of $34.9 million. It requires the Javelin Joint Venture to provide the U.S. Army with depot spares, repair support, training and data. "The ... more 
L'Aquila, Italy (AFP) July 10, 2009President Dmitry Medvedev renewed a threat on Friday to deploy missiles in Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad near Poland if Washington goes ahead with its missile shield plans in Europe. "If we cannot agree on this question (missile defence) then you know the consequences," he told reporters after a G8 summit in L'Aquila central Italy. "I have nothing to add and what I said in my address ... more  
L'Aquila, Italy (AFP) July 10, 2009Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he planned to spend his summer holidays in the Italian region devastated by an April earthquake after it played host to a summit of G8 leaders. Berlusconi raised eyebrows over his decision to stage the three-day G8 summit at a military barracks on the outskirts of L'Aquila which was at the epicentre of the April 6 quake that left nearly 300 people ... more  
Melbourne (AFP) July 12, 2009China's arrest of a top Rio Tinto executive on suspicion of spying is likely to cool the international business community's love affair with the world's most populous nation, according to analysts. Australian Stern Hu's detention in the midst of tough negotiations with Beijing showed China was willing to flex its political muscle and play "hardball" in tough times, experts from across the ... more |
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