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space applications today |
 Promontory UT (SPX) Jul 22, 2009 
NASA and ATK unveil the completed Ares I first stage five-segment solid rocket booster in Promontory, Utah. The completed solid rocket booster is now installed horizontally in a test stand that was modified from the space shuttle's four-segment configuration to fit the new five-segment Ares I booster. Instrumentation will be installed over the next month in preparation for the first major ... read more 
Washington (AFP) July 20, 2009President Barack Obama on Monday hailed the astronauts who 40 years ago landed on the moon for the first time and pledged to keep the US space program alive for future generations of Americans. The Apollo program, which on July 20, 1969 saw US astronauts step onto the lunar surface for the first time in history, was "an example of how Americans can do anything they put their minds to," Obama ... more
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Reston VA (SPX) Jul 22, 2009Mobile communications provider TerreStar Networks has announced the successful completion of an end-to-end phone call over TerreStar-1, the world's largest, most advanced commercial communications satellite. The call was completed between two of TerreStar's quad-band GSM and tri-band WCDMA/HSPA smartphones with integrated satellite-terrestrial voice and data capabilities. The call not only ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 22, 2009SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES has announced MTN Satellite Services has signed a multi-year capacity agreement to meet growing demand for connectivity and content aboard cruise liners, military ships, yachts and other vessels operating throughout the Indian Ocean region. MTN is a SeaMobile company and a leading provider of satellite communications services to the maritime industry and remote ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 22, 2009Arianespace has received its fourth Ariane 5 for launch in 2009, while the first of two payloads for this upcoming mission is now at the Spaceport for final preparation. The heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA was delivered last Friday to the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building by EADS Astrium - the launch vehicle's industrial prime contractor, which was responsible for the Ariane 5's build-up in the ... more 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 22, 2009A Russian carrier rocket has successfully put one military and one civilian satellite into orbit, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. The Cosmos-3M rocket lifted off earlier on Tuesday from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia. The military satellite is a new addition to a Russian network of about 60-70 military reconnaissance satellites, and a ... more |
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Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2009It's no secret that unmanned aircraft are widely used in today's war to provide information, surveillance and armed reconnaissance. What's not widely known is the evaluation process these aircraft go through before they are delivered to the warfighter. Members of Detachment 5 of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center here test the MQ-1 Predator and three versions of the RQ-4 ... more 
London, UK (SPX) Jul 22, 2009Senior figures form the British military and from coalition countries along with MOD scientists and engineers gathered recently to discuss strategy and tactics in countering the Improvised Explosive Device threat in Afghanistan. In a month that opened with the deaths of seven servicemen in as many days, there could not have been a more poignant backdrop for the Counter Improvised Explosive ... more 
Sydney (AFP) July 21, 2009An Australian man holding a container of petrol and a cigarette lighter burst into flames after being shot with a Taser stun gun, police said on Tuesday. The 36-year-old, who was sniffing the fumes for a high, suffered third-degree burns to his face, arms and chest after the incident in a remote Aboriginal community north of Perth. The man, a known violent offender, allegedly ran at ... more 
Paris (AFP) July 21, 2009Pakistan's interior minister, Rehman Malik, on Tuesday attacked the United States' ongoing bombing campaign against suspected militant leaders in his country. US military and intelligence agencies fly pilotless aircraft over areas along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, firing missiles at targets suspected of links to the Taliban or to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Pakistan, which ... more |
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