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 Xichang, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2009 
Indonesian communications satellite Palapa D has been captured and is now able to conduct orbit maneuver, a few hours after an announcement that it failed to enter a preset orbit following its launch at 5:28 p.m. Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China. The satellite is in a normal state, its manufacturer, the French company ThalesAlenia Space, said late Monday ... read more 
Redlands CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2009The U.S. electric system, "the supreme engineering achievement of the 20th century," is aging, inefficient, congested, and incapable of meeting future energy needs, according to a recent U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) report. As electric utilities work to overcome challenges laid out in the DOE report, they can find guidance in a new benchmark study that focuses on a smart grid and ... more
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2009After nine weeks of intense lessons, robotic and rocket competitions and rubbing elbows with NASA scientists, industry experts and entrepreneurs, students at International Space University (ISU) Space Studies Program (SSP) 2009 and Singularity University (SU) shared their final evening together and participated in their university's closing ceremonies on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009 at NASA's Ames ... more  
Middletown RI (SPX) Sep 02, 2009Faced with a growing need for reliable connections to shore and increased control over variable and increasingly expensive communications costs, M. H. Simonsen ApS, of Denmark, recently adopted the TracPhone V7 and mini-VSAT Broadbandsm service from KVH Industries as its primary communications solution on six ice class oil/chemical tankers. The Simonsen vessels are now enjoying reduced ... more  
Panaji, India (PTI) Sep 02, 2009ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair is all set to become the first non-American to head the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). The formal announcement was made by IAA secretary general J M Contant during an international conference on low cost planetary mission here. "Its a great honour. All these years Americans chaired the post, first time a non-American, that too an Indian, is ... more |
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Princeton NJ (SPX) Sep 02, 2009NRG Energy has submitted a Clean Coal Power Initiative application to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to build a post-combustion carbon capture demonstration unit at the Company's WA Parish plant southwest of Houston. NRG also joined the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC), an industry-based partnership that focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions nationwide through ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 1, 2009China's manufacturing activity expanded in August at its fastest pace in 16 months, two surveys released Tuesday showed, signalling the world's third largest economy is stabilising. The Purchasing Managers Index, or PMI, published by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing rose for a sixth consecutive month in August to 54.0, up from 53.3 in July. The HSBC China Manufacturing PM ... more 
Woodbridge NJ (SPX) Sep 02, 2009Imagine turning on your air conditioner and watching your electric bill go DOWN! EarthSure, a renewable energy company and innovator in alternative energy sources announces the latest patent-pending renewable energy invention. WindAir, a system for transforming the exhausted air flow from central air conditioning units into a source of renewable, clean energy (electric) will be bursting in ... more |
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