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Iran launches rat and turtles into space Tehran (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 
Iran hailed on Wednesday the successful launch of a home-built satellite carrying a rat, turtles and worms, amid Western concerns Tehran is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons.
Iranian state television said the Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) rocket carried a capsule containing "live animals" - marking Iran's first experiment in sending living creatures int ... read moreNASA gets ready to launch 'CubeSats' 
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jan 26, 2009 NASA says it will launch small research satellites for several universities this year as part of its Educational Launch of Nanosatellites, or ELaNA, mission. Officials said the satellites will be an auxiliary payload on the Taurus XL launch vehicle for NASA's Glory mission, planned for liftoff in late November. "The satellites, called CubeSats because of their shape, come from M ... more
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US warns China against 'stillborn' climate deal
Businessman to fly African flags on space trip NASA to launch solar observatory Europe battles declining influence Prius: world's most popular hybrid Russia wants to charge more for rides to space: report Russia, China agree on nuclear construction cost: report China-born aerospace engineer gets 15 years for spying Mexico climate summit set for early December in Cancun Climate change impact of soil underestimated: study 
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Iran to unveil three new home-built satellites: report
Tehran (AFP) Jan 20, 2010Iran will unveil three new satellites in February, a report said Wednesday, amid Western concerns that Tehran is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons. ISNA news agency quoted Communications Minister Reza Taghipour as saying that one of the three home-built communications satellites is still under construction. Taghipour named the three satellites as Toloo (Dawn), Ya Mahdi and Mesbah-2, but did not elaborate on exactly when they would be launched. ... more China to build, launch Bolivia satellite 
La Paz, Bolivia (UPI) Jan 11, 2009 China has pledged to build and launch a communications satellite for Bolivia to help link up remote and isolated areas of the Latin American country as part of an overall development plan, officials said. Bolivian President Evo Morales will visit China in March to conclude agreements for the space program, which has become possible because of the Chinese offer to fund the project on eas ... more Iran to unveil new home-built satellite: report 
Tehran (AFP) Dec 24, 2009Iran will unveil a new home-built satellite in February, a newspaper reported Thursday, amid Western concerns that Tehran is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons. "The new generation of Iran's national satellite called Toloo (Dawn) will be unveiled in February," Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi was quoted as saying by the governmental Iran paper. Th ... more Iran plans new satellite launch
Tehran (UPI) Dec 1, 2009 As Iran appears to be lurching into confrontation with the United States once more, Tehran says it plans to launch a new communications satellite with no foreign help after Russia and Italy refused to send it into space. The actions by Moscow and Rome underlined Iran's growing isolation following a severe crackdown on internal dissent following June's disputed presidential elections and ... more |
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US Clears ISRO Launch Of Algerian Satellites
Washington (PTI) Aug 14, 2009The US has allowed ISRO to launch Algerian satellites having American components using an Indian launch vehicle following a Technical Safeguards Agreement (TSA) between the two countries. A Technical Safeguards Agreement, covering launches of satellites having US components on Indian launch vehicles, was signed between India and the US on July 20 during the US Secretary of State Hillary ... more ANDE-2 Deployment Tracked 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 12, 2009The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009. The ANDE-2 satellite suite consists of two nearly perfectly spherical micro-satellites with instrumentation to perform two interrelated mission objectives. The first objective is to monitor the total atmospheric density ... more IIT Kanpur Develops Nanosatellite To Be Launched By ISRO 
New Delhi (PTI) Aug 10, 2009Taking a big leap in its technological quest, IIT Kanpur has developed a nanosatellite which is expected to provide real-time data on drought, flood, vegetation and forestation. The satellite, designed and developed by a group of students of the institute, will be handed over to ISRO, which is expected to launch it by the end of the year. "This satellite will have specific function ... more Another Two Surrey Satellites Launched 
Guildford, UK (SPX) Jul 31, 2009With the successful launch last night of the UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 satellites, SSTL has expanded the capability of the world's only spaced-based disaster monitoring system, the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC). The British built satellites were launched onboard a Dnepr rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 18:45 UTC on Wednesday, 29th July 2009. Following confirmation ... more |
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