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April 3, 2002
SPACEMART
EchoStar Asks Supreme Court To Protect Rights Of TV Viewers
Littleton - Apr 03, 2002
EchoStar, through constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe, this week asked the United States Supreme Court to protect the free speech right of all Americans to choose the television programs they want to watch.
  • XM Satellite Radio Makes Major Inroads With Automakers
  • Africa Can Lift Itself Out Of Poverty, ICT Entrepreneur Says
  • DirecTV Powers Ahead With New Subscribers
  • New Archive Feature
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    GPS NEWS
    Aeroastro Leverages Globalstar To Build Low-Cost Asset Tracker
    Herndon - Apr 03, 2002
    To meet the growing demand for low-cost, remote monitoring of business assets, Globalstar, the world's most popular handheld satphone service, and AeroAstro, one of the world's leading providers of small satellites and related technology products, are now developing a new, very low cost simplex data modem for remote sensing and asset tracking via satellite. An initial demonstration of the new product is scheduled for late-summer 2002.
  • Nomad Helps Keep Defense Personal
  • Europe Approves Rival GPS Network

  • INTERNET SPACE
    Cruising The Web On The High Seas With Intelsat
     Washington - Apr 03, 2002
    Intelsat today announced that it has signed a three year contract with Verestar, Inc. and its subsidiary, Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), to provide high-speed mobile voice and data services to cruise ships.
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    STATION NEWS
    Shuttle Crew To Construct Space Railway At International Space Station
    Cape Canaveral (AFP) Apr 3, 2002
    All systems but one appeared go late Tuesday for the launch Thursday of the space shuttle Atlantis, on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station, US space agency officials said.
  • Engineering Test May Yield Clues To Plant Growth In Space
  • Russian Cargo Spaceship Docks With International Space Station

  • EARTH OBSERVATION
    Adding Dimension To The Rainfall Map
    Greenbelt - Apr 03, 2002
    A new NASA computer model can now tell exactly where in the world rain or snow that provides local water originated. Scientists can use this "water vapor tracer" to improve rainfall and drought forecasts and gain a deeper understanding of climate change.
  • First Envisat Check-Up On The Earth
  • Weird Waves Deep Down Speed Up

  • TECTONICS
    Journey To The Center Of The Quakes
    Tucson - Apr 03, 2002
    What causes earthquakes? Are they predictable? To answer these questions researchers from Stanford University and US Geological Survey will drill into the San Andreas Fault, one of the most famous earthquake-generating sites in the world.

    ROCKET SCIENCE
    India Continues To Develop Its Rockets
    Bangalore - Apr 2, 2002
    An optimized version of solid motor for third stage of PSLV was successfully ground tested yesterday (March 30, 2002) at ISRO's SHAR Centre, Sriharikota. The performance parameters of the motor during the test were normal.
  • Atlas 5 Rolled Out For Pad Tests
  • Unexpected Explosion Keeps Pakhomov "Waiting"
  • Ion Engines Slowly But Surely Salvage Artemis

  • UAV NEWS
    US Air Force Moves Ahead With Production Of Global Hawks
    San Diego- Apr 1, 2002
    Two contracts totaling nearly $300 million recently awarded to Northrop Grumman Corporation for Global Hawk will enhance the overall performance of the unmanned reconnaissance system.
  • Spy Drone Crashes While On Patrol In Southern Philippines
  • US Air Force Moves Ahead With Production Of Global Hawks
  • Pegasus Prepares For First Flight

  • LAUNCH PAD
  • Russia Launches Molnya Rocket With Military Satellite
  • Proton Launches Intelsat 903 Bird
  • Ariane Lofts Dual Boeing Birds
  • Russia Launches Satellites On US-German Climate Mission

  • MARSDAILY
  • Odyssey's Begins Posting Daily Images
  • How to Land Softly on a Hard Planet
  • Carbon Vs Water Battle Goes Hemispherical

  • NUKEWARS
  • Taiwan Objects To Use Of US Nuclear Weapons Against China
  • Don't Treat Pakistan Like "Scum," Musharraf Tells India
  • Russia Voices Concern Over US Nuke Test Plans
  • Korean Peninsula Heading For New Nuke Crisis

  • TERRORWARS
  • Smallpox Vaccine Can Be Diluted
  • 'Axis of Evil' I Meant It Says Bush

  • SPACEWAR
  • Boeing To Pursue Multibillion-Dollar U.S. Navy Satellite Contract
  • Stratos To Provide US Govt Agencies Global SatComm Support
  • China Hails Own Strategic Nuclear Missile Force
  • Boeing To Update GPS 2F Satellites

  • MISSILE DEFENSE
  • LockMart To Study Big Target Rocket Concepts
  • US Army Tests Research Missile BAT
  • Pac-3 Missile Defense Scores Successful Intercepts

  • CIVIL NUCLEAR
  • Greens Miffed With Jospin Over Nuclear Energy
  • Sweden Wrestles With Nuclear Phase-Out
  • Russia Awash In Nuclear Leftovers

  • TRW WATCH
  • Northrop Extends Offer For All Outstanding Shares of TRW
  • TRW Offer Boosted And Rejected
  • TRW Gears Up Defense Against Northrop Grumman Offer

  • BEYOND BEYOND
  • To Pluto And The Kuipers
  • Pioneer Still On The Job In Stellar Space
  • Plutonium's Promise Will Find Pluto Left Out In The Cold
  • Getting Closer To The Edge Of Time

  • SPACEART
  • Bright Comet Graces Northern Skys
  • A Near-Infrared View of Uranus, Its Ring system, and Satellites
  • A Bow Shock Near A Young Star

  • EL NINO WATCH
  • Deep Southern Ocean Losing Oxygen
  • Wind Shift Fans El Nino
  • The Cost Of El Nino

  • SPACE.WIRE