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Boeing Patent Shuts Down AMC-14 Lunar Flyby Salvage Attempt
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2008Attempts to salvage a wayward GEO comsat have come unstuck in the face of institutional disinterest and an aging patent of questionable validity. The AMC-14 commercial geostationary satellite was launched in March by a Proton launch vehicle into space just short of its minimum geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). SES Americom, the world's largest commercial satellite firm, owns the satellite ... more Russia to call for extending ISS use 
Moscow (AFP) April 11, 2008Russia will ask its foreign partners in June to extend the exploitation of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2020 as the station's Russian segment would take longer to complete, Russian space officials said. "We can do what we planned to do by 2010 only in 2015, and so we will have to appeal to our foreign partners to use the ISS until 2020," the chief of Russia's space RKK Energiy ... more Cosmonauts to abandon Soviet-era space base by 2020: report 
Moscow (AFP) April 11, 2008Russia will end manned space launches from Kazakhstan's Soviet-era Baikonur cosmodrome by 2020, replacing it with a launch pad in Russia, a top official said Friday, Interfax news agency reported. All cosmonauts will instead take off from the new Vostochny base, planned in Russia's southeast near the Chinese border, the head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, Anatoly Perminov, was quoted ... more Russia Could Stop Tourist Flights To ISS From 2010 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 11, 2008Space tourist flights to the International Space Station could be stopped from 2010 due to a planned increase in crew numbers on the station, the head of the Russian space agency said Friday. "As part of our current program, space tourist flights to the ISS will continue. But from 2010, difficulties could emerge due to planned increases in ISS crew numbers to between six and nine members ... more Canada rejects sale of space firm to US defense firm 
Ottawa (AFP) April 10, 2008Canada's industry minister on Thursday blocked the sale of leading space firm MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates to a US defense contractor, as some feared a major setback in Canada's space capabilities. A spokeswoman for Industry Minister Jim Prentice said in an email, the minister "is not satisfied that the proposed sale of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. to ATK is likely to be of ... more |
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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 13, 2008Arianespace underscored its important role in the Japanese market during a week of activities that included today's (April 11) signing of a new satellite launch for Ariane 5: the BSAT-3b spacecraft to be operated by Japan's Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT). During a multi-day visit to Tokyo, Chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall and the Arianespace management team hosted ... more NASA Spacecraft Fine Tunes Course For Mars Landing 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 11, 2008NASA engineers have adjusted the flight path of the Phoenix Mars Lander, setting the spacecraft on course for its May 25th landing on the Red Planet. "This is our first trajectory maneuver targeting a specific location in the northern polar region of Mars," said Brian Portock, chief of the Phoenix navigation team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The mission's two pri ... more New drug protects against radiation damage: study 
Washington (AFP) April 10, 2008Researchers have developed a new drug that can protect healthy cells and bone marrow against anti-cancer radiation therapy and maybe even against the effects of a nuclear bomb, a study showed Thursday. While radiation therapy is used effectively to destroy cancerous tumors, it can have a devastating effect on healthy cells, noted the study published in the April 11 edition of the American ... more Lockheed Martin Set For Launch Of ICO G1 Spacecraft 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Apr 14, 2008Lockheed Martin is completing final preparations for Monday's launch of a commercial telecommunications satellite aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United Launch Alliance. The launch window opens at 4:12 p.m. EDT Monday and extends until 5:12 p.m. The launch can be viewed live beginning at 3:51 p.m. EDT. Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services is under contract to ICO Global Communi ... more INRIX Launches Real-Time Traffic Alerts Across Whole US Interstate System 
Kirkland WA (SPX) Apr 11, 2008INRIX has introduced Nationwide Traffic Alerts on more than 100,000 miles of major arterials, freeways and highways, including the entire U.S. Interstate Highway System, with never-before availability of real-time traffic alerts highlighting abnormal traffic congestion across the nation. MapQuest and other INRIX customers intend to deliver INRIX Nationwide Traffic Alerts for major urban, i ... more |
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Powell WY (SPX) Apr 11, 2008The Qwest Foundation and the Wyoming Department of Education have announced that Powell High School teacher Zack Opps has won $12,000 in the Qwest Teachers and Technology grant program. Opps will team with other Powell High teachers to use the grant money to map and control Canada Thistle, an invasive plant species. Powell High students from several different courses will use GPS units and ... more GPS Footprints Makes Its Mark With AT And T Product Certification 
Springfield IL (SPX) Apr 11, 2008Businesses looking to increase the accountability and reliability of their mobile workforces now have an effective solution. GPS Footprints, a new software program that assists in mobile workforce management developed by GPS Footprints, has just received AT and T product certification. With this prestigious endorsement, AT and T authorizes GPS Footprints for use on its network and promotes the ... more WiFi And GPS Combined Move Outdoor Audience Measurement Indoors 
Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 11, 2008RDPA, a Seattle, Washington firm that develops advanced technologies for the media research industry, has announced it is combining WiFi signal detection with GPS tracking technology to expand measurement reach of out-of-home advertising exposure. According to Roger Percy of RDPA, "WiFi signals are gathered, identified by emission location, and then combined with GPS location data to const ... more Cargo Container Security: According to ABI Research, Its Not One Size Fits All 
New York NY (SPX) Apr 11, 2008Tracking of cargo containers and their contents from departure to delivery has clear benefits for the industrial and transportation sectors: increased visibility and security of goods in transit. A further potential benefit - greater public safety and security - is a subject of debate. But it is frequently true that combinations of the three available tracking technologies, rather than any one ... more Iran's secret missile launch site pinpointed: report 
London (AFP) April 11, 2008The secret site of Iran's first space centre, opened with a recent missile launch, has been pinpointed by Jane's, the defence group said Friday, adding that it resembled facilities in North Korea. The site of the February 4 launch is a possible location for Tehran's continued long-range missile programme, Jane's Information Group added. They studied pictures obtained from imagery provide ... more
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