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October 30, 2009
Arianespace Orbits NSS-12 And THOR 6
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 30, 2009
The sixth Ariane 5 flight of 2009 marked another success for this heavy-lift launcher today, carrying the first satellite launched by Arianespace for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS - THOR 6, along with the 32nd spacecraft from the SES group of companies entrusted for an Ariane launch - NSS-12. Lifting off on time at 5:00 p.m. from the Spaceport in French Guiana, the Ariane 5 deployed ... read more

China's Fourth Satellite Launch Center To Be Built In Hainan
Beijing, China (XNA) Oct 30, 2009
A new satellite launch center is now under construction near Wenchang in China's southernmost island province of Hainan. Once completed, it will be the country's fourth satellite launch centre and replace the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre (XSLC) for geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and other space launch missions. Yang Yong has more. Covering 20 square kilometers, the Wenchang Satellite Launch ... more

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EU Space Missions To Strengthen Earth Observation For Climate And Security
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 30, 2009
In 2005, the EU made the strategic choice to develop an independent European space borne earth observation capacity to deliver services in the environmental and security fields, called Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES). This capacity is designed in a way that is firmly rooted on existing capacities led by the European Space Agency (ESA), Eumetsat and individual ... more

Geolife And PosiMotion Bring Turn-By-Turn Navigation To iPod Touch
London, UK (SPX) Oct 30, 2009
GeoLife and PosiMotion have announced that they have submitted an application to the Apple App Store which enables personal turn-by-turn navigation on both the iPod touch and the iPhone. When the application is approved it will be the first navigation solution available for the iPod touch. Navigation on the iPod touch is made possible through Geolife's Navmii software and PosiMotion's ... more

Sky Deutschland Increases HD Capacity On ASTRA
Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 30, 2009
SES ASTRA has announced that the German TV entertainment platform Sky Deutschland has contracted three additional transponders on ASTRA's prime orbital position 19.2 degrees East. Sky Deutschland will use the additional capacity primarily to offer more HD channels. The first of the three transponders will be brought into use in mid-2010. The other two transponders will follow in mid-2011 ... more

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    Follow The Launch Of ESA's SMOS And Proba-2 Satellites
    Paris, France (ESA) Oct 29, 2009
    ESA's SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) and Proba-2 (PRoject for OnBoard Autonomy) satellites are scheduled for launch on Monday 2 November at 02:50 CET on a Russian Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia. SMOS, ESA's water mission, is the first satellite designed both to map sea surface salinity and monitor soil moisture on a global scale, thus contributing ... more

    CoRoT Mission Extended Until 2013
    Paris, France (ESA) Oct 29, 2009
    Satellite operations for the CoRoT mission have been extended until 31 March 2013. The decision by the French Space Agency, CNES, and the mission partners, including ESA, was taken on 23 October at a specially convened meeting at the CNES Headquarters in Paris. Launched in December 2006, with a nominal lifetime of 3 years, CoRoT has steadily pursued its dual mission objectives of searching ... more

    NASA rocket launch advances Moon mission dream
    Cape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) Oct 28, 2009
    NASA successfully launched Wednesday the prototype for a new generation of space rocket, advancing its plans to return man to the Moon by 2020. The Ares I-X, the tallest rocket ever built, blasted off at 11:30 am (1530 GMT) from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying with it the US space agency's lofty ambitions for human space flight. The rocket is the prototype of the Ares I, designed to ... more

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  • NAVAIR And Augusta Demo Operations Of Multiple Swarms Of UAVs And Sensors

  • Iran leader welcomes nuclear plan

  • EU leaders clear major hurdle to reform treaty

  • Russian submarine fails to launch troubled missile: report
  • NKorean Missile Tests Fail; China "Formally Invites" Kim For A Visit
  • Top US adviser assures Russia at nuclear talks
  • LockMart Starts Integrated Testing Of Second Missile Warning Satellite
  • US scientist pleads not guilty in Israel spy case
  • Iran nuclear deal only buys West time: diplomats
  • Yemen's water crisis a Mideast warning
  • New typhoon to hit Philippines: weather bureau

  • Interactions With Aerosols Boost Warming Potential Of Some Gases
  • A New Wrinkle In Ancient Ocean Chemistry
  • EU leaders struggle to agree on climate funding
  • North America Automobile Sector Bottom Of 'World Sustainability League'
  • VW counts on China for 2009 profit
  • Motorola looks to Google-powered phones for turnaround
  • Zero-emission scooter to debut in Japan
  • China's Geely faces challenge of protecting Volvo image: analysts

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