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Intelsat 15 Zenit-3SLB Land Launch DelayedMoscow (AFP) Nov 30, 2009 The launch of a US telecom satellite from Kazakhstan was scrubbed overnight for technical reasons, Russia's Roskosmos space agency said Monday as quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency. "The date of the new launch is unknown - either it will be postponed by an indefinite time or by 24 hours," officials said. The Intelsat-15 satellite, built by Orbital Sciences. It was to be launched by a Zenit-3SLB rocket. The reasons for the delay were not specified. ... read more |
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Esrange Space Center, Sweden (SPX) Nov 30, 2009During the last week two sounding rockets with microgravity experiments were successfully launched from Esrange Space Center, the operational space facility of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC). The Brazilian motor VSB-30 was used during both flights. The TEXUS project is a sounding rocket program with the primary aim to investigate the properties and behaviour of materials, chemicals ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Nov 30, 2009A U.S. telecommunications satellite has been delivered to the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan ahead of a December 29 launch, Russia's Khrunichev center said on Friday. DirecTV satellite operator has a contract with Russian-U.S. joint venture International Launch Services (ILS) to launch the DirecTV-12 on board a Proton-M carrier rocket to expand its existing satellite grouping. ... more  
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 30, 2009Herschel spectroscopy takes centre stage as new spectra, obtained with the SPIRE, PACS and HIFI instruments during the performance verification phase, are released by ESA and the instrument teams. Taken together with earlier images the observatory is now on the way to demonstrating that the promised imaging and spectroscopic capabilities are being met. Since its launch in May this year the ... more |
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Newark NJ (SPX) Nov 27, 2009NJIT researchers are at work on many scientific and technological frontiers. The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following investigators under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Four researchers have been awarded grants for investigation of solar phenomena. Philip R. Goode ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 26, 2009Forget the Transformers and Astroboy: Japan's latest robots don't save the world -- they cook snacks, play with your kids, model clothes, and search for disaster victims. In a nation that takes its humanoids seriously, the International Robot Exhibition kicked off this week, showing off the latest whirring and buzzing inventions from 192 companies and 64 organisations from at home and ... more  
Tehran (AFP) Nov 29, 2009A defiant Iranian government led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants and also to study a plan to process the material to 20 percent purity, state media reported. The hardline stance -- seen as hitting out at world powers led by Washington -- came after the conservative-dominated parliament urged the government to reduce ties with the UN ... more |
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 Pakistan's president hands over nuclear powers   Russia has assured Iran on missile delivery: diplomat  Raytheon's Rolling Airframe Missile Completes Key Flight Tests |
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