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Israel launches spy satellite: defence ministryJerusalem (AFP) June 22, 2010 Israel on Tuesday launched a spy satellite from a base in the south of the country, the defence ministry said, with the device reportedly capable of monitoring arch-foe Iran. "A few minutes ago the State of Israel launched the Ofek-9 (Horizon-9) satellite from the Palmachim base," the ministry said. "The results of the launch are being examined by the technical team." It gave no details on the satellite, but public radio said it, like its predecessors in the Ofek series, were cable of taking hig ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 22, 2010A converted Russian intercontinental ballistic missile took Germany's TanDEM-X satellite into orbit on Monday, a military spokesman said. The RS-20B carrier rocket lifted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 6:14 Moscow time [2:14 GMT]. This is the 16th launch of an international satellite under the Dnepr program involving Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, ... more  
Leicester, UK (SPX) Jun 23, 2010A study at the University of Leicester aims to understand the reasons why radio signals sometimes act unpredictably- travelling beyond the horizon and interfering with other signals. This is important because reliable radio signalling is not only economically beneficial, it is important in terms of safety. Now doctoral research by Naveed Mufti, from Peshawar, Pakistan, is examining t ... more 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2010NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission. The spacecraft will fly in February 2013 aboard a Taurus XL 3110 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The total cost of the OCO-2 launch services is approximately $70 million. The estimated cost includes the task ordered launch service for a Taurus ... more |
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Report Describes The Physics Of The BendsCollege Park MD (SPX) Jun 23, 2010 As you go about your day-to-day activities, tiny bubbles of nitrogen come and go inside your tissues. This is not a problem unless you happen to experience large changes in ambient pressure, such as those encountered by scuba divers and astronauts. During large, fast pressure drops, these bubbles can grow and lead to decompression sickness, popularly known as "the bends." A study in the Journal of Chemical Physics, which is published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), may provide a physic ... read more |
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