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 Aug 12, 2002
Space Tech And Textiles
Paris - Aug 12, 2002
Earlier this month ESA's Technology Transfer Network met with 72 representatives of 53 European and Canadian textile companies in Lille, France. The idea -- to brainstorm how technology developed for space could improve textiles, fibre products, clothes and textile manufacturing equipment.
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Variability In West Antarctic Ice Streams Normal
University Park - Aug 12, 2002
Variability in the speed of the ice streams along the Siple Coast of West Antarctica is not an indication the ice sheet is stabilizing, but rather, that capriciousness in the ice streams, their rates and the location of the grounding line is normal and will continue to occur, according to Penn State geoscientists.
Spain Buys Fire Scout UAVs For F-100 Frigate Program
Los Angeles - Aug 12, 2002
Northrop Grumman has signed a technical assistance agreement with IZAR of Spain, Europe's second largest shipbuilder, to promote the U.S. Navy's Fire Scout vertical unmanned system for integration on the country's F-100 frigate.
Chemist Seeks To Make Outer Space Events Easy To Predict
Morgantown - Aug 12, 2002
A West Virginia University chemist and five other researchers have taken a quantum leap in predicting the orbits of celestial bodies, research that could one day help scientists accurately foretell if an asteroid or comet is headed for Earth.
Stratos Offers OnDemand Bandwidth Via Inmarsat
Bethesda - Aug 12, 2002
Stratos, a leading global provider of remote communication solutions and services, announced today that it has launched a comprehensive suite of the latest Inmarsat voice and data communications service, Inmarsat Fleet.
ITT To Equip US Army With Ka-Band Terminals and Support
White Plains - Aug 12, 2002
ITT Industries has been awarded a $113 million contract to provide Wideband Gapfiller Ka-band satellite earth terminals and support to the US Army's Project Manager Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS). The base contract of $17 million includes options that bring the contract total to more than $113 million. Contract work will be performed by ITT's Systems Division, located in Colorado Springs, CO.
Satellites Reveal A Mystery Of Large Change In Earth's Gravity Field
Greenbelt - Aug 12, 2002
Satellite data since 1998 indicates the bulge in the Earth's gravity field at the equator is growing, and scientists think that the ocean may hold the answer to the mystery of how the changes in the trend of Earth's gravity are occurring.
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SLI Explores Flyback Booster Possibilities
Huntsville - Aug 12, 2002
 The Space Launch Initiative's Propulsion Office recently began a study to determine jet engine requirements to power several flyback booster concepts for a second generation reusable launch vehicle.
DISH Network Campaign Targets Consumers Facing Rising Cable Rates
Littleton - Aug. 1, 2002
 EchoStar Communications via its DISH Network says it new marketing campaign is aimed at demonstrating to American consumers that they do have a choice when it comes to skyrocketing cable TV rates.
Gilat Expand Kenyan Operations With Second VSAT Network
Petah Tikva - Aug 12, 2002
 Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced Thursday that its local partner in Kenya, Gilat Alldean (Africa) Limited has received a license to be the country's second VSAT data networks operator.
Environmentalists Skeptical Of New Amazon Radar System
Rio De Janeiro (IPS) Aug 12, 2002
 Authorities in Brazil are confident that a new Amazon Surveillance System (SIVAM) opened in July by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in the northern city of Manaus will expand military, police and environmental control over the vast Amazon jungle region.
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