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Canada To Say No On Missile Shield
Montreal (AFP) Feb 23, 2005After declining to take part in the US-led invasion of Iraq, Canada is set to just say no again to its powerful southern neighbor, this time on the issue of taking part in a controversial anti-missile shield program, Radio-Canada reported. Lockheed Martin Begins Testing Of Aegis Weapon System With SPY-1F Radar 
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jan 22, 2005IZAR and Lockheed Martin successfully performed initial activation of the first Aegis Weapon System equipped with the new SPY-1F radar aboard the Norwegian frigate Fridtjof Nansen (F-310) at IZAR's shipyard in Ferrol, Spain. Lifting China Arms Embargo Would Accelerate Asian Arms Race 
Washington (AFP) Feb 23, 2005The lifting of a European Union arms embargo would remove another barrier to an accelerating Chinese military buildup that is rapidly tilting the balance against Taiwan, raising the risk of conflict, US anlaysts said Wednesday. |
Opportunity Gets New Flight Software
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 23, 2005Opportunity received a software tuneup that should improve its mobility capabilities. With the new load on board, Opportunity booted into it and began an initial checkout. Evidence for Large Water Resources Found Near Mars Equator 
Los Angeles (SPX) Feb 24, 2005An article in the New Scientist reports that a team of scientists working on the European Mars Express orbiter have found evidence of large amounts of pack ice lying within a few centimters of the Martian surface in parts of the planet's equatorial regions. Blue Skies On Saturn 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 23, 2005Fast forward 100 years: You're an astronaut piloting an airplane in the upper atmosphere of Saturn. The gas giant has no solid surface to walk on and no seas to put a boat in. Exploring Saturn means flying, dipping in and out of strangely-colored clouds, racing through ring shadows. It's a totally alien world. |
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Space Systems/Loral Reaches Favorable Settlement With Chinasat
New York (SPX) Feb 24, 2005Loral Space & Communications announced Wednesday that it has reached a settlement with China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corporation (ChinaSat) regarding the Space Systems/Loral-built ChinaSat 8 satellite and its launch. Gilat Wins Wendy Restaurant VSAT Deal 
Israel (SPX) Feb 23, 2005Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Spacenet has been selected by Wendy's Restaurants of Rochester, to provide a Connexstar broadband satellite network to 123 Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburger restaurants in 5 states. ViaSat Receives Broadband System Order 
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2005ViaSat has finalized a contract to supply its SurfBeam broadband satellite networking system to Mexico-based Pegaso Banda Ancha for consumer Internet access services in Latin America. |
ATK Certifies Research Complex for Ramjet/Scramjet Tech Demonstrations
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Feb 23, 2005Alliant Techsystems has certified its Advanced Propulsion Research Complex (APRC) during a recent direct-connect test of a Variable Flow Ducted Rocket (VFDR) propulsion system. NASA Astrobiologist Identifies 'Extreme' New Life Form 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 24, 2005The end of a scientific journey - started five years ago in a frozen tunnel deep below the Alaska tundra - came in January for NASA astrobiologist Dr. Richard Hoover. High-Intensity Ultrasound Creates Hollow Nanospheres And Nanocrystals 
Champaign IL (SPX) Feb 23, 2005Using high-intensity ultrasound, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created hollow nanospheres and the first hollow nanocrystals. |
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