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India Wants US To Lift Remaining Sanctions On Space Technology
Bangalore, India (AFP) May 10, 2006India's main space agency Tuesday urged the United States to lift sanctions that remain in force on three of its operations and thus enable more high-tech imports. Look Forward To More Indian Satellites In Space 
Mumbai, India (PTI) May 10, 2006India could double the number of satellites it sends into space in two years once the United States, as expected, lifts a ban on sharing space technology with it, the head of the country's space agency said on Thursday. Orbiter 2006 Freeware Space Flight Simulator Released 
London (SPX) May 10, 2006The release of Orbiter 2006, the latest version of this comprehensive freeware space flight simulator, has been announced. Orbiter offers accurate physics, excellent 3D graphics, astronomy features, and a first-person astronaut's perspective. Created as an educational project by Dr. Martin Schweiger of University College London, Orbiter has been in development since 2000. |
Zenit Rocket Will Power AsiaSat 5 Launch
Washington DC (SPX) May 10, 2006AsiaSat announced Tuesday it has signed a launch contract with Sea Launch Company to launch its AsiaSat 5 aboard a Zenit-3SLB rocket. The launch, scheduled for the second half of 2008, will be from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Intelsat Sets IA-9 Launch For 2007 
Pembroke, Bermuda (SPX) May 10, 2006Intelsat announced Monday that it has scheduled the launch of its Intelsat Americas-9 satellite for the fourth quarter of 2007. The decision allows Intelsat to serve customer demand for high-powered Ku-band capacity for data networking, video and other applications, the company said in a statement. Raytheon Tests Advanced Space-Based Weather Sensor 
El Segundo CA (SPX) May 10, 2006Raytheon announced Tuesday it is performing space-qualified vacuum testing on a prototype of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, a key instrument in NOAA's National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System. |
UP Aerospace Offers Round-trip Payload Space Flights Directly to the Public
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 10, 2006UP Aerospace is continuing its preparations for the inaugural space launch from the New Mexico Spaceport this July. UP Aerospace's SpaceLoft XL vehicle provides the lowest cost-to-space of any space launch vehicle in the world. Aquanauts Learn About Teamwork And Task Performance For The Moon And Mars 
Houston TX (SPX) May 10, 2006In isolated environments, astronauts, flight crews, offshore workers and military forces must maintain vigilance and work together to ensure a safe and successful mission. The NEEMO undersea mission is a similar experience in key ways to what future space travelers might encounter," said Dr. David Dinges. Venus Express Reaches Final Mission Orbit 
Darmstadt, Germany (SPX) May 10, 2006ESA announced Tuesday the Venus Express spacecraft reached its operational orbit on Sunday, after completing 16 transitory loops around the veiled planet. |
Loral Reports A Positive First Quarter
New York NY (SPX) May 10, 2006Loral Space & Communications announced its revenue rose 30 percent during the first quarter, to $172 million, up $40 million from the first quarter of last year, and driven primarily by increased commercial satellite sales by Space Systems/Loral. Astronomers Find Two New Milky Way Companions 
Cambridge, United Kingdom (SPX) May 10, 2006British astronomers said Monday they have discovered two new, very faint companion galaxies to the Milky Way. The first was found in the direction of the constellation Canes Venatici, or the Hunting Dogs, by Daniel Zucker of Cambridge University. ESO Detects Most Distant Hydrogen Cloud 
Garching, Germany (SPX) May 10, 2006Astronomers have detected the presence of molecular hydrogen at the farthest distance ever using a quasar located 12.3 billion light-years away as a beacon. The team found the hydrogen cloud in an otherwise invisible galaxy observed when the universe was less than 1.5 billion years old - only about 10 percent of its present age. |
'Powerful' Volcano Eruption In Russia's Far East
Moscow (AFP) May 10, 2006A volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula in far eastern Russia erupted Tuesday in a powerful explosion that spewed smoke and ash up to 15 kilometers into the air and sent red-hot lava flowing down the volcano's slopes, news agencies reported. China, India Lead 15-Percent Rise In CO2 Emissions 
United Nations (AFP) May 10, 2006Fast-growing China and India helped to drive up global greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent over 1992-2002, fuelling the effects of climate change. MSV Supports New Laws Boosting Satellite Communications Provisions For Emergencies 
Reston, VA, May 10, 2006 Mobile Satellite Ventures, today praised the efforts of Senator Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye, for introducing the Communications, Consumer's Choice and Broadband Deployment Act 2006 last week. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Canadians Back Beefed-Up NORAD
Washington (UPI) May 10, 2006Canada's House of Commons has approved a government plan to renew the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which will last permanently and expand maritime mutual defense. Israel Seen As World's Sixth Nuclear Power 
London (AFP) May 10, 2006Israel, which Tuesday warned Iran against any future attack, is regarded as the sixth country in the world to acquire nuclear weapons -- a title its government has never confirmed or denied. Despite its ambiguous position, the Jewish state is widely regarded as owning at least 200 atomic warheads making it the only nuclear power in the Mid. East. EADS Bids Seven-Billion-Euro Saudi Radar Contract 
Paris (AFP) May 10, 2006The European aerospace giant EADS said Friday that it planned to bid in Saudi Arabia's tender for a border security radar system, a project worth an estimated seven billion euros (8.8 billlion dollars). |
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