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US, Russian satellites collide in space Washington (AFP) Feb 11, 2009 
Two satellites collided in space hundreds of miles (kilometers) above Earth, destroying an Iridium commercial satellite in a crash that may result in disruption of service, the US company said Wednesday. The Bethesda, Maryland-based company said it "lost an operational satellite" after it was struck Tuesday by a spent Russian satellite, in what is being described as the first major collision ... read more
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When Satellites Collide
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 11, 2009We have been speculating that pieces of space debris occasionally hit active satellites, but we had no concrete evidence to confirm such a hypothesis. All that has changed in an instant. On February 10th, an active commercial satellite and an expired Russian Cosmos spacecraft apparently tried to cross the same point in space at the same time. Both vehicles were traveling at about ... more Proton-M Rocket Orbits 2 New Telecom Satellites 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (RIA) Feb 12, 2009A Proton-M rocket has successfully orbited two new Russian Express-series communications satellites, a Russian federal space agency official said on Wednesday. The rocket blasted off at 3:03 a.m. Moscow time (00:03 GMT) from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan and put the satellites into orbit as previously scheduled at 12:29 p.m. (09:29 GMT). Anatoly Shilov, the head of Roscomos ... more Swords and Shields: Russian nuke cuts 
Washington (UPI) Feb 11, 2009 The Obama administration plans to negotiate an unprecedented strategic nuclear arms reduction initiative with Moscow. The drastic proposal, greeted by Russia, may result in cutting the American and Russian nuclear stockpiles by some 80 percent to 1,000 warheads each. As previously reported by UPI, in December 2008 former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger visited Moscow on behalf ... more Russian Ramps Up Iskander-M Engine Production 
Washington (UPI) Feb 11, 2009 Russia's Omsk engine design and production bureau has begun a large-scale production of engines for the Iskander-M short-range tactical missile system, RIA Novosti reported Friday. "The company has received a large Defense Ministry order to manufacture engines for Iskander-M systems. The first batch must be supplied by the end of February," Valery Kovalchuk, Omsk bureau deputy general ... more Russia welcomes 'fresh' US approach on Iran 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 11, 2009Russia on Wednesday hailed US President Barack Obama's offer to hold talks with Iran, saying his "fresh approach" would help international efforts to end a six-year nuclear standoff with Tehran. At talks with EU officials, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slammed the approach of ex-president George W. Bush and said Obama's offer to talk to Iran would help the six major powers trying to ... more |
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Baku (AFP) Feb 11, 2009The chief of Azerbaijan's air force was shot dead outside his home early Wednesday, the highest ranking military official to be killed in the oil-rich republic wedged between Russia and Iran. Lieutenant-General Rail Rzayev, 64, was gunned down outside his home in the capital Baku as he left for work, interior ministry spokesman Sadiq Gozalov told AFP. "The general was shot and received a ... more Russian cargo ship blasts off for ISS 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 10, 2009A Russian cargo ship carrying supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) blasted off Tuesday from the Baikonour cosmodrome, Russian state television pictures showed. The Progress M-66 cargo ship blasted off on a Soyuz rocket from the Russian-operated cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at around 0550 GMT. It is due to dock with the ISS at 0719 GMT on Friday. The Interfax news agency quoted ... more US, Russia must work to halt nuclear proliferation: Obama 
Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2009US President Barack Obama said Monday the United States and Russia should lead the way in preventing nuclear proliferation by restarting negotiations to cut their atomic arsenals. "I think it's important for the United States and Russia to lead the way on this," Obama told his first news conference. He added that he has told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev "it is important for us to ... more Russia 2008 arms sales post-Soviet record: Medvedev 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 10, 2009Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that Russia sold 8.35 billion dollars worth of arms last year, a new post-Soviet record. And despite a rise of 800 million dollars (around 10 percent) in arms sales on 2007, Medvedev told his top officials to boost further purchases by seeking out new international markets. "It is obvious that this year will not be easy because the whole ... more |
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Astana (AFP) Feb 9, 2009Kazakhstan on Monday became the latest nation to offer its territory for the transit of supplies to coalition troops in Afghanistan, following Kyrgyzstan's shock decision to shut a key US airbase. "Kazakhstan has given its consent to the transit of cargo by land for the logistical material for the US contingent in Afghanistan," Kazakh foreign ministry spokesman Yerzhan Ashikbayev told report ... more Saving Money By Buying For Local Warfare Only Part One 
Washington (UPI) Feb 9, 2009 Indonesia's recent purchase of several older-design Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker combat aircraft from Russia highlights a crucial lesson of weapons development and international arms sales - technical superiority is relative, not absolute. You don't need state-of-the-art weapons if your potential enemies are only equipped with older ones. Just making sure you have a sufficient quantitative and qualit ... more Russia's Progress Digital Cargo Spacecraft Buried In Pacific 
Moscow (RIA) Feb 09, 2009Russia's new, digitally-controlled Progress M-01M series spacecraft was "buried" on Sunday at a "spaceship cemetery" in the southern Pacific, Mission Control said. "The cargo spacecraft's remaining fragments fell into the Pacific Ocean after re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere is 11:19 a.m. Moscow time [81:49 GMT]," Mission Control said. The Progress M-01M cargo spacecraft undocked ... more Arianespace And Thales Announce Contract With Russian Operator Gazprom 
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 09, 2009Arianespace has been chosen to launch the two communications satellites, Yamal-401 and Yamal-402 within the scope of a contract between Thales Alenia Space and Russian operator Gazprom. The launch contract was signed yesterday in Moscow, following the contract signed by Thales Alenia Space and Gazprom for the in-orbit delivery of the satellites Yamal-401 and Yamal-402. Thales Alenia ... more
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