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Satellite Collision Triggers Calls For Space Traffic Regulations Beijing, China (XNA) Feb 19, 2009 
The U.S.-Russian satellite collision not only caused a disturbance to the outer space, but also helped to arouse concern among space explorers about such accidents. The whole world has been reflecting on the inefficiency of existing space surveillance systems and has been calling for the introduction of new "space traffic regulations." ... read more
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Vienna (UPI) Feb 18, 2009 Last week's collision of U.S. and Russian satellites has prompted the call for creation of an International Civil Space Situational Awareness system. Brian Weeden, a consultant for the Secure World Foundation in Superior, Colo., proposed the concept Tuesday in Vienna during a meeting of a subcommittee of the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Weeden said the ... more Swords and Shields: Cutting supply lines 
Washington (UPI) Feb 18, 2009 Despite Moscow's assurances of support and cooperation in efforts to defeat the Taliban, Russia appears to be working hard to undermine NATO supply lines to the troops in Afghanistan. The coalition forces have used part of Manas Air Base as a military airfield since December 2001. They have set up semi-permanent hangars, aircraft maintenance facilities and a cargo depot, as well as ... more Iranian defence minister in Russia on missile quest 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 17, 2009Iran's defence minister on Tuesday met his Russian counterpart with the reported aim of persuading Moscow to deliver sophisticated air-defence missiles at a time of mounting tension with the West. Mostafa Mohammad Najjar met his Russian counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov, in "constructive" talks which looked at present and future Russian-Iranian defence relations, the Russian defence ministry ... more Russia, China agree multi-bln dlr oil deal: company 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 17, 2009Russia and China on Tuesday agreed a 20-year deal to pump Russian oil to the energy hungry Chinese market in return for financing for Russian oil majors Transneft and Rosneft, Transneft said in a statement. "Russia will deliver to China 15 million tonnes of petrol a year over 20 years under financing conditions which suit both sides," said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, according ... more Ireland scrambles over Russian navy oil spill 
Dublin (AFP) Feb 17, 2009Irish aircraft monitoring an oil spill believed to come from a Russian navy refuelling accident off Ireland's south coast have recorded 522 tonnes of fuel spreading across the sea, officials said Tuesday. Following an overfly of the spill, Irish authorities downgraded an earlier estimate of 1,000 tonnes given by the British coastguard, and said the fuel oil was now in three distinct slicks ... more |
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Moscow (XNA) Feb 14, 2009The collision between two satellites of the United States and Russia on Tuesday would be the result of a failure on the part of the U.S. Iridium satellite, an official of the Russian Defense Ministry told Xinhua Thursday. The orbit about 800 km above the Earth is called the "junk orbit," where defunct satellites from different countries gather together, said Yuri Ivanov, an official of the ... more Satellite Collision Not To Delay China's Space Program 
Beijing, China (XNA) Feb 14, 2009The wreckage of US and Russian satellites that collided over Siberia poses a threat to China's satellites in orbit, but the country's space plan will proceed as scheduled. A privately owned US communications spacecraft collided with a defunct Russian military satellite about 800 km above northern Siberia at 4:55 pm GMT on Tuesday, according to the US Strategic Command, which made it public ... more EU lays out voluntary space code 
Geneva (AFP) Feb 12, 2009The European Union on Thursday presented a proposal for a voluntary international code on the use of outer space to the Conference on Disarmament, just days after a Russian and US satellite collided. The draft code on civilian and military use, which includes pledges on the integrity of orbiting space objects, was already approved by EU ministers on December 8, the Czech Presidency of the bl ... more Russia still haunted by Afghan ghosts, 20 years on 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 15, 2009Russia on Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan, haunted by its catastrophic war against Islamists and convinced the trauma harbours lessons for Western forces today. On February 15, 1989 the last Soviet soldier left Afghanistan, ending a war that Moscow initially saw as a brief incursion to bolster its Afghan supporters but became a protracted and bloody ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Feb 13, 2009A Russian nuclear-powered cruiser has captured 10 Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean armed with grenade launchers, automatic rifles and landmines, a navy spokesman said Friday. "The nuclear cruiser Pyotr Veliky has detained three small pirate boats," said Igor Dygalo, adding that 10 armed men of Somali citizenship were seized in the operation Thursday. The pirates had been spotted by the ... more Russia, Turkey close to mega energy deals: official 
Moscow (AFP) Feb 13, 2009Russia and Turkey are close to agreeing energy deals worth billions of dollars under which Moscow will build a nuclear power station and supply electricity for Ankara, a Russian official said on Friday. During a visit by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said the two sides were nearing agreement on Russia winning the nuclear energy contract worth up to ... more Satellite collision threatens space assets 
Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2009A Russian and a US satellite crashed into each other in an unprecedented collision unleashing clouds of space debris that could threaten orbiting spacecraft, officials said Thursday. A disused Russian military satellite, Kosmos 2251, collided on Tuesday at 1655 GMT with a communications satellite owned by US-based Iridium Satellite LLC, Russian and US space officials said. The accident ... more Pentagon fails to anticipate satellite collision 
Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2009The Pentagon acknowledged Thursday that it did not anticipate the accidental collision in space of a US commercial satellite with a Russian military satellite, the first major event of its kind. "We did not predict this collision," said Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman. The Bethesda, Maryland-based Iridium Satellite LLC announced Wednesday it had lost an operational satellite after a ... more
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