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North Korea Joins Space Treaty And Convention Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 13, 2009 
North Korea has informed Russia that it has signed up to an international treaty and convention on space, a Russian Foreign Ministry source said on Thursday. "The Foreign Ministry of Russia, being a depositary state, received on March 5 notification that North Korea has joined the 1966 space treaty," the source said. The source said Pyongyang also told the Russian ministry that UN Se ... read more
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ILS Announces Proton Launch ViaSat-1 Satellite In 2011
Reston VA (SPX) Mar 13, 2009International Launch Services has announced a contract for the launch of the ViaSat-1 satellite on an ILS Proton. The satellite is under construction by Space Systems Loral and is scheduled to launch in the first half of 2011 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ViaSat-1 is a high capacity Ka-band spot beam satellite, which is expected to be the highest capacity of all current and p ... more ISS Partners Rule Out Turning Life On Orbiter Into Reality Show 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 13, 2009Roscosmos and NASA have decided not to pursue a U.S.-initiated idea to make life on the International Space Station (ISS) a reality show, the Russian Space Agency announced on Thursday. Views of Earth from the space station will be streamed round-the-clock on the NASA web site using cameras mounted on the exterior of the orbiter, but the activities of crewmembers monitored on interior came ... more SSTL Delivers On Russian KANOPUS Missions 
London, UK (SPX) Mar 10, 2009Surrey Satellite Technology has delivered to the customer, FSUE NPP VNIIEM, the first two suites of equipment for the KANOPUS-type satellite platforms. The equipment now in Russia has successfully completed two weeks of tests, marking a major milestone for the project and the customer. Work is now underway to integrate the equipment into the first two satellites, under a joint operation wi ... more Iridium Provides Update On Satellite Constellation 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 10, 2009Iridium is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, the company completed the replacement of the operational Iridium satellite lost in the collision three weeks ago with a non-operational Russian satellite. The unique architecture of Iridium's fully-meshed network of 66 satellites enabled the continuity of service to Iridium's customers while one of Iridium's in-orbit spares ... more Space Program Still Vital 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 10, 2009In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy told Congress we'd put a man on the moon by the end of the decade, he knew that the journey of discovery would yield more value than simply beating the Russians to the moon. "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth," were the w ... more |
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Washington (AFP) March 11, 2009The United States, China and negotiating partners are willing to discuss a range of responses, even UN action, if North Korea test fires a missile, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. After her talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Clinton said China as well as South Korea, Japan and Russia are committed to dismantling North Korea's nuclear program and to opposing ... more Ten years since NATO expansion, Poland sees alliance as bulwark 
Warsaw (AFP) March 11, 2009Ten years since NATO's watershed expansion into Moscow's Cold War-era stamping ground, which cemented Warsaw, Budapest and Prague's break with their old master, Poland still sees the alliance as a shield against Russia. "Russia was, is and will remain unpredictable," said Polish security policy expert Jan Czaja. "It won't stop being a problem. We saw that with the Georgia crisis. Putin ... more Russia sees 'new page' in US ties: Medvedev 
Moscow (AFP) March 11, 2009President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday predicted a "new page" in Russia-US relations under Barack Obama, amid reports Moscow is shelving a missile delivery to Iran that risked irking Washington. "The signals being received from the US president are completely positive," Medvedev said after a meeting with members of a US commission on Russia relations, including Senator Chuck Hagel and former sena ... more US, Russian spacemen take spacewalk: mission control 
Moscow (AFP) March 10, 2009A Russian cosmonaut and a US colleague ventured out of the International Space Station Tuesday on a spacewalk to install an experiment, make repairs and take pictures, a mission official said. Cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and astronaut Mike Fincke completed their tasks one hour ahead of schedule, finishing their spacewalk in four hours and 50 minutes, said Russian mission control spokeswoman Val ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Mar 9, 2009 Russia is strengthening its forces in the south of the country, including its powerful Black Sea Fleet, Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Vladimir Popovkin announced Thursday. Relations between Russia, the United States and NATO were tense for several months following the Russian invasion and occupation of one-third of the former Soviet republic of Georgia in the Caucasus last August. ... more Lavrov Against Arms Race In Space 
Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 09, 2009Russia's foreign minister said Saturday that an arms race in outer space is inadmissible and called on other world powers to unite efforts in countering missile threats. "Prevention of an arms race in space will contribute to ensuring the predictability of the strategic situation and preserving the orbital property," Sergei Lavrov told a disarmament conference in Geneva, adding that all st ... more Despite An Upbeat Fresh Start Critical Differences Remain 
Geneva (AFP) March 6, 2009Russia and the United States on Friday signalled a fresh start on missile defence and disarmament issues after a first meeting of their foreign ministers since US President Barack Obama was elected. Both US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov said the meeting marked the beginning of a thaw in relations between the two superpowers. "This is a fresh ... more Georgia revamps military amid Russia tensions: minister 
Tbilisi (AFP) March 6, 2009Georgia is revamping its military to boost defence capabilities amid increasing tensions with Russia over two Moscow-backed breakaway regions, its defence minister said Friday. Defence Minister David Sikharulidze told AFP in an interview that the presence of thousands of Russian troops in Abkhazia and South Ossetia posed a "serious" risk to Georgian security. "We have to be prepared to d ... more
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