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US tourist ready for second trip to space Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 24, 2009 
US software pioneer Charles Simonyi should on Thursday become the first person in history to travel into space twice as a tourist, in trips costing a total of 60 million dollars. Simonyi will blast off for the International Space Station (ISS) at 1149 GMT from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome deep in the Kazakh steppe, along with a professional astronaut and cosmonaut. The software program ... read more
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ASTRA Extends European Reach To 122 Million Homes
London, UK (SPX) Mar 25, 2009SES ASTRA has announced that it has significantly increased its reach in Europe, particularly in France, Ukraine and the UK, and is now broadcasting to 122 million analogue and digital TV homes across Europe. The significant increase in reach was especially driven by the increase of ASTRA's digital satellite penetration across Europe. The satellite operator gained 6.1 million digital satel ... more NATO chief warns of 'difficult' relations with Russia 
Washington (AFP) March 24, 2009US relations with Russia were entering a period of "uncertainty" as Moscow appeared determined to sow discord within Europe and undermine US influence, NATO's top commander warned on Tuesday. "The relationship with Russia is likely to be more difficult to manage in coming years than any time since the end of the Cold War," General John Craddock told a congressional hearing in written testimo ... more EU's Baltic states still 'islands' in power market 
Vilnius (AFP) March 24, 2009Five years since they joined the European Union, the bloc's Baltic states are still barely plugged into its electricity network and remain hooked to the grid of their Soviet-era master Moscow. Limited moves to resolve the situation mean the role of Russian power is set to strengthen from the end of this year, when a key but aging nuclear power plant in Lithuania closes down under a deal with ... 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 |
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Lagos (AFP) March 20, 2009Nigeria, the world's second-biggest gas flarer after Russia, aims to halt this environmentally unfriendly practice by 2010, or 2011 at the latest, the country's oil minister said Friday. "The absolute deadline ... would be certainly within the term of this administration," Odein Ajumogobia told AFP, referring to 2011. He added that 2010 was still the target date. Flaring, the practice of ... more US Senator: US, Russia must work through 'strained' ties 
Washington (AFP) March 19, 2009An influential US Senator warned Thursday that US-Russia relations will be "strained for some time" but urged speedy efforts to extend a nuclear cooperation accord that expires December 5. "The foundation of the US-Russian strategic relationship is at risk of collapsing in less than nine months," Senator Richard Lugar, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in ... more Russia test fires cruise missiles: reports 
Moscow (AFP) March 19, 2009Russian Tupolev bombers Thursday successfully test-fired cruise missiles in the country's far-northern Vorkuta region, local news agencies Interfax and Ria Novosti reported. "The last two bombers returned a few minutes ago to their permanent base after launching the missiles. In all six long-range bombers took part," in the exercise, said air force spokesman Vladimir Drik. Tu-95Mc and Tu ... more 'Opportunity' for US missile deal: Russian spokesman 
Moscow (AFP) March 19, 2009Russia sees "every opportunity" to reach agreement with the United States on missile defence issues, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday, referring to controversial US plans. "Potentially we have every opportunity to agree on anti-missile defence," Andrei Nesterenko told journalists at a briefing. The issue of missile defence created severe strains between Moscow and Washington ... more |
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Prague (AFP) March 19, 2009Czech opposition to the installation of a US anti-missile radar system in their country has grown, as a record 70 percent now reject the project, a poll showed Thursday. Only 25 percent of those polled back the project, according to the survey conducted by the official polling institute CVVM in February. In January, 65 percent opposed the plan, which has angered Russia. "Results sinc ... more Global warming greatest threat to polar bears: Arctic states 
Tromsoe, Norway (AFP) March 19, 2009The five countries that ring the Arctic on Thursday declared climate change the single greatest threat to polar bears, calling for urgent action to curb global warming. Months ahead of a crucial global climate conference, the five countries - Canada, Denmark (with Greenland), Norway, Russia and the United States - expressed their "deep concern" at the end of a three-day meeting in the nort ... more Russia firm may join Toshiba nuclear power group 
Moscow (AFP) March 19, 2009A giant Russian nuclear energy firm, Atomenergoprom, may help build a uranium enrichment plant in Japan in a joint venture with Toshiba, the Russian company said in a statement Thursday. "Atomenergoprom and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to launch detailed studies of potential joint construction of a uranium enrichment plant based on Russian technology on the territory of Japan or another ... more Successful Launch For GOCE 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Mar 20, 2009At 15:21 CET on 17 March 2009, the new environmental satellite GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) was successfully launched into Earth orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The Rockot launch vehicle brought the satellite into a near-polar orbit with an inclination of 96.5 degrees at an altitude of 260 kilometres. From this orbit, GOCE will map ... more
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