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Soyuz Moved To Pad For Thursday Launch To StationBaikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Oct 06, 2010 The Soyuz spacecraft that will carry three new Expedition 25 flight engineers to the International Space Station was rolled out to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka will launch aboard the new Soyuz TMA-01M Thursday at 7:10 p.m. EDT (Friday, Kazakhstan time) and begin a five-month tour of duty aboard the station after docking to the Poisk module Saturday evening. Meanwhile, ... read more |
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Havana, Cuba (RIA Novosti) Sep 17, 2010Moscow and Havana plan to connect Cuba to the Glonass navigation satellite system, the Russian ambassador to Cuba said on Wednesday. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems enable users to determine their positions to within a few meters. ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 16, 2010Russia's Energomash company will send on Wednesday a batch of four rocket engines for U.S. Atlas rockets under a contract with Lockheed Martin. "Four five-ton engines in special containers will be loaded on trailers and delivered to the Sheremetyevo airport. They will be later transported on board an An-124-100 cargo aircraft to the United States," Energomash said on Tuesday. The Rus ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 17, 2010Last week, a blog entry appeared on the Internet with photos showing intruders at a Russian air-defense base. A subsequent scandal prompted the Defense Ministry to announce an investigation into the incident and to tighten security. A RIA Novosti commentator visited a battalion of S-300 Favorit (SA-20 Gargoyle) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems from the Fifth Brigade of the Air-Defense ... more |
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Astrium And ScanEx Sign An Exclusive Deal On New Spot BirdsParis, France (SPX) Sep 15, 2010 Astrium Services has signed a ten-year partnership with the Russian research and development centre ScanEx for the reception and distribution rights on the upcoming SPOT 6 and 7 satellites. This partnership, which also provides ScanEx the exclusive reception and distribution rights on the SPOT 5 satellite, is part of a long term cooperation programme between Astrium and Russian industry. ScanEx is a remote sensing company offering a complete set of services ranging from the acquisition to the proc ... read more |
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