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Russia launches Cosmos-series military satelliteMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 28, 2011 Russia's Space Forces launched on Monday a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with a Cosmos class military satellite on board, spokesman Lt. Col. Alexey Zolotukhin said. The rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk space center in north Russia at 08.00 pm Moscow time (16.00 GMT). "The rocket put the Cosmos-series military satellite into the designated orbit at 08.08 pm Moscow time [16.08 GMT]," Zolotukhin said, adding that the satellite was assigned the serial number Cosmos 2472. The satellite is a new ... read more |
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  The Russian Defence Market 2011-2021 The Russian defence market is set to expand considerably over the next decade, with the Russian authorities seeking to modernise and improve the capabilities of the Russian armed forces, and to ceme ... more | .. |
  Nigeria prepares to launch two earth observation satellites Nigeria has concluded plans to launch into orbit two satellites from Russia on July 7, a top government official with the country's National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has said. ... more | .. |
  Express AM8, AT1 and AT2 programmes are now in full effect Thales Alenia Space has announced the official start of the Express AM8, AT1 and AT2 programs. The tri-partite contract was signed in September 2010 with RSCC (Russian Space Operator) and JSC "ISS - ... more | .. |
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  Progress M-11M space freighter launched into orbit A Russian cargo spacecraft undocked from a Soyuz-U carrier rocket and was launched into orbit on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said. It was sent to the International Space Sta ... more | .. |
 Russia's Mission Control raises ISS orbit by 19.2 km Russia's Mission Control has adjusted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) by raising it 19.2 kilometers (11.9 miles) to 364.6 km (226.5 miles), a spokesman for the Mission Control sai ... more | .. |
  Capstone Turbine Receives Order for Four C1000s From BPC Engineering Capstone Turbine recently received an order for four C1000 Power Packages that will be installed in a combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP) application at the New Century shopping mall in Soch ... more | .. |
  200 tons of banned pesticides found near central Russian village Residents of the village of Rozhdestvenskoye in the Voronezh Region discovered 200 metric tons of prohibited pesticides containing mercury close to their houses, the local branch of Russia's agricul ... more |
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 New Crew Members Prepare for Launch Expedition 28 Flight Engineers Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:12 p.m. EDT Tuesday (2:12 a.m. Wednesday, Baiko ... more | .. |
  Russia plans to launch six Glonass satellites in 2011 Russian Space Agency Roscosmos plans to launch five Glonass-M satellites and one Glonass-K satellite in 2011, Roscosmos' deputy chief Anatoly Shilov said Wednesday. The first launch of the Glo ... more | .. |
  Shipments Of Sea Launch Zenit-3Sl Hardware Resume On Schedule Sea Launch has resumed shipments of Zenit-3SL hardware in preparation for its return to launch operations in the third quarter of 2011. The two-stage Zenit-2S booster, manufactured by PO Yuzhm ... more | .. |
 ATV-2 adjusts ISS orbit; ext TMA Soyuz assembled Russia's Mission Control raised the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) by 3.74 km (2.3 miles), to 346,4 km (215.2 miles), a Mission Control spokesman said on Friday. "The adjustmen ... more |
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 Russia delivers another batch of naval fighters to India Russia's MiG aircraft maker delivered a new batch of five MiG-29K/KUB carrier-based fighters to the Indian navy in May, the company said. "A flight training simulator and other technical equip ... more | .. |
  Russia lacks personnel to dismantle nuclear sites Russia is experiencing an acute shortage of personnel to ensure the decommissioning and dismantling of nuclear facilities, state-run nuclear corporation Rosatom officials and experts warned on Frida ... more | .. |
  Medvedev says Russia, US 'losing time' on missile defense Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday expressed his dissatisfaction with how the negotiations with the United States on the missile defense shield are continuing, saying the sides are losing t ... more | .. |
  West to have 80,000 cruise missiles by 2020 Russian military experts forecast that Western nations will have 80,000 cruise missile by 2020, a deputy commander of the Russian General Staff said on Saturday. "We expect Western countries t ... more |
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Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn
China starts construction of Tibet mega-dam
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 Spacewalkers Outfit Station The International Space Station's Canadarm2 is closer to having a new base of operation, giving it access to much of the orbiting laboratory's Russian segment. Endeavour Mission Specialists Drew Feu ... more | .. |
 Expedition 27 Crew Undocks from Station After spending 157 days aboard the International Space Station, Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli undocked from the station ... more | .. |
  Russia opens negligence case over loss of Glonass satellites Russian prosecutors have opened a criminal case on charges of negligence that led to the loss of three Glonass satellites last year, the Prosecutor General's Office said on Monday. The satelli ... more | .. |
 Russia sends two Soyuz carrier rockets to French Guiana Two Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets are on the way from Samara to St. Petersburg to be shipped to French Guiana for future launches from the Kourou space center, the Progress design bureau said. ... more |
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  Blackbody energy set the stage for clocks with unprecedented accuracy A team of physicists from the United States and Russia has announced that it has developed a means for computing, with unprecedented accuracy, a tiny, temperature-dependent source of error in atomic ... more | .. |
  Army Equipping Afghans and Iraqis on Mi-17s The U.S. Army is acquiring and sustaining Russian-built Mi-17 helicopters for Iraqi and Afghan forces so they can further stand up their respective militaries and enable more U.S. forces to return h ... more | .. |
  Russia and Norway to begin naval drills Russia and Norway will begin a joint large-scale naval exercise, Pomor-2011, on Wednesday, a spokesman for Russia's Northern Fleet said. The six-day exercise in the Barents and Norwegian seas ... more | .. |
 Russian firm accused of selling rocket engines to US at half cost Russian engineering corporation Energomash sold rocket engines to the United States at half production cost, losing $32 million as a result, the Russian Comptroller's Office said on Wednesday. ... more |
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AI helps automate nuclear reactor licensing process at INL
Battery sharing model boosts savings for local energy communities
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 United States unfolding missile defense in Europe de facto says Rogozin The United States is already deploying its missile defense system in Europe without waiting for an agreement with Russia, Russia's envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said. Romania announced on Tuesd ... more | .. |
  Russian defense ministry may broadcast live Bulava missile launches The Russian Defense Ministry plans to broadcast live test launches of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on its new website, spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. Russia plans t ... more | .. |
 Russian defense industry needs investment warns Medvedev Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday urged the government to come up with ideas on how to boost the flow of investment to the national defense industry. "You should consider mechanisms ... more | .. |
 Mistral talks stumble over sensitive technology Talks between Russia and France on the purchase of Mistral class helicopter carriers have come to a dead end over Russia's demands on the transfer and licensed production of sensitive electronics, a ... more |
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 Moscow court upholds ban against satellite image distributor A Moscow court upheld a ban on Friday prohibiting the Russian research and development company ScanEx from distributing satellite images of Earth at a resolution higher than two meters. Scanex ... more | .. |
  ESA hands over keys to Soyuz launch site The official ceremony marking ESA's handover of the Soyuz launch site to Arianespace took place at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, after the site was declared ready for the first flight and the ... more | .. |
ISS orbit to be readjusted for Soyuz TMA-20 return The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) will be raised by 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) on Thursday, Russian Mission Control said. "The readjustment is necessary to ensure the best condit ... more | .. |
  Space Adventures proposes modified Soyuz TMA for Lunar tourists U.S. Space Adventures, the only company currently offering tourist orbital spaceflights, has offered to equip the Russian Soyuz TMA spaceship with additional living space for eight-day commercial fl ... more |
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