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February 15, 2013

Another Sea Launch Failure
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 14, 2013
Sea Launch is currently a Russian spacecraft launch service that uses a mobile seagoing platform for direct equatorial launches of commercial payloads on Zenit 3SL rockets. Since its inception there have been 31 launches, including three failures and one partial failure. The sea-based system operates out of Long Beach, California, but its launches take place from an equatorial spot in the Pacific Ocean. This location allows a minimal energy ascent-to-orbit for geostationary-bound satellites. ... read more

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				Antarctic subglacial lake may soon reveal its secrets Scientists from the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute have taken samples of water from Lake Vostok in Antarctic. This lake is hidden under a 3.5-km-thick layer of ice, which, as scient ... more		Russia to tap global LNG market Russia is ramping up the production of liquefied natural gas. The Russian JSC Gazprom has completed the development of a project to build a LNG-production facility in Vladivostok with a rated capaci ... more

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We have 93 years left till the next End of the World: killer asteroid to hit Earth in 2106 Less than a month ago NASA announced that the Earth is in fact safe from the infamous asteroid, Apophis, which was expected to collide with our planet in 2036. It is now reported that the chan ... more		Scotland's first satellite set to boldly go into orbit Clyde-built nanosatellite set for Russian take-off as company reveals plan for US base Alex Salmond took a close-up view of Scotland's first satellite as the Glasgow-based team behind the miss ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		Trimble Introduces High-Accuracy Correction Service For Agriculture Trimble has introduced a new high-accuracy correction service available to the agriculture market. The Trimble RangePoint RTX correction service is an introductory, cost-effective correction service ... more
				SES and VimpelCom sign deal for additional capacity to serve Russia's Far Eastern regions SES have announced that JSC VimpelCom (TM Beeline), one of Russia's leading mobile operators, has signed a three-year capacity deal for additional capacity on SES' NSS-9 satellite to deliver high-qu ... more		Russia Set to Orbit Six US Telecoms Satellites Russia will launch on Tuesday a Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying six Globalstar-2 telecommunications satellites from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. ... more

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Zenit Engine Worked Normally The first stage engine of the Zenit-2S rocket that failed shortly after Friday's launch operated in the normal regime during and after the liftoff, the press service of the Russian space agency Rosc ... more		Floating platform unharmed after Zenit launch failure The Odissei floating platform remains operational after the failed rocket carrier launch, Russia's space industry chief Vitaly Lopota has told reporters. On Friday, the Zenit-3SL rocket carryi ... more		Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage		The fate of Baikonur: Will Russia's space gates Open? The current uncertainty surrounding space activities at Baikonur in 2013 may be eliminated on Wednesday when Kazakh prime minister, Kairat Kelimbetov, visits Russia to discuss several issues, includ ... more
				Russia's Troubled Rocket Cleared for Launch Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket will orbit a Mexican communication satellite, SatMex-8, in the first launch since the Yamal-402 satellite trouble, a spokesman for the Proton manufacturer, the Khrun ... more		Russia to use ballistic missiles to fight off asteroid threat Russia is planning to use intercontinental ballistic missiles to deliver destroyer spacecraft to celestial bodies that pose a threat to Earth, Deputy Chief Designer of the Makeyev State Rocket ... more

White House demands vote on Hagel nomination

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Defiant Iran announces uranium enrichment upgrade

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Reshuffle for Tiangong

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Will Russia's gas and oil giants sacrifice their monopoly?		Choosing the right people to go to Mars		Russian scientists get first ice samples from Antarctic Lake Vostok		Soyuz rockets will be taking Americans to ISS		Russia to Launch Lunar Mission in 2015

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Russian astronomers discover new huge comet

Roscosmos Releases Report On Proton Launch Anomaly

Russia's new submarine: arming for peace

Simulated Mars mission reveals body's sodium rhythms

Russia develops new rocket fuel

Congress Approves Bill Supporting Human Space Exploration

Russian Air Force Gets First Six Su-35S Fighter Jets

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India Receives Second Russia-Built Stealth Missile Frigate

Russia testing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's medicine

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Russia to Launch New Light Class Carrier Rocket in 2013

Russia designs new types of intercontinental missiles

Russia to triple state defense order by 2015

India gets 4 Russian carrier-based fighters

Russia to build new radiolocation stations

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