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 Xichang, China (XNA) Aug 31, 2009 
China will soon send an Indonesian communications satellite into space on the back of Chinese-made Long March 3B rocket, a spokesperson for the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province said Saturday. All preparatory work is well underway and both the satellite and the rocket were in good condition, the spokesperson said. The Palapa D satellite, owned by ... read more 
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Aug 31, 2009The initial passenger for Arianespace's fifth Ariane 5 mission of this year was delivered to French Guiana following a trans-Atlantic cargo flight from Europe. HISPASAT's Amazonas 2 telecommunications relay satellite arrived this morning aboard an Antonov An-124 jetliner, which landed at Cayenne's Rochambeau International Airport. It will now begin final preparations for liftoff in late ... more
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Seoul, South Korea (Yonhap) Aug 31, 2009South Korea's first launch of a rocket must be viewed as a success, despite its inability to place a satellite into orbit, a former science and technology minister claimed Sunday. Oh Myung, currently president of Konkuk University, said the launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) last week was a success since the rocket and satellite payload reached an altitude of over 300km. ... more 
Ankara, Turkey (XNA) Aug 31, 2009The procurement process started for TURKSAT 4A satellite which planned to be launched to space in 2011,said TURKSAT Director Genera Ozkan Dalbay on Friday. Dalbay was quoted by semi-official Anatolia news agency as saying that "TURKSAT plans to manufacture the satellite at the end of the year," adding that TURKSAT would send a preliminary specification to producing companies by the end of ... more  
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2009In 1959, only two years after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik and ignited the space race, the University of California, Berkeley, created a laboratory devoted to space science that has grown to be one of the most active academic space research labs in the country. Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) has provided instruments for 75 satellite ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Aug 28, 2009Australian miner Aquila on Friday said China's Baosteel would take a 15 percent stake in its operations in a bid to fast-track its iron ore, coal and manganese projects. Baosteel, China's largest steel manufacturer, would invest 285.6 million dollars (240.1 million US) via a placement of 43.95 million shares, making it Aquila's second-largest stakeholder, the miner said. ... more  
Brussels (UPI) Aug 28, 2009 In Europe, the traditional light bulb perfected by American scientist Thomas Edison 130 years ago will soon be a remnant of the past. The European Union is banning the production of 100-watt incandescent light bulbs starting Tuesday in a bid to introduce compact fluorescent models, widely known as energy-savings bulbs. The move is in line with Brussels' plan to reduce the ... more  
Washington (AFP) Aug 28, 2009China has informed the United States it will scrap from Tuesday higher tariffs on imported auto parts following a World Trade Organization ruling, a top US trade official said Friday. "We are pleased that China has informed us that it is eliminating the additional charges on imported auto parts in response to the WTO ruling," US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said in a statement. ... more |
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