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Details Of M-Class Cosmic Vision Candidates Now AvailableParis, France (ESA) Dec 03, 2009 A series of formal presentations on the 6 medium-class candidate missions in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 plan was made to a large gathering of Europe's scientific community on 1 December. This meeting marks the end of the assessment phase and the start of the down-selection process. The assessment study reports are now available. The Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 plan is the current embodiment o ... read more |
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Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2009The launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, aboard a Delta II rocket is scheduled to occur between 9:09 a.m. and 9:23 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA will provide television and Internet coverage of prelaunch activities and launch. After launch, WISE will scan the entire sky in infrared light with a sensitivity ... more  
Tehran (UPI) Dec 1, 2009 As Iran appears to be lurching into confrontation with the United States once more, Tehran says it plans to launch a new communications satellite with no foreign help after Russia and Italy refused to send it into space. The actions by Moscow and Rome underlined Iran's growing isolation following a severe crackdown on internal dissent following June's disputed presidential elections and ... more  
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Dec 03, 2009Rapid development in the Middle East space industry is building a strong demand for a skilled and well-trained workforce to take it forward, creating opportunities for young Arabs to become the next generation of space engineers and scientists. Dr. Salem Issa, Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences at the UAE University, will tell next week's Global Space Technology ... more |
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Amman, Jordan (UPI) Dec 2, 2009 Jordan's armed forces have signed a deal with Italy's Selex Galileo to manufacture UAV technologies and electro-optic sensors for the kingdom's special operations forces. Under the contract, SELEX Galileo will work in collaboration with the King Abdullah Design and Development Bureau to develop advanced capabilities. The company's tactical unmanned aerial system Falco will be used as th ... more  
Taipei (AFP) Dec 3, 2009Taiwan's financial regulator on Thursday refused to comment on reports that Industrial and Commercial Bank of China plans to acquire a stake in the island's leading bank. Taiwanese media reported that Cathay Financial Holdings had been in talks with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to sell a 20 percent stake for up to 3.0 billion US dollars. Taiwan's existing law bans Chinese firm ... more  
New York (AFP) Dec 3, 2009US auto giant General Motors has reached a deal to hand control of its joint venture with China's SAIC Motor Corp to the Shanghai-based car maker, the New York Times said Thursday. SAIC said Thursday its shares had been suspended from trading pending an announcement on a "major assets restructuring." The company's board of directors were to meet next Wednesday to discuss the planned rest ... more |
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