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ISRO Set To Launch GSLV-D3Bangalore, India (PTI) Apr 06, 2010 ISRO is preparing to launch a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D3), powered for the first time by a home-made cryogenic engine, from Sriharikota spaceport this month, its chief K Radhakrishnan said on Friday. "Preparations are going on. The final reviews are also taking place. It could be any day from April 15 (at around 16.30 hours), which is the first available opportunity", he told PTI. GSLV-D3 would carry on board GSAT-4 experimental satellite in which ISRO is also testing s ... read more |
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Northrop Grumman To Supply Integrated Bridge Systems For New Indian Navy Fleet Tankers
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2010Northrop Grumman has been selected to supply integrated bridge systems (IBS) for two new fleet tankers being built in Italy for the Indian Navy. The IBS orders were placed with Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine unit by the Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri, which is under contract to build the two tankers at its shipyards in Liguria and Palermo. Terms of the contract for the IBS were ... more Northern Chile Observatory To Monitor Last Seismic Gap
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 16, 2010The high-magnitude earthquake of 27.2.2010 in southern Central Chile closed one of the two remaining seismic gaps at the South American plate boundary. After the quake of Concepcion, the remaining gap in the north of Chile now holds potential for a comparable strong quake and is, thus, moving more and more into the focus of attention. The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, has bee ... more Solar 'Conveyor Belt' Runs At Record-High Speeds
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 16, 2010Solar physicist David Hathaway of NASA's Marshall Space flight Center in Huntsville, AL and graduate student Lisa Rightmire of the University of Memphis in Tennessee have been monitoring the sun using the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). They observe a massive circulating current of fire (hot plasma) within the sun operating at a faster pace as reported in the March 12th issue of ... more |
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Lockheed Martin Wins Contract To Build GeoEye-2Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2010 Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company has been selected by GeoEye, Inc. to build the company's next-generation, high-resolution Earth imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2. Financial terms are not being disclosed at this time. Lockheed Martin has begun start-up activities and procurement of long-lead components to support the earliest possible launch date for GeoEye-2. This effort will lead to a contract award for the design, engineering and manufacturing of the satellite and the associated c ... read more |
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