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Japan's first GPS satellite in operational orbitTokyo (UPI) Sep 28, 2010 Japan's first navigation satellite will improve positioning coverage in mountainous terrain and urban centers, authorities say. The country's space agency announced the Michibiki satellite entered its orbit Monday more than 20,000 miles above Asia, SPACE.com reported. Michibiki, which means "guiding" or "showing the way" in Japanese, will undergo three months of technology tests before it enters service. Michibiki blasted off Sept. 11 from the Tanegashima Space Center, reaching a ... read more |
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Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Sep 14, 2010The complex fracture pattern created by the earthquake in Concepcion (Chile) on 27 February 2010 was to a certain extent predictable. GPS observations from the years before the earthquake showed the pattern of stresses that had accumulated through the plate movements during the past 175 years in this area. The stress distribution derived from the observations correlates highly with the sub ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2010Japan on Saturday launched a rocket carrying a satellite intended to improve global positioning systems. The H-IIA rocket blasted off at 8:17pm (1117 GMT) from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). About 30 minutes after the launch, the rocket successfully released the "Michibiki" satellite, whose name means "showing t ... more  
Moscow, Russia (XNA) Sep 09, 2010Russia has sent three satellites into space early Wednesday, said spokesman for Russian Space Forces Alexei Zolotukhin. A Rokot launch vehicle blasted off from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia at 07:30 a.m. Moscow time (0330 GMT), with two military satellites of "Cosmos" series and the "Gonets-M" satellite atop. The launch was completed in normal mode, said Zolotukhin, ad ... more |
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Russia to get high-tech Israeli armsTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 7, 2010 The long-term military cooperation agreement Israel has signed with Russia may be a key part of a deal under which Moscow, badly in need of foreign technology to reboot its moribund defense industry, will cancel or delay plans to sell Syria advanced systems. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and his Russian counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov signed the deal in Moscow Monday. Neither side revealed details of the landmark agreement but Serdyukov said in a statement, "It's very important for ... read more |
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