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Israel Set To Use Indian Rockets To Launch Spy Satellites New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Feb 08, 2008 
Israel will continue using Indian carrier rockets to launch its military satellites into space despite objections from Iran, The Indian Express quoted an Israeli source as saying on Thursday. "Since we have limited capacity to launch rockets, we are looking for partners in this regard, and India is a natural partner since we have such good relations," a senior Israeli diplomat said. Israel ... read more
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Fairchild Semiconductor Selects Pune, India For Research And Development Center
San Jose CA (SPX) Feb 07, 2008Fairchild Semiconductor has opened a design center in Pune, India. This research and design (R and D) center will be responsible for designing and developing the company's new generation of power MOSFETs and IGBT technology to support popular applications such as solar inverters, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), automotive, lighting and ballast applications. The Indian R and D design ... more Duke Energy's Advanced Clean Coal-Fueled Power Plants Approved 
Alexandria VA (SPX) Feb 07, 2008Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) released a statement supporting the permitting of two Duke Energy coal-fueled power plants, the Cliffside Steam Station in North Carolina and the Edwardsport Station in Indiana. Both plants will incorporate advanced technologies to help reduce air emissions while providing critical electricity generation for both regions. The approval of both th ... more Geotimes Explores For Oil Around The World 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2008With oil hovering around $90 a barrel, Geotimes magazine examines emerging trends and issues in several obvious, and some not-so-obvious locations, in this month's cover story "Oil Around the World." Land disputes, foreign sanctions, terrorism, war and economics play into the exploration and recovery of the world's oil and natural gas reserves. Be it Libya, Iraq or Norway, the South China ... more Russia May Build New Shuttle Spacecraft By 2015 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 30, 2008Russia's rocket and space corporation Energia may build a new-generation piloted spacecraft by 2015, the company president said on Tuesday. Energia has been developing a reusable manned spacecraft since 2000. It is designed to replace the Soyuz and Progress launch vehicles in making regular flights to the International Space Station and even the Moon and Mars. "Countries, such as the US ... more Making (Accurate Predictions Of) Waves 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2008A new review of tsunami hazards concludes that the 2004 catastrophe was far from the worst possible in many Indian Ocean borderlands - and notes that warning systems to guard at-risk populations are still lagging. Costas Synolakis, director of the University of Southern California Tsunami Research Center is co-author of "Far-Field Tsunami Hazard From Mega-Thrust Earthquakes in the Indian Ocean ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2008A wave of new NASA research on tsunamis has yielded an innovative method to improve existing tsunami warning systems, and a potentially groundbreaking new theory on the source of the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. In one study, published last fall in Geophysical Research Letters, researcher Y. Tony Song of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., demonstrated that real-time ... more Indian T-90 Deal Offers Lessons For America And Europe 
Washington (UPI) Jan 18, 2007 India's decision to purchase 347 T-90 Main Battle Tanks from Russia flies in the face of the strategic assumptions confidently -- and complacently -- held by both the European Union and the United States. The EU, lulled by the six decades of peace, security and unprecedented prosperity the continent has enjoyed since the end of World War II, despises the concept of "hard" or military po ... more ISRO Planning To Launch Satellite To Study The Sun 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 18, 2008In the midst of the buzz about Chandrayaan, the moon mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch a satellite to study the sun. 'Aditya' should be up in space by 2012 to study the dynamic solar corona, the outermost region of the sun. This fiery region has temperatures of over one million degrees, with raging solar winds that reach a velocity of up to 1000 km a se ... more Europe's Next Ride To The Moon: Chandrayaan-1 
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 14, 2008Excitement is rising as ESA is in the final stages of preparation for the first collaborative space mission with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Chandrayaan-1 will study the Moon in great detail and be the first Indian scientific mission leaving the Earth's vicinity. Europe is supplying three instruments for the mission. The Moon retains its fascination for planetary s ... more |
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Hyderabad, India (PTI) Dec 28, 2007ISRO will launch Carto-2A satellite which has Cartography applications including remote sensing, ground water development etc and a resolution of one meter, by end of January 2008 or first week of February, according to RK Rajangam, deputy director, ISRO. Talking to PTI on the sidelines of the launch of India's first students chapter of Astronautical Society of India, he said any object wanting ... more India And Russia Begin Talks On Chandrayaan-II 
New Delhi (PTI) Dec 19, 2007India has begun technical discussions with Russia on the joint moon mission Chandrayaan-II which is expected to be launched in 2011-12. Scientists are planning to land a rover on the moon for carrying out chemical analysis of the lunar surface and explore other resources on the earth's natural satellite. "In situ chemical analysis and resource exploration is the main objective of Chandrayaan-II, ... more Unique Porous Copper Structure Enables New Generation Of Military Micro-Detonators 
Athens GA (SPX) Dec 19, 2007Tiny copper structures with pores at both the nanometer and micron size scales could play a key role in the next generation of detonators used to improve the reliability, reduce the size and lower the cost of certain military munitions. Developed by a team of scientists from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and the Indian Head Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, the hig ... more ISRO Refutes INSAT-4CR Disappearance Story 
Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 17, 2007The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday refuted reports alleging that its INSAT-4CR satellite had "disappeared" for a while in space and later "brought back," reducing its ten-year life span by half. It's totally false and baseless. We totally deny it," ISRO spokesperson S Satish said here. Satish said the satellite, launched on September 2 this year, had been put in the ... more
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