Space Daily articles from July 2005

Space Daily archives from July 2005

NASA Announces Aerospace Systems Modeling Selection.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., June 29 (SPX) -- NASA will award Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) a contract this month to support aerospace systems modeling and simulation facilities at Ames Research Center,...

Warmer Air May Cause Increased Antarctic Sea Ice Cover.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, June 30 (SPX) -- Predicted increases in precipitation due to warmer air temperatures from greenhouse gas emissions may actually increase sea ice volume in the Antarctic's Southern Ocean. This finding...

TracVision Offers Satellite TV In A Small Package For Mariners Around Mexico.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MIDDLETOWN, R.I., July 1 (SPX) -- KVH Industries, Inc., is changing the rules for maritime satellite TV in and around Mexico with the introduction of its new Sky Mexico-configured TracVision' satellite TV systems. ...

Researchers Discover Microbes Can Produce Miniature Electrical Wires.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers AMHERST, Mass., July 1 (SPX) -- Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered a tiny biological structure that is highly electrically conductive. This breakthrough helps describe how...

How To See NASA's Comet Crash In The Sky.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 29 (SPX) -- When NASA's Deep Impact slams an 800-pound projectile into Comet Tempel 1 at 23,000 miles per hour, the collision should create quite a splash. Cameras and other instruments on...

Rosetta Gets First Glimpse Of Deep Impact Target.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 1 (SPX) -- ESA's Rosetta comet-chaser spacecraft has acquired its first view of the Deep Impact target, Comet 9P/Tempel 1. This first Rosetta image of the Deep Impact campaign was taken by its Navigation...

NASA's Terra Satellite Captures Fires On Sumatra.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers GREENBELT, Md., June 29 (SPX) -- A thick cloud of smoke pours from forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Forest fires are common in Indonesia during the hot, dry months of the dry season, which runs from...

Orbimage To Provide Microsoft With Imagery For MSN Virtual Earth.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers DULLES, Va., June 30 (SPX) -- Orbimage Holdings announced Wednesday that its subsidiary Orbimage signed an agreement with Microsoft to supply high resolution global satellite image data for MSN Virtual Earth, a key...

Istanbul From Space.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, June 28 (SPX) -- The city of Istanbul, located astride the eastern edge of Europe and western edge of the Asian continent, shown in an Envisat radar multi-temporal composite image. What is today Europe's...

NASA Researchers Discover Planet With Largest Solid Core.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers TOKYO, July 1 (SPX) -- NASA researchers recently discovered the largest solid core ever found in an extrasolar planet, and their discovery confirms a planet formation theory. "For theorists, the discovery of a...

KVH Receives $1.5M Order From US Military For TACNAV Nav Systems.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MIDDLETOWN, R.I., June 28 (SPX) -- KVH Industries has announced that it has received a new order worth approximately $1.5 million from an existing U.S. military customer for the company's TACNAV military vehicle...

Theory Developed For Human Genome Evolution By Tracking 'Stealth' DNA.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BATON ROUGE, La., July 1 (SPX) -- A group of LSU researchers, led by biological sciences Professor Mark Batzer, have unraveled the details of a 25-million-year-old evolutionary process in the human genome. Their study...

Russian Space Center To Complete Third Orbital Module.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, July 1 (SPX) -- The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) has allocated money to the Khrunichev Space Center to complete the construction of a multipurpose research module (MRM) for the International Space...

Tulips On The Moon.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOFFET FIELD, Calif., June 28 (SPX) -- Bernard Foing, Chief Scientist at the European Space Agency, is also Project Scientist for SMART-1, a spacecraft now orbiting the Moon. SMART-1 is currently mapping the lunar...

Life Detection Instrument Passes Key Test On Road To Mars.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BERKELEY, Calif., June 29 (SPX) -- The dry, dusty, treeless expanse of Chile's Atacama Desert is the most lifeless spot on the face of the Earth, and that's why Alison Skelley and Richard Mathies joined a team of NASA...

Messenger Sets Course For Earth Flyby.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers LAUREL, Md., June 29 (SPX) -- A short maneuver on June 23 kept Messenger on track for its Aug. 2 flyby of Earth - the major gravity assist that starts the next leg of the spacecraft's journey toward Mercury. ...

Scientist Refines Cosmic Clock To Determine Age Of Milky Way.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers CHICAGO, June 30 (SPX) -- The University of Chicago's Nicolas Dauphas has developed a new way to calculate the age of the Milky Way that is free of the unvalidated assumptions that have plagued previous methods. ...

Focus Area: Expeditionary Air And Space Power.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MAXWELL, Ala., June 30 (SPX) -- The concept of US Air Force expeditionary operations is both old and new. The United States has employed expeditionary airpower for quite some time. Air units sent to Europe in World...

ViaSat Looking To Simplify Network-Centric Communications for Air Force.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers CARLSBAD, Calif., July 1 (SPX) -- ViaSat has won a $3.16 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Cryptologic Systems Group to develop cryptographic equipment for the Space Ground Applications in Satellite System...

LockMart's Joint Common Missile Successful In Controlled Test Vehicle Flight.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers ORLANDO, Fla., June 29 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin has successfully performed the first test flight of the Joint Common Missile (JCM) Controlled Test Vehicle (CTV-1) at China Lake, CA, marking the first time the JCM has...

Administrator Griffin Testifies On The Future Of NASA.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, June 28 (SPX) -- Dr. Michael Griffin, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), testified Tuesday before the House Science Committee at a wide-ranging hearing examining the...

Oceans Turning To Acid From Rise In CO2.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers STANFORD, Calif., July 1 (SPX) -- A report issued by the Royal Society in the U.K. sounds the alarm about the world's oceans. "If CO2 from human activities continues to rise, the oceans will become so acidic by 2100...

Engineers Deliver Robot to Neutralize Remote Explosives.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers TYNDALL, Md., June 30 (SPX) -- Engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate have rapidly prototyped, developed, and delivered low-cost expendable robots to disable and...

iRobot Introduces PackBot Explorer Robot.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BURLINGTON, Mass., June 29 (SPX) -- iRobot has introduced the iRobot PackBot Explorer, a new addition to iRobot's combat-proven line of PackBot robots. With new intelligent surveillance equipment, including three...

Pratt & Whitney Wins Contract For In-Space Cryogenic Propulsion System.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 29 (SPX) -- Pratt & Whitney (P&W) Space Propulsion announced Wednesday that it has begun work on a multi-year $40 million program (including options) from NASA's Exploration Systems Mission...

Sirius Satellite Radio To Launch Chinese And Korean Language Channels.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, June 29 (SPX) -- Sirius Satellite Radio and MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting, a privately held multi-ethnic radio operator, announced Tuesday a multi-year exclusive agreement to create and launch Asian...

2-Track Global Announces Contract With OrbComm LEO Constellation.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, July 1 (SPX) -- 2-Track Global Inc. today announced that it has entered into commercial contract with OrbComm Asia Limited, the satellite data communications company that offers data communication and...

Sunshine Mapping From Space Means Brighter Solar Energy Future.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, June 30 (SPX) -- How sunny is it outside right now - not just locally but all across Europe and Africa? Answering this question is at the heart of many weather-related business activities: solar power and the...

BAE Systems Receives $12.5M NASA R&D Contract.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MANASSAS, Va., June 30 (SPX) -- BAE Systems recently received a $12.5 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research and development of extreme temperature technology. ...

Mountain-Building Process Much Faster And Cooler Than Previously Thought.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers KINGSTON, Ontario, June 30 (SPX) -- Geologists at Queen's University have discovered that the time it takes for mountain ranges to form is millions of years shorter than previously thought. This controversial...

U. Of Colorado Geophysicists Image Rock Layers Under Himalaya.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., June 30 (SPX) -- A team of geophysicists at the University of Colorado at Boulder has developed a new technique to visualize the colliding rock bodies beneath the Himalaya with unprecedented detail,...

Japanese Space Observatory To Carry NASA X-RAY Instrument.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers GREENBELT, Md., July 1 (SPX) -- A pioneering X-ray detector developed at NASA'S Goddard Space Flight Center will launch on board the new Astro-E2 space observatory. Astro-E2's primary instrument is the...

AeroVironment Flies World's First Liquid Hydrogen Powered UAV.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BALTIMORE, June 29 (SPX) -- AeroVironment has successfully completed the world's first liquid hydrogen powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight tests. The fifty-foot wingspan prototype aircraft accomplished a...

Vigorous Hurricane Season Expected To Strike United States.
July 1, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PELLA, Iowa, June 30 (SPX) -- Forecasters predict a "very active" 2005 hurricane season, with 15 named tropical storms and eight hurricanes likely. Hurricane season continues until Nov. 20. Homeowners living in...

Northrop Grumman Assigns Nelson and Sepahban To Top Space Engineering Positions.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers REDONDO BEACH, Calif., July 3 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman has appointed two veterans of the company's space exploration and technology development business areas to lead two of its top engineering functions. Peggy...

Are Aerosols Reducing Coastal Drizzle And Increasing Cloud Cover.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PT. REYES STATION, Calif., July 1 (SPX) -- Scientists sponsored by the Department of Energy are conducting a six-month atmospheric research campaign at the Point Reyes National Seashore, in Marin County, California....

Global Warming To Be More Extreme In Some Areas Than Others.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers COLUMBIA, Mo., July 3 (SPX) -- Serious global climate change is nothing new; in fact, it is quite ancient. One University of Missouri-Columbia researcher has reviewed the earth's temperature patterns from the past 70...

NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Preps for July 4 Fireworks.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., July 3 (SPX) -- NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft continues to sail through its final checkout, as it hurtles toward comet Tempel 1. Impact with the comet is scheduled for 1:52 a.m. EDT, July 4 (10:52...

Thai Optical Earth Observation Space System.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 3 (SPX) -- THEOS will provide Thailand with worldwide geo-referenced image products and image processing capabilities for applications in cartography, land use, agricultural monitoring, forestry...

GlobeXplorer To Use Isilon Clustered Storage For World's Largest Earth Imagery Database.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers SEATTLE, July 3 (SPX) -- Isilon Systems has announced that GlobeXplorer, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stewart Information Services, has selected Isilon's Isilon IQ clustered storage systems to collect, store and...

Thai Optical Earth Observation Space System.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 3 (SPX) -- THEOS will provide Thailand with worldwide geo-referenced image products and image processing capabilities for applications in cartography, land use, agricultural monitoring, forestry...

Meeting of India-US Joint Working Group On Space Held At Bangalore.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BANGALORE, India, July 3 (SPX) -- The India-US Joint Working Group on Civil Space Cooperation held its first meeting at Antariksh Bhavan, at ISRO's headquarters in Bangalore between June 29-30, 2005. This Joint...

Spirit Observes 'Independence'.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., July 3 (SPX) -- Spirit has had an extremely successful week. On June 24, 2005 (sol 524), the rover drove 26 meters (85 feet). The following two sols, Spirit performed remote sensing. On June 27 (sol...

ESSAIM, Micro-Satellites In Formation.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 3 (SPX) -- The ESSAIM micro-satellites, launched at the end of 2004, have been operational since May, 2005. The French defence procurement agency DGA chose EADS Astrium as a joint prime contractor for the...

NPOESS: Three Agencies, One Mission.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES, July 3 (SPX) -- Farmers. Forecasters. Fighter pilots. Fire fighters. Futures traders. All rely on accurate environmental data. All need short- and long-range predictions for crop management, civil...

Thales To Supply New Tactical Communication System For French Forces.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, UK, July 3 (SPX) -- The French defence procurement agency (DGA) has appointed Thales as prime contractor for the Melchior programme, which will provide the French armed forces with a new-generation...

Northrop Grumman To Develop Battlefield Airborne Communication Node.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers RESTON, Va., July 3 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center to develop and integrate an airborne communications relay and information server that will provide...

Alcatel Signs A Contract With Shin Satellite To Design And Build Thaicom 5.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 3 (SPX) -- Alcatel Space, a subsidiary of Alcatel, and Shin Satellite of Thailand, announced last Thursday the signature of a contract for the construction of the Thaicom 5 communications satellite. ...

Satmex Creditors Will Pursue Chapter 11 Despite Concurso Mercantil Filing.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, July 3 (SPX) -- United States based creditors holding more than two-thirds in amount of the outstanding debt of Satelites Mexicanos ("Satmex" or the "Company") expressed their disappointment with the...

Europe Envisages Cooperation On New Russian Space Plane.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 1 (SPX) -- Whilst everyone awaits the return to flight of the US Shuttle, Europe is considering an eventual participation in a new manned spacecraft. The Kliper project which Russia is proposing to build...

Scientists Discover Mineral Comes From Ancient Supernova.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers TUCSON, July 1 (SPX) -- NASA and University of Arizona researchers have discovered pristine mineral grains that formed in an ancient supernova explosion. The grains were among other extraterrestrial dust plucked...

RQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical UAV System.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 3 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman's Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) system will provide unprecedented situational awareness and precision targeting...

Canadian Navy A Leader With OSI's Electronic Chart Navigation System.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 4 (SPX) -- Offshore Systems International has said that the Canadian Navy can stand among the best of them when it comes to having the most advanced technology in the world for...

NIGCOMSAT 1 Passes Design Appraisal.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BEIJING, July 5 (SPX) -- The NIGCOMSAT 1 (Nigerian Communication Satellite) to be exported to Nigeria has passed preliminary design appraisal on July 1st in Beijing. At present all the work, involving the...

Hubble Captures Deep Impact's Collision With A Comet.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BALTIMORE, July 5 (SPX) -- The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured the dramatic effects of the collision early July 4 between a 370-kilogram projectile released by the Deep Impact spacecraft and comet 9P/Tempel...

XMM-Newton Detects Water On Tempel 1.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 5 (SPX) -- Images taken by the Optical Monitor on board ESA's XMM-Newton observatory on 3 and 4 July 2005, show a comparison between the states of the comet before and just after impact. The images...

ESA's Proba Captures Venice From Space.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 4 (SPX) -- The canal city of Venice (Venezia) and the Laguna Veneta are shown here by ESA's microsatellite Proba. Venice and its lagoon were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. The entire city...

New ESA Sensor Could Lead To Better Understanding Of The Carbon Cycle.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 4 (SPX) -- Scientists from across Europe convened at the Barrax test site near Albacete, Spain, to join the chase for an elusive signal emitted by vegetation, which may just hold the key to mapping...

France Telecom And Inmarsat Test Mobile Broadband Solution For End Year Launch.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 4 (SPX) -- France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications is Inmarsat's exclusive partner in the development of the upcoming broadband mobile satellite Internet solution, the Inmarsat BGAN (Broadband...

ISS Crew Prepare For First Joint Shuttle, Station Mission Since Dec 2002.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, July 4 (SPX) -- The residents of the International Space Station were informed last Friday they may have visitors arriving on the Space Shuttle Discovery in two weeks. NASA announced a July 13 launch date...

Ceramic Materials Improve Spacecraft Insulators.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WRIGHT-PATTERSON, Ohio, July 4 (SPX) -- Scientists and engineers conducting research for the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate have identified ceramic materials that could...

Lockheed Martin Receives Orders For Four Additional Virtual Combat Convoy Trainers.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers ORLANDO, Fla., July 5 (SPX) -- The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a 12-month service contract valued at $4.2 million for a suite of four Virtual Combat Convoy Trainers (VCCT). The trainer is used to train...

Discover Awaits Final Authorization For Launch.
July 6, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 4 (SPX) -- The Space Shuttle Program recently concluded a two-day Flight Readiness Review (for Discovery) by announcing a launch date of July 13, 2005. The next major review of launch...

Study Finds Shuttle Exhaust Is Source Of Mysterious Clouds In Antarctica.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, July 7 (SPX) -- A new study, funded in part by the Naval Research Laboratory and the NASA reports that exhaust from the space shuttle can create high-altitude clouds over Antarctica mere days following...

Ancient Diets Of Australian Birds Point To Big Ecosystem Changes.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., July 8 (SPX) -- A shifting diet of two flightless birds inhabiting Australia tens of thousands of years ago is the best evidence yet that early humans may have altered the continent's interior with...

Did Humans Cause Ecosystem Collapse In Ancient Australia?
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, July 8 (SPX) -- Massive extinctions of animals and the arrival of the first humans in ancient Australia may be linked, according to scientists at the Carnegie Institution, University of Colorado,...

Catastrophic Sand Avalanches, Sea Level Changes Found In Gulf Of Mexico.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, July 8 (SPX) -- An international team of marine research scientists working for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) have found new evidence that links catastrophic sand avalanches in deep Gulf waters...

History's Greatest Comet Hunter Approaches Major Milestone.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 7 (SPX) -- As of 6 July 2005, 989 comets have been discovered using the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, which is expected to discover its 1000th comet this summer. The...

Sun-Powered Aircraft To Support Sustainable Development.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 7 (SPX) -- Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard is constructing a solar-powered plane to fly around the world. His aim is to support sustainable development by demonstrating what renewable energy and new...

New AstroVision Weather Satellite To Transform Quality Of EO Science Down Under.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers SYDNEY, July 8 (SPX) -- Scientists at the University of NSW would get free access to an unprecedented flow of birds-eye information about Australia from an advanced weather satellite proposed for launch in 2008, under...

The Barnard's Star Blunder.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., July 7 (SPX) -- These days, it is generally accepted within the scientific community that there are planets orbiting nearby stars. In the past decade, more than 130 such extrasolar planets have...

Competitors In The Tour De France Tracked By Satellite.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 8 (SPX) -- A new experience of satellite navigation for the European Space Agency was trialled during the 5th stage of the Tour de France between Chambord and Montargis. Receivers were carried by a...

The Martian Heat Signature.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., July 8 (SPX) -- Mars is a rocky planet with an ancient volcanic past, but new findings show the planet is more complex and active than previously believed - at least in certain places. ...

Commander: Russia To Complete Experiment On Bulava Missile In 2006.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, July 7 (SPX) -- Russia plans to complete its experiment on the new Bulava sea-launched intercontinental ballistic missile system by the end of 2006, the Russian navy's Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Kuroyedov...

Russia To Adopt New Bal Coastal Defense Missile Systems In 2006.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers ANAPA, Russia, July 7 (SPX) -- The Russian Armed Forces will adopt new BAL coastal defense missile systems in 2006, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Wednesday, according to RIA Novosti. He said the...

Nanotubes Inspire New Technique For Healing Broken Bones.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers RIVERSIDE, Calif., July 8 (SPX) -- Scientists have shown for the first time that carbon nanotubes make an ideal scaffold for the growth of bone tissue. The new technique could change the way doctors treat broken...

Humans More Equipped Than Ever To Understand Sea Level Change.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers GREENBELT, Md., July 8 (SPX) -- For the first time, researchers have the tools and expertise to understand the rate at which sea level is changing and the mechanisms that drive that change. Sea levels rise and...

Higher Precision Analysis Doesn't Yield Pentaquark.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, July 8 (SPX) -- New, higher precision data gathered at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) shows the Theta-plus pentaquark doesn't appear in another...

SES Global Will Join The CAC Next20 And IT20 Indices.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers BETZDORF, Luxembourg, July 7 (SPX) -- The Euronext Paris Indices Committee has announced its decision to include SES Global in the CAC Next20 and IT20 indices. This decision will take effect from Thursday 1 September...

RR Sat Signs New Contracts with Intelsat For Content Distribution.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers PEMBROKE, Bermuda, July 7 (SPX) -- Intelsat announced Monday that RR Satellite Communications, an Israeli broadcast service provider, has selected Intelsat to provide two new content distribution platforms in the...

Actel Ships Fully Qualified RTAX-S FPGAs To Meet Needs Of Space Designs.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 7 (SPX) -- Actel announced Wednesday it is shipping fully qualified RTAX-S field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to customers developing high- reliability space-flight systems. The...

Design Phase Initiated For Extremely Large Telescope.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers DWINGELOO, The Netherlands, July 8 (SPX) -- Astronomers from across Europe today took a step closer to making their plans for a giant telescope a reality when they unveiled the scientific case for an Extremely Large...

Venus Express Completes Integration And Test Phases.
July 8, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers TOULOUSE, France, July 8 (SPX) -- Venus Express, the first European space probe to investigate the planet Venus has completed the development, integration and test phase in Toulouse. Venus Express is being...

Northrop Grumman Names David L. Ryan Vice President, Payloads and Sensors.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Writers REDONDO BEACH, Calif., July 11 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation has named David L. Ryan vice president of payloads and sensors for its Space Technology sector. In this role, he will be responsible for all of...