Space Daily articles from July 2008

Space Daily archives from July 2008

Dash Navigation Announces GPS Industry's First Wireless Software Update.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Dash Navigation has become the first GPS provider to wirelessly update customers' device software over-the-air without requiring them to separately purchase and install upgrades via a...

Digital Angel Announces Restructuring Program For Its Animal Identification Business.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers St. Paul MN (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 The Board of Directors of Digital Angel has announced that it has approved a restructuring program primarily focused on its Animal Identification business. The program will feature...

Early Bird Project Really Gets The Worm.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Baton Rouge LO (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Scientists from the LSU Museum of Natural Science, or MNS, recently participated in a project joining together the most prominent ornithological research programs in the world. ...

Epic Ebbs And Flows.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Madison WI (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 If you are curious about Earth's periodic mass extinction events such as the sudden demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, you might consider crashing asteroids and sky-darkening...

ESA Satellite Assesses Damage Of Norway's Largest Fire.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Following the extremely hot weather conditions hitting Europe, Norway experienced its biggest forest fire in the last half century earlier this month. Envisat satellite images were...

Fluor To Help With Plateau Remediation At DOE's Hanford Site.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Irving TX (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Fluor has announced it was named part of the winning team to execute the Plateau Remediation Contract (PRC) at the Hanford Site in Washington State. The winning team is headed by CH2M...

Evolution Solar Enters Bidding Process For Transit Authority's Projects.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Gilbert AZ (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Evolution Solar has entered into the bidding process to deliver the first 34 kilowatts of solar energy for a North American municipal transit authority. Over ten such energy projects are...

FPL Group CEO Calls For Urgent Action On Climate Change.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Miami FL (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Calling the recent Senate debate over legislation to curb carbon dioxide emissions a "missed opportunity," the Chairman and CEO of the nation's largest producer of wind and solar power...

Garmin Completes Acquisition Of Distributor In Finland.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Cayman Islands (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Garmin has announced that it has completed the acquisition of NavCor Oy, the distributor of Garmin's automotive, outdoor recreation, fitness and marine products in Finland. The...

Global Warming Causing Significant Shift In Composition Of Coastal Fish Communities.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Kingston RI (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 A detailed analysis of data from nearly 50 years of weekly fish-trawl surveys in Narragansett Bay and adjacent Rhode Island Sound has revealed a long-term shift in species composition,...

Google Signs Five Year Map Agreement With Tele Atlas.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Tele Atlas has announced that Google, a top web property in all major global markets, has signed a long term license agreement with the company that gives Google access to...

Herschel Undergoes Acoustic And Vibration Tests.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 The Herschel spacecraft is now undergoing a series of mechanical tests at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC. The tests are carried out to ensure that the...

JA Solar To Develop New Solar Cell Products.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Jose CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 SVTC Technologies has announced that its SVTC Solar business unit has welcomed JA Solar as a customer for its new Silicon Valley Photovoltaic Development Center. JA Solar, a China-based...

Lockheed Gets Air Force Deal For Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile Production.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Orlando, FL (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Lockheed Martin has received a U.S. Air Force contract valued at $107 million for a seventh production lot of the JASSM cruise missile. The contract award will bring total contracted...

Mental Strategies Can Alter The Brain's Reward Circuitry.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 The cognitive strategies humans use to regulate emotions can determine both neurological and physiological responses to potential rewards, a team of New York University and Rutgers...

NASTAR Center Celebrates Launching Private Space Travelers And Adventure Seekers Into Space.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Southampton PA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Environmental Tectonics' National Aerospace Research and Training (NASTAR) Center has announced that it had completed the world's first commercially available Sub-Orbital Space Flight...

New Discovery Could Enable Development Of Faster Computers.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Riverside CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Physicists at UC Riverside have made an accidental discovery in the lab that has potential to change how information in computers can be transported or stored. Dependent on the...

New Soil Analysis Suggests It Rained On Mars Long Ago.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 The study's conclusion breaks from the more dominant view that the liquid water that once existed during the red planet's infancy came mainly in the form of upwelling groundwater rather...

ORNL Demonstrates Super-Sensitive Explosives Detector.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Using a laser and a device that converts reflected light into sound, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory can detect explosives at distances exceeding...

Oxygen Ions For Fuel Cells Get Loose At Lower Temperatures.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Seeking to understand a new fuel cell material, a research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the University of...

Payload Integration Complete For Arianespace's Fourth Mission Of 2008.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 The Ariane 5 ECA for this Friday's heavy-lift mission is now complete following the installation of its upper payload passenger, the ProtoStar I satellite. ProtoStar I,...

Primate's Scent Speaks Volumes About Who He Is.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Durham NC (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Perhaps judging a man by his cologne isn't as superficial as it seems. Duke University researchers, using sophisticated machinery to analyze hundreds of chemical components in a ringtailed...

Raytheon Achieves UK Intelligence Integration Milestone.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Portsmouth, UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Raytheon demonstrated the potential to employ a U.K. adaptation of the US-deployed Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) to provide a more accurate, timely understanding of an...

Raytheon Participates In Key Satellite Payload Trade Study.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Raytheon has successfully completed a key satellite payload trade study with Northrop Grumman, the prime contractor for the Space Tracking and Surveillance System. Results of the...

Skyhook Wireless Announces XPS 2.0 - Most Advanced Hybrid Positioning System.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Skyhook Wireless has announced the availability of XPS 2.0, a next-generation hybrid positioning system that combines signals from Wi-Fi access points, GPS satellites and cell towers to...

SVTC Solar Partners With Roth And Rau To Provide Complete Solar Cell Manufacturing Line.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Jose CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 SVTC Technologies has announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with world-recognized solar equipment manufacturer Roth and Rau AG of Germany. Under the agreement, Roth...

Swedish And Swiss High Tech On A Long Duration Balloon Flight Over The Atlantic.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 At 7:07 local time on Saturday (28 June) a large balloon-borne experiment called MEAP(1) took off from SSC:s launch facility Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. The aim of the...

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar Successful In Missile Defense Test.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon performed successfully in the latest integrated flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency and THAAD...

The Twenty-First Century Tomato.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 When tomatoes ripen in our gardens, we watch them turn gradually from hard, green globules to brightly colored, aromatic, and tasty fruits. This familiar and seemingly commonplace...

US Marines, Northrop Grumman Team Complete G/ATOR Preliminary Design Review.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 The U.S. Marine Corps' new Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) moved an important step closer to production with the successful conclusion of the formal Preliminary Design Review...

US Navy Conducts First Test Of Raytheon's Standard Missile 6.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers White Sands NM (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 The U.S. Navy successfully conducted the first test of the Standard Missile 6 extended range anti-air warfare missile produced by Raytheon. The missile, launched from the Navy's...

Wells Fargo Offers Solar Home Program In California.
July 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Francisco CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 Wells Fargo Home Mortgage says it is one of the first mortgage lenders in California to market a new construction solar home program. Wells Fargo will let home builders pass the...

Ausra Opens First US Solar Thermal Power Factory.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Las Vegas NV (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Ausra has officially opened the reflector production line of its first North American manufacturing and distribution center in Las Vegas. The 130,000-square-foot, highly automated...

Avalanche Photodiodes Target Bioterrorism Agents.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Athens GA (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 "The military is currently using photomultiplier tubes, which are bulky, fragile and require a lot of power to run them, or silicon photodiodes that require a complex filter so that they...

Bayer Uses InSync Software To Develop And Deploy RFID And Sensor Applications.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Jose CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Bayer Material Science has announced it is deploying a series of RFID and sensor-enabled warehousing and logistics automation solutions using InSync's Edgeware platform. InSync's...

Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Completes Environmental Tests.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers St. Louis MO (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Boeing has completed environmental tests of the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites, which confirm the mechanical integrity of the spacecraft. The program is...

Closing The Gap Between Fish And Land Animals.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 New exquisitely preserved fossils from Latvia cast light on a key event in our own evolutionary history, when our ancestors left the water and ventured onto land. Swedish researchers...

DNA Test To Revolutionise Sheep Worm Control.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 CSIRO scientists have moved a step closer to developing a novel DNA test which has the potential to revolutionise management of one of the biggest threats to sheep health in...

Early Origins Of Maize In Mexico.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 The ancestors of maize originally grew wild in Mexico and were radically different from the plant that is now one of the most important crops in the world. While the evidence is clear...

GE Energy And GAF Materials Form Alliance To Bring Solar Energy To Homes And Businesses.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Schenectady NY (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 GE Energy and GAF Materials has announced a new strategic alliance to market and ultimately develop solar systems and roofing systems for commercial and residential customers. GE...

Global Rollout Of Mini-VSAT Broadband Begins.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Middletown RI (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 In a move to offer faster, more affordable broadband connections to a growing market of leisure, commercial, and government vessels worldwide, KVH Industries has announced a new...

Hubble Sees Stars And A Stripe In Celestial Fireworks.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 A delicate ribbon of gas floats eerily in our galaxy. A contrail from an alien spaceship? A jet from a black-hole? Actually this image, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is a very...

Lassen Energy Secures Funds To Build Hybrid Solar Panel Test Models.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Surrey, Canada (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Mr. Raj Gurm, President of NATCO International, is pleased to announce that Lassen Energy, the company currently in the process of a Share Exchange Merger with NATCO, has raised the...

Lockheed Martin EQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radar Completes CDR.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Syracuse, NY (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 The U.S. Army's new EQ-36 radar will provide the capability to detect, classify, track and determine the location of enemy indirect fire such as mortars, artillery and rockets in either...

Lockheed Martin To Develop Manned And Unmanned Mission Management System For US Minehunters.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Owego NY (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 The contract is part of a U.S. Navy initiative to explore how the next-generation expeditionary warship - the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) - could adopt advances in manned/unmanned teaming...

Mayfly-Mimicking Sensor Could be High Tech Canary In The Coal Mine.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers College Park MD (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Security, health and safety sensors in coal mines, buildings or underground public transit areas where air or water does not readily flow may one day be improved by research on young...

Mechanism And Function Of Humor Identified By New Evolutionary Theory.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 A new publication answers centuries' old questions regarding the mechanism and function of humour, identifying the reason humour is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in...

Milpitas Unified School District To Install 3.4MW Solar System.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Milpitas CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Milpitas Unified School District, in collaboration with Chevron Energy Solutions and Bank of America, has announced it has begun construction on a 14-site, districtwide solar power and...

New Report Available On Ecosystems And Climate Change.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that can help reduce the potential impact of climate change on estuaries, forests, wetlands, coral reefs, and other...

Passports For Penguins.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bristol, UK (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Ground-breaking technology that will enable biologists to identify and monitor large numbers of endangered animals, from butterflies to whales, without being captured, will be shown to...

Phoenix Scrapes Almost Perfect Icy Soil For Analysis.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander enlarged the "Snow White" trench and scraped up little piles of icy soil on Saturday, June 28, the 33rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Scientists say...

Planets Align For The Fourth Of July.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Dr. Tony Phillips Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 On 4th of July weekend, NASA forecasts lights in the sky. No, not those lights. Look beyond the fireworks. Almost halfway up the western sky, just above the twilight glow of...

Procurement Of Full Galileo System Begins.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 The European Commission - with the support of ESA - has launched the procurement of Galileo, a global navigation system composed of 30 dedicated navigation satellites and a ground...

Proposed NASA Mission Could Explore Twisted Space Around Black Holes.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Bill Steigerwald Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 A new NASA mission could discover the shape of space that has been distorted by a spinning black hole's crushing gravity, and explore the structure and effects of the formidable...

Rain Master's Smart Controller Outsmarts The Thief.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Simi Valley CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 A Rain Master Eagle-i Irrigation Controller recently stolen out of a housing development just outside of Tucson traveled nearly 80 miles before rescuing itself. The smart controller...

SATLYNX Completes 300 Site SCADA Network Rollout For EDF Energy.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Luxembourg (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Satlynx has announced the completion of a 300 site SCADA network for EDF Energy Networks in the UK. The network is part of a larger improvement programme to monitor and control...

Scientists Identify New Role For Power Plants In Human Cells.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Scientists have determined that human cells are able to shift important gene products into their own mitochondria, considered the power plants of cells. The finding could eventually lead...

Solar Shield Experiment Aims To Keep The Power On.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Laura Layton Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 When you flip a light switch to illuminate the pages of your favorite book or reach into your refrigerator for that last piece of key lime pie, you expect the electric current coursing...

Spire Delivers PV Module Line To ET Solar In China.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bedford MA (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Spire has announced that it has delivered advanced solar module production equipment to ET Solar Group, located in the People's Republic of China. The module manufacturing equipment...

UK MoD Unveils New Protected Vehicles.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Fourteen extra VIKING - tracked, amphibious vehicles, which are capable of swimming in deep water while fully laden with Marines and equipment - have been ordered from BAE Systems in a...

Voith Siemens Hydro Awarded Contract For New Hydro Turbine Generators.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers York PA (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Voith Siemens Hydro and American Municipal Power-Ohio (AMP-Ohio) have signed a contract for the complete supply of mechanical, electrical, automation and balance of plant equipment on a...

Voltaire Powers World's Most Powerful Supercomputer For NNSA's Los Alamos.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dresden, Germany (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Voltaire has announced that the company's InfiniBand-based switches are powering the world's largest supercomputer for the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Los...

Vumii Gives Security Operators Ability To Visually Assess Targets Detected By Radar.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 To address this shortcoming, Vumii has introduced a software module that enables communication between radar systems and its Discoverii day/night laser camera platform. Discoverii's...

Wool Proves Its Worth In Respirator Market.
July 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 Cutting-edge wool textile technology developed by CSIRO for industrial air filtration systems has found its first lucrative commercial application in the manufacture of...

A Look Into The Nanoscale.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Livermore CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have captured time-series snapshots of a solid as it evolves on the ultra-fast timescale. Using femtosecond X-ray free electron...

Analex Awarded Three-Year Option On NASA Expendable Launch Vehicles Integrated Support.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Fairfax VA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 QinetiQ North America has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Analex Corporation, was awarded a three-year option to continue providing launch support services to the National...

ATK Receives Contract For US Air Force Sounding Rocket Contract.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 Alliant Techsystems was awarded a Sounding Rocket Program Three (SRP-3) contract with potential value of $250 million from the U.S. Air Force to provide launch vehicles and...

Aviation Week Explores McCain's And Obama's Aerospace And Aviation Plans.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 This week's Aviation Week and Space Technology zeros in on Senators John McCain and Barack Obama and where they stand on aviation, aerospace and defense issues. As the lead article by...

California Wildfires Continue To Burn Out Of Control.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Laura Spector Motel Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 Numerous wildfires continue to burn out of control throughout California. Many of these fires were ignited in late June by dry lighting and made worse by parched conditions and a...

China's Global Position On GPS Handsets.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 China's GPS phone market grew rapidly in 2007, and GPS phones, along with music and camera phones, are one of the brightest spots in the mobile phone market overall. A number of...

China's Shot Heard Around The Galaxy.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 China's counterspace program - punctuated by the January 2007 successful test of a direct-ascent anti-satellite weapon - poses dangers to human space flight and puts at risk the assets...

CTDC Starts Installation Of Advanced Production Line.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Hong Kong (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 China Technology Development Group has announced that its current production line has successfully produced SnO2 base plates which meets the advanced specifications desired for commercial...

Eight Teams Taking Up ESA's Lunar Robotics Challenge.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 As interest in exploration of the Moon soars among the world's space agencies, ESA, through it's General Studies Programme, has challenged university students to develop a robotic...

Encore Energy Systems Expands Product Range With Apricus Solar Collectors.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Oxford MO (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 Encore Energy Systems has announced it has added Apricus Solar products to its offerings and solutions. The Company is already a Sales Partner for the Caribbean and Southeast Florida for...

Exposing The Sensitivity Of Extreme Ultraviolet Photoresists.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that the photoresists used in next-generation semiconductor manufacturing processes now under...

Fleet Tracking Company Blue Sky Network Earns STC For Bombardier Dash 8.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers La Jolla CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 Blue Sky Network has announced it has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration for installation of its D1000C and ACH1000 kits on...

Florida's Turnpike Enterprise Adopts TransCore's eGo Plus RFID Sticker Technology.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Harrisburg PA (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE), which manages the statewide SunPass system used on 460 miles of Florida's toll highways, selects TransCore's eGo Plus radio frequency...

Fortified Cassava Could Provide A Day's Nutrition In A Single Meal.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 Scientists have determined how to fortify the cassava plant, a staple root crop in many developing countries, with enough vitamins, minerals and protein to provide the poor and...

GLAST Mission Operations At NASA Goddard Powered Up.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 Several bases of operations for NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) are gearing up for data from the recently launched satellite. Operations centers preparing for...

Hard X-ray Nanoprobe Provides New Capability To Study Nanoscale Materials.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Argonne IL (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 The Center for Nanoscale Materials' (CNM) newly operational Hard X-ray Nanoprobe at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is one of the world's most powerful...

Inmarsat And ILS Set August 14 For Proton Flight With Inmarsat Satellite.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 International Launch Services (ILS) has scheduled its next Proton Breeze M commercial mission for August 14 (August 13 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the launch of...

Invisible Waves Shape Continental Slope.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Austin TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 A class of powerful, invisible waves hidden beneath the surface of the ocean can shape the underwater edges of continents and contribute to ocean mixing and climate, researchers from The...

Lockheed Martin's THAAD Weapon System Achieves First Successful Intercept Of Separating Target.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dallas TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 This separated target presented a new target class than the previous unitary targets intercepted by THAAD. A key objective of the test was to demonstrate the weapon system performance...

Lockheed Martin Wins IT Contract With CDC.
July 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Seabrook MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 This task order has one base year and three option years, with an estimated program value of more than $24 million. Awarded within the scope of an already competed Blanket Purchase...