International
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Business/FinancialILS To Launch AsiaSat 5 Satellite In July-September Liftoff
International Launch Services (ILS) will orbit the AsiaSat 5 satellite in the July-September quarter, ILS announced. Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) signed a contract with ILS to launch the […]
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Business/FinancialAriane 5 Launch Postponed; Would Launch Two Spacecraft
Arianespace postponed launching an Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket that is to carry the Herschel space telescope and Planck observatory to space, the company and the European Space Agency (ESA) […]
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Business/FinancialILS To Launch ViaSat-1 Bird On Proton Lifter In 2011
International Launch Services (ILS) will launch the ViaSat-1satellite on an ILS Proton rocket, under a new contract, ILS announced. Space Systems Loral is building the ViaSat satellite, which is to […]
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Business/FinancialThales Alenia Space Gains Satellite Contract
Thales Alenia Space received a contract with JSC ISS – Reshetnev Co. to supply the Telkom-3 communications satellite payload. ISS, the prime contractor, is building the satellite for Indonesian operator […]
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Business/FinancialMissile Defense Critic Lauds Obama Offer To Discuss Missile Defense
A long-time critic of the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system endorsed President Obama’s offer to discuss the EMD with Russians who vociferously oppose it. Theodore Postol, an MIT professor […]
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Business/FinancialStory Assails European Missile Defense Plan, Quotes Long-Time Foes Of Missile Shield
A USA Today story this morning asserted that the European Missile Defense (EMD) system would cost $9 billion to $13 billion and might not work, a report likely to be […]
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InternationalSpace Shuttle Discovery Blazes Off On Mission To Attach Last Major Section To International Space Station
Fuel Line Problems Finally Yield To Probe By Experts; Shuttle Flight Is Safe With No Foam Insulation Problems Seen Discovery Set To Reenter, Land On March 28 And we have […]
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Business/FinancialIran Is Moving In Two Out Of Three Critical Areas Toward Developing Nuclear-Tipped Ballistic Missiles
U.S. Intelligence Unsure Whether Iran Already Bought Nuclear Bomb From Another Nation: Witnesses U.S. Intel Experts Say Iran Wields Technological Know-How To Build Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Iran is moving in […]
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Business/FinancialIran Hasn’t Yet Decided To Build Bomb, But Obstacles To Going Atomic Disappear
While Iran may not have made a political decision to build nuclear weapons, any obstacles to doing so are quickly disappearing, according to a paper from the Institute for Science […]
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Business/FinancialU.S. Has No Way To Know Who Launches Various Types Of Devastating Attacks
How Mutual Assured Destruction That Worked In 20th Century May Fail To Protect Nation In 21st Ballistic Missile Defense Might Be Only Feasible Response To Anonymous Strike The United States […]