PARIS – Satellite radio operator WorldSpace Inc., which has had spacecraft in orbit over Africa and Asia for more than five years and has spent $1.2 billion on its system, has filed for a $100 million stock offering on the U.S. Nasdaq exchange in hopes of persuading investors that its new business strategy will pull the company out of its tailspin.
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U.S. Air Force Outlines Plan for Partially Reuseable Rocket
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon’s interest in inexpensive small satellites that can be made available quickly has prompted the U.S. Air Force to make plans for a partially reusable rocket that would cut launch costs by two-thirds, launch on two days’ notice and be available starting around 2018.
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Branding Space
A strong majority of people in America have a favorable orientation toward space.
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French Spending on Military Space Research is Solid
PARIS – Some 18 percent of the combined value of the research contracts that France’s arms procurement agency, DGA, signed with industry in 2004 were for space-related technology development , DGA officials said April 21.
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Plan To Guide U.S. Role in International Observing Effort
WASHINGTON – A newly released White House strategic plan intended to help guide U.S. participation in an international environmental monitoring effort has identified numerous gaps in U.S. Earth observing capabilities.
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Rock Scientist Leading NASA Exploration Agenda: Profile of James B. Garvin
NASA’s chief scientists historically have been drawn from the nation’s ranks of astrophysicists and astronauts. “I guess I’m a trial balloon of a new breed: a planetary person as chief scientist,” says planetary geologist Jim Garvin, who assumed the post in October 2004. More likely, Garvin’s appointment reflects the agency’s reinvigorated emphasis on exploration of the Moon and Mars. Garvin comes to the position with a detailed background in Mars science and a reputation as a precise speaker.
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Ground-Based Telescopes Bolster the Mars Methane Debate
BOULDER, Colo. – Observations from ground-based telescopes have bolstered the evidence that there are areas of methane concentrations that could be explained by the presence of primitive biological processes on the red planet.
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Orbital Sciences Designing New Commercial Satellite
PARIS – Orbital Sciences Corp. is investing in a higher-power version of its geostationary communications satellite product, a decision that will result in several money-losing quarters for that division but will pay off in new commercial satellite orders, said David W. Thompson, the firm’s chairman.
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Roskosmos Drafts 206 Billion-Ruble Plan To Replenish Satellite Fleet
MOSCOW – The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) has drafted a new plan for civil space activities that gives priority to satellite-based telecommunications, navigation and Earth observation, according to Anatoly Perminov, the agency’s director-general.
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Rutan Blasts FAA’s Suborbital Safety Regulations
BOULDER, Colo. – One of the leaders in the effort to establish a commercial suborbital tourism industry lashed out at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration during an April 20 congressional […]
