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STS-120 To Deliver Harmony Node To ISS![]() A series of recent shuttle missions have added to the International Space Station's exterior with new elements for its main truss. Now, Discovery will take into orbit a connecting module that will increase the orbiting laboratory's interior space. October's STS-120 mission will bring the Harmony module, christened after a school contest, that will provide attachment points for European and ... more Russia To Launch UAE Spacecraft In 2008 From Baikonur ![]() The chief of Russia's space agency said Monday Russia would launch a spacecraft for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2008 from the launch site in Kazakhstan. "We plan to launch a remote sensing satellite for the UAE in 2008," Anatoly Perminov said, adding that a related agreement had been signed on the sidelines of President Vladimir Putin's first visit to the Arab state. Perminov said ... more Kazakhstan Wants Right To Ban Rocket Launches Over Its Territory ![]() Kazakhstan wants the right to ban rocket launches from its Baikonur space center, which Russia rents, in situations where the Kazakh president is located near the launch, the prime minister said. The Kazakh premier's announcement follows Thursday's crash of a Russian Proton-M rocket with a Japanese communications satellite on board shortly after launch. "If the president is on a visit ... more Indonesian Papua To Accommodate Russian Satellite's Launching In 2010 ![]() Frans Kaisiepo Airport in Biak Numfor district, Papua province of Indonesia, has been designated as the location from where a Russian satellite will be launched in 2010, Indonesian Antara News Agency reported Saturday. "The Russian satellite will be launched using an air launch system. And this will certainly require a huge investment," Biak Numfor, District Chief Yusuf Melianus Maryen, was ... more Russia Calls On UN To Keep Space Weapon Free ![]() Russia is to put forward a draft resolution to the United Nations banning the deployment of weapons in outer space, a Russian UN mission official statement said Thursday. The resolution entitled, Transparency and Confidence Building Measures in Outer Space Activities, was submitted to the UN five years ago and proposed a ban on the deployment of all types of weapons in space. Russia said ... more |
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![]() ![]() Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexei Gordeyev will discuss a possibility of creating an OPEC-like grain cartel with his colleagues from Australia in September. He said the United States is reviewing the idea, and somewhat earlier Ukraine and Kazakhstan accepted it as a rational suggestion. But agricultural experts are not too optimistic about the idea to control the production and trade in ... more Grain Will Not Become Oil ![]() Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexei Gordeyev will discuss a possibility of creating an OPEC-like grain cartel with his colleagues from Australia in September. He said the United States is reviewing the idea, and somewhat earlier Ukraine and Kazakhstan accepted it as a rational suggestion. But agricultural experts are not too optimistic about the idea to control the production and trade in ... more US Senator Lugar Speaks For Extending START-I Treaty ![]() Russia and the U.S. should extend the START-I Treaty, which expires in 2009, or else negative consequences will result, U.S. senator Richard Lugar said Tuesday. "The United States and Russia must extend the START Treaty's verification and transparency elements, which will expire in 2009," Lugar told an arms control round table in Moscow. Lugar said the two countries should also introduce ... more Ahmadinejad Says Iranian Nuclear Dossier Closed, US Attack Unlikely And Bushehr To Be Completed ![]() Iran's nuclear dossier is a closed matter, the U.S. is in no position to launch a pre-emptive strike to halt the country's nuclear progress, and the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be completed as promised, the country's president said Tuesday. "I am officially declaring that the Iranian 'nuclear dossier' is, from our point of view, closed," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. He added that President ... more |
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![]() ![]() Four of the first six flight tests of the Bulava-M missile (where "M" stands for morskoi, or naval) were a failure. However, Admiral Vladimir Masorin, commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, said the Bulava-M (SS-NX-30), a naval derivative of the land-based Topol missile (SS-27), had been approved for mass production. Did he mean that a batch of missiles would be produced for more tests? ... more Russian Oil Export Duty Could Rise To 250 Dollars Per Ton ![]() Duty on Russian oil exports could rise by up to $26, reaching $248-250 per metric ton as of October 1, in keeping with world market trends, a Finance Ministry official said Monday. The Russian government adjusts export duty on crude and petroleum products every two months, depending on changes in the Urals blend price on world markets. "The average oil price monitored from July to August 2 ... more Russia's Stroytransgaz Completes Gas Pipeline In Greece ![]() Russian pipeline-building company Stroytransgaz said Monday it had finished constructing a short natural gas pipe section in Greece, which extends an existing route from Alexandroupolis to Turkey. The new 53.7-kilometer (33-mile) section runs northwest from the city to Komotini. The new addition is a continuation of a pipeline built by Stroytransgaz in 1996-2000, and provides a link between the ... more Boeing Projects 70 Billion Dollar Market For Russia And The CIS ![]() Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will require 1,060 new airplanes worth about $70 billion over the next 20 years, according to Boeing's updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is available on the Boeing web. This year marks the first year that Boeing has published its forecast for ... more
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