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Krasnoyarsk Hosts GLONASS Development Conference
Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Oct 15, 2007The Reshetnev Research and Production Association of Applied Mechanics (Reshetnev NPO PM) in Zheleznogorsk near Krasnoyarsk is hosting a national scientific conference entitled Navigation Satellite Systems and Their Practical Role in Modern Life reports Itar-Tass. Taking part in the conference are top managers and leading specialists of space companies, representatives of the Defense Ministry an ... more Gascom To Lease Satellite Capacity To Italy's Network Teleport 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 15, 2007Russia's Gascom said on Thursday it had signed a contract with Italy's Network Teleport on the long-term lease of its satellite capacity for communication between Italy and Asia. Under the contract, Gascom, the telecoms arm of Russia's energy giant Gazprom, will lease C-Band geostationary transmission capacity to Network Teleport, an innovative and independent provider of satellite telecommunica ... more Russia Says Space Launch Vehicles Tests To Start On Schedule 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 15, 2007The first tests of a new breed of Russian space launch vehicles, Angara carrier rockets, will start on schedule in 2011, a Russian first deputy prime minister said on Friday. The Angara carrier rockets are a new generation of Russian modular launch vehicles developed by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center. They will be powered by engines fueled with eco-friendly liquid oxygen-ker ... more Malaysian PM Keen To Accept Russia's Offer For Second Astronaut 
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (SPX) Oct 12, 2007Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said the other astronaut candidate, Dr Faiz Khaleed, would be the second Malaysian to go to space if a place is offered by Russia in the next mission to the ISS, local media reported on Thursday. At a press conference after witnessing the live telecast of theSoyuz TMA-11 blast-off at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) on Wednesday e ... more Moscow-Astana Space Symbiosis 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 12, 2007Kazakhstan and Russia have few reasons for discord, but Russian rocket launches are an increasingly sore point between them. In Kazakhstan's opinion, they often fall on its territory causing significant environmental damage. The recent crash on Kazakh territory of a Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a Japanese satellite has sparked a wave of speculation about the future of space cooperation ... more |
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Krasnodar, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 10, 2007Spanish electricity company Iberdrola Renovables will invest $140 million in the construction of a wind farm in south Russia's Krasnodar Territory, the local administration said. The turbines, with output capacity of 1,000 MW, are expected to be built in the region's resort cities on the Black Sea coast by 2011, the administration's press service said. "The Krasnodar Territory is intereste ... more Russia To Cut Time To Consider Foreign Bids For Strategic Assets 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 10, 2007Russia could cut by half the term for considering foreign bids for strategic assets and simplify application requirements, the Russian Industry and Energy Ministry said on Tuesday. These changes are expected to come as a bill on foreign investment in commercial organizations of strategic importance for Russia's national security is being prepared for its second reading in the lower house of Russ ... more Consultants Give Environmental Approval To Sakhalin 2 Project 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 10, 2007International consultants have ruled that the Sakhalin II oil and gas project off Russia's Pacific Coast is in line with national and international environmental laws, Russian gas giant Gazprom said. AEA Technology, an independent consultant to potential lenders to the Sakhalin II project, has produced a final report on the commitments of project operator Sakhalin Energy, the press office of Gaz ... more Kazakhstan Wants Russia To Pay 60 Million Dollars In Damages For Proton Crash
Astana, Kazakhstan (RIA) Oct 09, 2007Kazakhstan is seeking 1.5 billion rubles ($60 million) from Russia in compensation for a rocket crash on its territory, a Kazakh regional governor said Monday. On September 6, a Proton-M rocket was launched from the Baikonur space center, which Russia leases in Kazakhstan. However, engine malfunction and second-stage separation failure led to its crash 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of the t ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 04, 2007Silkworms on board the recent Russian Foton-M bio-satellite flight span the first space silk in history, a Moscow school teacher revealed Tuesday. As part of the satellite's scientific program, Moscow school students, led by biology teacher Alexander Koloskov, carried out an experiment to study how weightlessness influences the life cycle of silkworms. Experiments on board the satellite also rev ... more Armavir Radar To Be On Combat Duty Late In 2007 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 04, 2007A state-of-the-art radar being built near Armavir, in southern Russia, will be on combat duty in late 2007, Colonel-General Vladimir Popovkin, the commander of the Russian Space Forces said Wednesday. In an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda - Red Star, a Russian military newspaper - Popovkin said the radar located near the town of Armavir, in the Krasnodar Territory would start combat duty in late ... more Lomonosov Ridge Could Bring Russia 5 Billion Tons Of Extra Fuel 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 04, 2007Russia's natural resources minister said Monday the development of the Lomonosov underwater mountain chain in the Arctic could bring Russia up to 5 billion metric tons of equivalent fuel. "Reaching the Lomonosov ridge means for Russia potentially up to 5 billion tons of equivalent fuel," Yury Trutnev said during an online Internet conference. The Natural Resources Ministry said in Septembe ... more Starsem To Loft Four New Globalstars October 25 Aboard Soyuz Carrier Rocket 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 03, 2007Russia is preparing to launch four U.S. Globalstar satellites into orbit on board a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on October 25, the space agency said Thursday. Globalstar is a low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based telecommunications system founded by U.S.-based Loral Corporation and Qualcomm Inc. It provides high-quality satellite voice and data serv ... more
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