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India Seeks Russia's Help In Space Pilot Training
New Delhi, India (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2008India is considering sending one of its citizens into space on board a Russian spacecraft to acquire the skills necessary for future manned space missions, an Indian space source told RIA Novosti. "India would like to have one of its astronauts trained in Russia and send him into space on board the Soyuz spacecraft," said a senior researcher from the Indian Space Research Organization. ... more Russian Rockot Launch Vehicle To Orbit European GOCE Satellite 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2008A Russian Rockot launch vehicle is due this year to deliver into orbit Europe's first GOCE satellite which will measure the Earth's gravitational field, the Khrunichev space center said Friday. "The European Space Agency [ESA] will present Europe's first GOCE [Gravity field and steady state Ocean Circulation Explorer mission] satellite at the ESTEC [European Space Research and Technology Center ... more Glonass System To Consist Of 30 Satellites 
Krasnoyarsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 26, 2008A fully operational Glonass cluster will consist of 30 Glonass-M and Glonass-K satellites by 2010, a satellite production corporation official said on Friday. Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite System) is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, which is designed for both military and civilian use, and allows users to identify their positions in real time. "The ... more The ABM Deadlock Petrov Version Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Mar 25, 2008 Russia and the United States have completed talks on U.S. plans to deploy a third positioning anti-ballistic missile region in Europe. The talks were held in the two-plus-two format with the participation of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and their Russian counterparts Sergei Lavrov and Anatoly Serdyukov. Russian Foreign Minister ... more The ABM Deadlock Melamedov Version Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Mar 24, 2008 There was no breakthrough on Washington's controversial missile defense plans at the recent two-day Russian-U.S. talks in Moscow in the two-plus-two format of foreign and defense ministers. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov put it after the talks on March 18, the sides have not reached agreement on the missile defense plans nor the control of strategic offensive arms, although ... more |
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Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Mar 22. 2008Preparations for Starsem's upcoming mission are in full swing at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the European-built GIOVE-B navigation satellite payload now undergoing checkout, and the Soyuz launch vehicle advancing through the integration process. GIOVE-B was delivered to the launch site on March 13 along with its ground support equipment, arriving aboard an Antonov An-124 cargo ... more US, Russia, China in fierce battle to sell fighter jets in Asia 
Washington (AFP) March 23, 2008The United States is bracing for tough competition from Russia and China as cash-flush Asian economies look up to the trio for a new breed of fighter jets to beef up their air forces, experts say. Japan, India, Australia and South Korea are keen to have the most modern, fifth generation, jet fighters while Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia and Indonesia are reportedly eyeing fourth ... more Russia obtained US guarantees on missile shield: Lavrov 
Moscow (AFP) March 20, 2008The United States gave Moscow guarantees that its proposed anti-missile shield "will be not directed" against Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday in a first sign of progress in very hard negotiations between the two countries. "The Americans are ready to provide us with a series of measures to give us confidence and reassure us that this system is not directed agains ... more Russian FM warns military action on Iran 'disastrous' 
Tel Aviv (AFP) March 20, 2008Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday warned that any military means to solve Iran's controversial nuclear programme would have a "disastrous" effect. "Any forceful attempts to resolve this issue by non-peaceful means would undermine all that has been done to bring clarity into the Iranian nuclear programme," Lavrov said in a press conference with his Israeli counterpart Tzipi L ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Mar 19, 2008 A long gas squabble ended with Gazprom's recognition of Ukraine's main demands. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom announced on March 13 that it came to terms with Ukraine on gas supplies for 2008. In turn, Gazprom received only minor concessions from Ukraine -- an opportunity to settle accounts for January and February supplies through middlemen who will then leave the scene. Althoug ... more Russian nuclear giant teams up with Toshiba: statement 
Moscow (AFP) March 20, 2008Russian nuclear energy giant Atomenergoprom and Japanese industrial corporation Toshiba signed a preliminary cooperation agreement on Thursday, Russia's nuclear ministry said in a statement. "Today's event symbolises the start of large-scale cooperation between two leading companies... in the field of the peaceful use of nuclear energy," Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia's nuclear agency, was ... more iDirect Selected By Russian Network Operator HeliosNet For Expansion Of Broadband Services 
Herndon VA (SPX) Mar 20, 2008iDirect has announced that Russian network operator Web Media Services, which operates under the name "HeliosNet," has implemented iDirect's satellite communications platform. HeliosNet installed two iDirect Universal 5IF satellite hubs and multiple remote routers. This establishes a broad satellite network that can support a diverse range of applications and maximize bandwidth efficiency ... more First Korean astronaut 'honoured' about space mission 
Star City, Russia (AFP) March 18, 2008The 29-year-old woman set to become South Korea's first astronaut said on Tuesday she was "honoured" to have been chosen, as she took final tests at Russia's astronaut training centre. "I am honoured. I will try to do my best. Not just for (myself) but as the first Korean astronaut," said Yi So-Yeon, a biosystems engineering student, before climbing into a model Soyuz capsule for tests. ... more
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