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Russia's Satellite Navigation System Delayed Again
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 07, 2008The council of chief designers responsible for commissioning Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) has said it will only become operational in late 2008, whereas the previous deadline was December 31, 2007. Something is obviously amiss in this ambitious project, the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS). According to the Russian Space Agency ... more Outside View: Russia's top general quits 
Moscow (UPI) Apr 04, 2008 It was reported last month that chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, four-star Army Gen. Yury Baluyevsky was going to retire. There was no official denial of this report, and political analysts have interpreted it as valid. There was another telltale detail. Baluyevsky always took part in strategic security talks with the United States on a par with Russian Foreign ... more Russia's Putin stands firm against NATO 
Bucharest (AFP) April 4, 2008President Vladimir Putin on Friday maintained Russian opposition to a US missile defence system and NATO's enlargement during talks with alliance leaders, officials said. No progress was reported from the summit but Putin, in his last major international appearance before stepping down in May, and NATO leaders said the talks had been positive. Putin complained that NATO was talking of ... more Missile defence at heart of Bush-Putin swansong on Black Sea 
Bucharest (AFP) April 4, 2008US President George W. Bush goes into summit talks this weekend with Russian leader Vladimir Putin armed with NATO's ringing endorsement of a Europe-based missile defense system that will be at the heart of their talks by the Black Sea. It remains to be seen if NATO's backing for the project -- vigorously opposed by Moscow -- will lead Putin to be more conciliatory at what will be his last ... more Bush Scores Victory In BMD Plans For Europe Part One 
Washington (UPI) Apr 04, 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush won big at the NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania, this week over his plan to build anti-ballistic missile defense bases in Poland and the Czech Republic. The plan has infuriated Russia, which claims that both the 10 Ground-Based Mid-course Interceptors to be deployed at a base in Poland and the advanced radar system to guide them from the neighboring ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) April 2, 2008 At the NATO summit Bucharest, Romania, U.S. President George W. Bush will try to finalize his legacy of promoting democracy by heaving Ukraine and Georgia, two former Soviet republics, into the alliance. It will be tough to convince his European allies, however, that expanding NATO eastward is such a good idea. Bush visited Ukraine on the eve of the summit, thus underscoring that the ... more US, Czech Republic agree on missile defense radar 
Bucharest (AFP) April 3, 2008The United States and the Czech Republic said they reached agreement Thursday on the stationing in the Czech Republic of a US missile defense radar strongly opposed by Russia. "This legally-binding agreement calls for the stationing of a US radar in the Czech Republic to track ballistic missiles," they said in a joint communique. "The radar will be linked to other US missile defense ... more Bush sees 'unprecedented' cooperation with Russia on missiles 
Bucharest (AFP) April 2, 2008US President George W. Bush on Wednesday envisaged an "unprecedented level" of cooperation between Russia and NATO by integrating former Soviet military sites into an anti-missile system in Europe. "We are inviting Russia to join us in this cooperative effort," said Bush in Bucharest, venue of a NATO summit that will also include Russian leader Vladimir Putin. He proposed that Soviet-era ... more Russia's Progress Develops New Bion-M Biosatellite 
Samara, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 02, 2008Russia' Progress design and production center is developing a new Bion-M biosatellite for scientific and applied research in space biology and medicine, a spokesman for the center said on Tuesday. He said the new Bion-M being developed by the Samara-based company (European Russia) will be capable of "spending around six months in orbit compared to the current 14 days." He also said a more ... more |
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Bucharest (AFP) April 1, 2008US President George W. Bush, days before talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, urged Moscow Tuesday to join a US effort to deploy a missile shield he said was urgently needed to thwart a possible threat from Iran. "We are inviting Russia to join us in this cooperative effort to defend Russia, Europe, and the United States against an emerging threat that could affect us all," Bush said ... more Zenit Rocket To Orbit Israeli Satellite In Late April 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 01, 2008The launch of a modified Zenit rocket to put an Israeli communications satellite into orbit has been scheduled for April 24, Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Monday. Russia started preparations for the launch of a Zenit-3SLB rocket with a DM-SLB booster and Israeli AMOS-3 satellite on board from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in October last year. "This weekend ... more South Korean Equipment Allowed To Be Used In Space Research 
Seoul, Korea (SPX) Apr 01, 2008South Korean scientific equipment was approved by Russian authorities to be used in a space research helped by Russia, the South Korean government said Monday. "The green light given by the rocket company and state-run laboratory will permit all 18 experiments to be conducted according to plan," said the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, adding that the Energia Rocket and ... more New ISS Crew To Conduct 47 Experiments At Space Station 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 01, 2008Members of the 17th International Space Station expedition will conduct up to 47 scientific experiments during their stay on board the orbital station, Russia's Federal Space Agency said Monday. The main crew, scheduled to lift off on April 8 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on board the Soyuz TMA-12 craft, will comprise Russian astronauts, Commander Sergei Volkov and ... more
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