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Unicom Selects KVH TracVision M9 To Improve Crew Welfare
Middletown RI (SPX) Sep 24, 2008KVH Industries has announced that it is working with Unicom, a member of Sovcomflot, Russia's largest shipping company, to equip the Unicom fleet with entertainment at sea via KVH's TracVision M9 satellite TV antennas. A total of 60 antennas will be installed over the duration of the project, representing the largest single maritime TracVision order in KVH's history. Installations, which a ... more Russia In Talks With Cuba, Venezuela On Joint Use Of Glonass 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 24, 2008Russia is negotiating with Cuba and Venezuela on the joint use of Russia's Glonass navigation satellites, the head of the federal space agency said on Tuesday. "I have just returned from a working visit to Cuba. They are very interested in cooperating with us in the use of the Glonass system, which will cover the globe by 2010," Roscosmos chief Anatoly Perminov told reporters in Moscow. ... more Examining Georgia With Hindsight Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 23, 2008 It is important to remember that throughout the Russian army's Aug. 8-12 operations in Georgia, Russian forces were restricted by a series of political commitments that prevented them from using heavy weapons in populated areas and greatly limited their counter-fire activities. Russian aircraft continued strikes on Georgia's military infrastructure until Aug. 12, making it impossible ... more Ahmadinejad vows to resist Western nuclear 'bullying' 
United Nations (AFP) Sept 23, 2008Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday promised to pursue nuclear technology despite Western "bullying," as Russia apparently scuppered a push for new sanctions against Tehran. Iran "will resist the bullying and has defended and will continue to defend its rights," Ahmadinejad said in a defiant speech to the UN General Assembly. In a clear reference to the United States and its ... more The US Has No Option But To Use Russia's Soyuz Craft 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 23, 2008After 2010, the United States will likely be unable to deliver its astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on its own. For several years Russia's Soyuz craft will remain the only vehicle available to do that, and the U.S. may find it hard to do without Russian cooperation. During Senate hearings on Wednesday, September 17, William Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political ... more |
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Belgrade, Serbia (UPI) Sep 23, 2008South Stream talks under way in Belgrade. Russian officials traveled to the Serbian capital, Belgrade, Monday to discuss building the South Stream natural gas pipeline from Russia. Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu met with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and a delegation from the Interior Ministry to discuss several joint projects in the ... more ArianeSpace Buys 10 Soyuz Rockets For Kourou Spaceport 
Sochi, Russia (SPX) Sep 22, 2008Russia's space agency and French satellite launch firm Arianespace signed a contract on Saturday to launch 10 Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets from the Kourou space center in French Guiana. The contract was signed by Russian Federal Space Agency head Anatoly Perminov and Arianespace Chairman and CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall after a session of a bilateral inter-governmental commission, which took ... more Russia To Orbit Six Glonass Satellites By Year End 
Sochi, Russia (SPX) Sep 22, 2008Russia plans to launch six satellites in the next three months to increase the existing Glonass (INFOgraphics) grouping to 18-19 spacecraft, a leading satellite manufacturer said on Friday. Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite System) is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which is designed for both military and civilian use, and allows users to identify the ... more Outside View: Reusable rocket breakthrough 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 19, 2008 Russian space launch vehicles are winning even more popularity with potential customers, as domestic engine developers have managed to create a versatile, reusable liquid-propellant engine, bringing to life an old dream of the world's rocket engineers. The Energomash Science and Production Association has developed the new RD-191 rocket engine, meant to equip Angara advanced carrier ... more |
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London (AFP) Sept 19, 2008NATO may "step up" its planning and training to defend the 26-nation bloc's territory, the alliance's head said Friday, amid tensions between the West and Moscow over the recent Georgia-Russia conflict. But speaking in London after a meeting of NATO defence ministers, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said there was no reason for alarm. The NATO ministers including US Defence Secretary Robert Gates ... more Coming weeks key in US-Russia nuclear cooperation 
Washington (AFP) Sept 19, 2008The coming weeks will tell if tensions between the US and Russia, which rose sharply due to the war in Georgia, will complicate international efforts at settling the Iranian and North Korean nuclear crises, a senior White House official said Friday. National security advisor Stephen Hadley told reporters the two countries have indicated they are willing to keep working together on a number ... more Gates says Europe gone too far in de-militarising 
Woodstock, England (AFP) Sept 19, 2008US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warned Europe Friday that it had gone too far in de-militarising and should rebuild its defences at a time of uncertainty over Russia's intentions. Gates delivered the warning in a major policy speech at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill, in which he called for a mixture of resolve and restraint in dealing with Russia. But he told an ... more Russia test-fires new-generation strategic missile 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 18, 2008Russia said Thursday it had test-fired a new-generation strategic missile from a submarine, the latest launch of a multiple-warhead weapon designed to breach anti-missile shields. "A new-generation Bulava ballistic missile was successfully fired from the White Sea to the Kura testing site in Kamchatka" in Russia's far east, the Russian navy said in a statement. The Bulava, which the ... more
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