Space Forces

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First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Space Science)

Kosmos-2455 military satellite successfully orbited

MOSCOW, November 20 (Itar-Tass) - The Kosmos-2455 military satellite has been successfully placed in the target orbit.RF Space Forces commander?s information support aide Lieutenant-Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin told Itar-Tass that the ?Soyuz-U carrier rocket ... [Itar Tass - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Space Forces, Moscow, Alexei Zolotukhin, Plesetsk (Russia)

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 3 Documents (in Space Science)

European Space Agency

Russia launches two European satellites

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponRussia has successfully launched two European scientific research satellites with a Rokot carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space center in northwest ... [People's Daily Online - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Russia, European Space Agency, Moscow, Space Forces, Plesetsk (Russia)

First Reported 11/08/2009 - Updated 11/08/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Star Wars

Apollo was the ultimate strategic gesture of the Cold War. Few people were fooled by the plaque NASA put on the leg of the lunar lander that read: 'We came in peace for all mankind.' America went to the moon to achieve a technological and propaganda-laden ... [Forbes.com - 11/08/2009]

Entities: Star Wars, Military/Armed Forces, Army, United States, Defense Support Program

First Reported 10/13/2009 - Updated 10/13/2009 - 1 Documents

Municipal government is all about leadership Oct 05

It does not take years to get a bylaw passed. Your area of responsibility is small enough to view the big picture and to project possible future outcomes.Unlike a territory, province or country, all members of council are a team working for the same ... [Yukon News - 10/13/2009]

Entities: Whitehorse (Canada), Space Forces, Forest Fires, Subdivision, Sewer

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In his statement to the State Commission, ESA's Project Manager for SMOS, Achim Hahne said, "I herewith can report that the SMOS and Proba-2 spacecrafts are fully tested, fuelled, and prepared for launch. I therefore ask the honourable gentlemen of the State Commission to authorise the fuelling of the launcher and conduct the final launch preparations. I would like to express my gratitude for the professional support we have experienced from all involved entities: the Russian Space Forces, Krunichev, and Eurockot."

SMOS and Proba-2 ready for launch [European Space Agency - 10/31/2009]

In the book, congressional staffer John Collins reports: "Military space forces at the bottom of the Earth's so-called gravity well are poorly positioned to accomplish offensive/defensive/deterrent missions, because great energy is needed to overcome gravity during launch. Forces at the top, on a space counterpart of 'high ground,' could initiate action and detect, identify, track, intercept, or otherwise respond more rapidly to attacks."

The Space Arms Race and the NASA Scam [Antiwar.com - 03/21/2009]

...on Thursday that the massive debris of the satellite collision might pose grave but controllable danger to other spacecrafts in case they hit them. "The debris of the two big satellites may create holes on other spacecrafts, or even bigger losses, once they hit them" Pang Zhihao, a Chinese expert on space techniques, told Xinhua. MOSCOW, Feb...

The root cause of the collision is the lack of international rules on space activities. [Xinhua News Agency - 02/14/2009]

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