Indosat appoints Thales for
Indosat appoints Thales for new satellite (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
JAKARTA, June 29 (Reuters) - Indonesia's second-largest telecommunications company, PT Indosat Tbk , said on Friday it had appointed French firm Thales Alenia Space to help in the construction and launch of its new satellite.
Indosat takes TASF as partners for new satellite`s launching (Antara News)
PT Indosat has formally taken Thales Alenia Space France (TASF) as its partner for procurement and launching of a Palapa-D satellite to replace its Palapa-C2 satellite that will cease operating in 2011.
Satellite snaps first images of mysterious glowing clouds (New Scientist)
NASA's new AIM satellite has taken its first data on silvery blue 'noctilucent' clouds – they may be linked to global warming
NASA Satellite Captures First View Of Night-Shining Clouds (Great News Network)
Greenbelt, MD - A NASA satellite has captured the first occurrence this summer of mysterious shiny polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface.
NASA satellite captures first view of 'night-shining' clouds (EurekAlert!)
WASHINGTON — A NASA satellite has captured the first occurrence this summer of mysterious iridescent polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface.
Mapping satellite to join fight (The Border Mail)
A FEDERAL Government agency is using satellite images to help Victoria’s emergency services track flooding in South Gippsland. Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said the imagery would help emergency services plan their response and clean-up.
Russia’s defense satellite put to designated orbit (Itar-Tass)
MOSCOW, June 29 (Itar-Tass) — The Cosmos-2428 defense satellite has been put to the designated orbit, Lt. Col. Alexei Zolotukhin from the Space Forces’ information and public relations service told Itar-Tass on Friday.
Satellite launched to test space hotel concept (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Russia launched Thursday a satellite designed to test the feasibility of the world's first space hotel, the brainchild of a Las Vegas hotel tycoon who hopes to begin construction in 2011, officials said.
Russia to put military satellite in orbit (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Moscow, June 29 (RIA Novosti) Russia is in the final stages of launch a Zenith-M carrier rocket Friday, with a Cosmos-series military satellite on board from a space centre in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency said.