Russia delays 2012 military launches
September 4th, 2012 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will delay launches of military spacecraft this year because of a failed satellite launch last month, a top defence official said Tuesday.The delays will ... Read more...
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Kashmiri migrants on hunger strike for hike in dole
August 31st, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 31 (IANS) Kashmiri Pandit (Hindu) migrants in Jammu Friday began a hunger strike demanding a hike in the cash relief they have been getting from the government.Kashmiri Pandits ... Read more...
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Russia to build new satellite-making plant
August 22nd, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 22 (IANS) Russia will build a new satellite manufacturing plant that will build about 600 communication and observation satellites a year, RIA Novosti reported Wednesday.The plant will be ... Read more...
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Satellites to help Beijing expose fake afforestation
August 21st, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 21 (IANS) Beijing's afforestation watchdog has said it will turn to satellite monitoring to expose fake green drives in the city and prevent the misuse of plantation funds, ... Read more...
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Chinese firm to send Spanish rover to moon in 2014
August 18th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 18 (IANS) A Chinese company will send a Spanish rover to the moon in June 2014, after competing in the Google Lunar X Prize contest, Xinhua reported.According to ... Read more...
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British company to offer 500,000 miles journey around the Moon
June 20th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, June 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS)
An Isle of Man-based Company is planning to offer seats to those willing to complete a journey around the Moon. The first of these journeys could take place ... Read more...
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China’s manned spacecraft docks with space module
June 18th, 2012 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 18 (IANS) China's first manned spacecraft Shenzhou-9, carrying the first Chinese woman astronaut, Monday successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 space module, officials said.The Beijing Aerospace Control Center said ... Read more...
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Iran to launch three satellites
May 17th, 2012 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 16 (IANS) Iran has plans to launch three satellites in the near future, according to the Iranian embassy in Moscow.According to a statement posted on the Iranian embassy's ... Read more...
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China launches new mapping satellite
May 6th, 2012 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 6 (IANS) China launched a new mapping satellite early Sunday.The satellite - Tianhui I-02 - will mainly be used to conduct scientific experiments, carry out land resource surveys ... Read more...
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‘Jannat 2′ director cuts liplocks for TV
April 24th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai April 24 (IANS) "Jannat 2" director Kunal Deshmukh has played it smart. While shooting the 'A' certificate film, he was already prepared for necessary alterations that would be ... Read more...
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Britain, Japan agree on joint arms project
April 10th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, April 10 (IANS) Visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihiko Noda Tuesday agreed to jointly develop military equipment.During Cameron's brief trip to Japan, both ... Read more...
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Shooting at Pakistani news channel office
March 20th, 2012 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 20 (IANS) Gunmen opened fire at a Geo News office in Karachi and smashed the windows of the news channel's satellite van, a media report said Tuesday.The Geo ... Read more...
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North Korea to launch satellite
March 16th, 2012 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
Pyongyang, March 16 (IANS) North Korea has announced it will launch an indigenously-built satellite to mark the birth centenary of late president Kim Il Sung.North Korea is to launch the ... Read more...
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China to launch 100 satellites during 2011-15
March 10th, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 10 (IANS) China has set a target of completing a space mission of "100 rockets, 100 satellites" between 2011 and 2015, according to a space official.According to Zhang ... Read more...
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China mulls next generation rockets
February 5th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 5 (IANS) China will launch its next generation Long March carrier rockets in the next five years, an expert said.Yu Menglun, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of ... Read more...
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China’s GPS system goes online
December 28th, 2011 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 28 (IANS) China's own satellite navigational system, known as 'Beidou', is now operational after the 10th satellite was placed into orbit this month.
Also known as the 'Big ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu’s Noorul Islam University to launch satellite
December 16th, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's Noorul Islam University (NIU) will soon be rigging up its own satellite and launching it too with government help, a university official said ... Read more...
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China sends two satellites into space
November 20th, 2011 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 20 (IANS) China Sunday put two satellites into orbit, Xinhua reported.Chuangxin 1-03 and Shiyan Satellite 4 were launched on a Long March 2D carrier rocket at 8.15 a.m. ... Read more...
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Russia fails to make contact with Mars moon probe
November 12th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has again been unsuccessful in its attempt to establish contact with its Phobos Grunt probe, whose engines failed to put in on course for ... Read more...
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Russia to launch three Glonass satellites Friday
November 4th, 2011 - 8:31 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will launch a Proton-M rocket carrying three Glonass navigation satellites from the Baikonur space centre Friday after a 24-hour delay due to technical reasons, ... Read more...
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Russian cargo spacecraft docks with ISS
November 2nd, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 2 (IANS) Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-13M docked Wednesday with the International Space Station (ISS) after three days of flight, the Russian Mission Control Centre said.The Progress M-13M ... Read more...
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China launches spacecraft
November 1st, 2011 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Nov 1 (IANS) China's unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 blasted off from a launch centre in the northwestern Gobi desert Tuesday.The spacecraft took off at 5.58 a.m. from the Jiuquan Satellite ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Pandits to protest in Delhi
October 28th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 28 (IANS) Displaced Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir will be staging a rally in New Delhi in November to apprise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of their ... Read more...
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3 tonne satellite to fall on earth
October 19th, 2011 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 19 (IANS) The three tonne ROSAT satellite will fall to earth this week, at any time after Friday, the German Aerospace Agency DLR says.The X-ray satellite will re-enter ... Read more...
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Iran does not need assassinations: Ahmadinejad
October 16th, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Oct 16 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that Iran does not need to resort to assassinations to advance its policies, Xinhua reported citing satellite Press TV.Ahmadinejad made ... Read more...
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Satellite captures ‘Burning Man’ Festival photos from space
September 7th, 2011 - 12:11 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Nevada, Sept 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The European Space Agency's Proba-1 microsatellite on Thursday captured shots of the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. The event is a week long process and ... Read more...
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NASA spacecraft to take images of Apollo landing sites
August 12th, 2011 - 2:49 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A NASA spacecraft will move 30 km closer to the moon for a week to take clearer images of the Apollo lunar landing sites.The Lunar ... Read more...
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US denies role in Iranian scientist’s death
July 26th, 2011 - 6:31 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 26 (IANS) The US State Department has denied the allegation that Washington was involved in the recent assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist, Xinhua reported.Reacting over ... Read more...
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British criminals to be tracked using satellites
July 11th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 11 (IANS) Criminals in Britain who are out of jail or on bail will now be tracked using satellites, officials said.The new system dubbed "Chav-Nav" uses technology similar ... Read more...
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Indian space agency’s commercial arm gets new head
July 9th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 9 (IANS) Antrix Corporation, the Indian space agency's commercial arm, Saturday got a new head, V.S. Hegde, an expert in remote sensing applications as part of the ... Read more...
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Iran plans to send monkey into space
June 16th, 2011 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 16 (IANS) Iran plans to send a live monkey into space, a media report said Thursday.The space capsule designed to carry a live monkey was unveiled by President ... Read more...
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China’s second moon orbiter Chang’e-2 heads for outer space
June 10th, 2011 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 9 (IANS) China's second moon orbiter, Chang'e-2, Thursday set off on a journey into outer space that will take it about 1.5 million km away from the ... Read more...
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Distribution of land on Kolkata’s outskirts to be halted
June 1st, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) Alleging that there was forcible land acquisition at Rajarhat in the city's outskirts during the Left Front's tenure, the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government Tuesday decided ... Read more...
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Osama’s Pak compound ‘worth far less than US’ million dollar claim’
May 5th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 5(ANI): Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's house in Pakistan's Abbottabad city, described by the US government as a million dollar mansion, is actually worth about 250,000 dollars, Pakistani property dealers ... Read more...
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Obama watched Bin Laden ’shot in left eye’ on live video in White House
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): US President Barack Obama along with his high-level team, watched live coverage in the White House, as the commandos gunned down the world's most wanted terrorist Osama ... Read more...
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