Space
- U.S., Japan Sign Agreement on Continuous Satellite Coverage Washington File 25 Feb 2005 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) have signed a long-term agreement to guarantee continuous geostationary satellite coverage of the continental United States and the Western Pacific.
- United States Funds Rocket Fuel Disposal Project in Armenia Washington File 25 Feb 2005 -- The United States will contribute over $1 million toward a project of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to eliminate rocket fuel component stocks in Armenia, according to the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan.
- Statement by the Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister of Canada 24 Feb 2005 -- "We had an extensive discussion led by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and National Defence, concerning the invitation to participate in the evolution of the proposed ballistic missile defence system. It is in respect of that discussion that we are announcing today that Canada will not take part in the proposed ballistic missile defence system"
- Pakistan opposes sale of US anti-missile Patriot to India IRNA 23 Feb 2005 -- Pakistan on Wednesday cautioned that the possible sale of US Patriot anti-ballistic missile system to India would be `counter-productive, erode deterrence in the region, fuel arms race and induce higher risk-taking`.
- 'Near space' enhances joint warfighting AFPN 18 Feb 2005 -- "Near space" can be the Air Force’s focus, said the commander of Air Force Space Command during his speech Feb. 17 at the Air Force Association’s 2005 Air Warfare Symposium here.
- ABM AS A USELESS ENGINEERING EXERCISE RIA Novosti 18 Feb 2005 -- Lieutenant General Henry Obering, director of the US Missile Defense Agency, will hardly get acclaim from his president, as a planned launch of an antimissile failed. But Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov was congratulated by President Vladimir Putin in November last year, when he reported on the successful trials of the Russian analogue of the US NMD system.
- SPACE STATION UPDATE VOA 17 Feb 2005 -- International space station controllers are changing some spacewalk procedures following the near contamination of the U.S. crew member last month when he came too close to station jet exhaust. The issue is related to a mysterious problem controllers are having steering the outpost with gyroscopes during spacewalks.
- Space war game improves joint warfighting capability AFPN 10 Feb 2005 -- The Schriever III space war game is under way here, where a 350-person team of space professionals battle in a global environment scenario set in the year 2020.
- President Bush Proposes Increase in Landsat 7 Funding for 2006 Washington File 07 Feb 2005 -- President Bush's fiscal year 2006 budget calls for increasing the budget for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Landsat 7 Earth-imaging satellite by $12 million.
- Hybrid rocket successfully tested AFPN 04 Feb 2005 -- A large hybrid rocket motor was successfully fired on its test stand here recently.
- RUSSIAN SPACE FORCES CONFIRM ORBITING U.S. SATELLITE RIA Novosti 03 Feb 2005 -- The U.S. communications satellite AMC-12 has been lofted to the planned orbit, a Space Forces spokesman told RIA Novosti.
- RUSSIAN PROTON CARRIER ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE AMC-12 RIA Novosti 03 Feb 2005 -- 2005's first Proton carrier rocket with an American AMC-12 communication satellite on top was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 5.27 a.m. Moscow time, a spokesman for Russia's Space Forces said.
- International Swift Satellite Now Fully Operational Washington File 02 Jan 2005 -- The Swift satellite's ultraviolet/optical telescope (UVOT), dedicated to understanding gamma-ray bursts, has become fully operational and has captured an image of the Pinwheel Galaxy, long loved by amateur astronomers as the "perfect," face-on spiral galaxy.
- Iran hopes for development of space cooperation with Russia IRNA 01 Feb 2005 -- Iran hopes for the development of space cooperation with Russia, Iranian Ambassador Gholamreza Shafei said here on Tuesday.
