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Archive for January 28th, 2011

New Progress vessel to ship supplies, microsatellite to ISS

January 28th, 2011 by

Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-09M (Progress 41P); Date: 28 January 2011, 0131 UTC. The Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station.

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GSLV-F06: structural damage made cables snap

January 28th, 2011 by

ISRO has come one step closer in identifying the root cause of the GSLV-F06 failure on 25 December, IANS news agency reports. The 11-member expert committee hopes to come to a conclusion during its next session on 7 February.

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NASA’s new lander prototype tested on skateboards

January 28th, 2011 by

NASA engineers successfully integrated and completed system testing on a new robotic lander recently at Teledyne Brown Engineering’s facility in Huntsville in support of the Robotic Lunar Lander Project at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

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LightSquared triggers phase 2 of agreement with Inmarsat

January 28th, 2011 by

LightSquared announced it has delivered notice to Inmarsat for the triggering of Phase 2 the Cooperation Agreement between the two companies.

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Enjoy Watching TV Shows Online!

January 28th, 2011 by

Don’t you just hate it when you watch TV and you stumble into a TV series and it is in the middle of the season and you happen to like it? That can be an intensely upsetting situation since you will understandably want to know how the whole thing began. Of course you can always wait for the network to air the previous episodes but who knows when that will happen or if it will happen? You might get sick of waiting and the replay of the previous episodes might happen at an inconvenient time for you.

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TV Shows Online All in One Place

January 28th, 2011 by

Those who do online work or simply work on the computer all day long know that they can watch TV shows online while doing work on their terminals. This is one of the more enjoyable things that those who work with computers can do. People who do not work on computers may not realize this, but the eyes can only take on one screen at the same time.

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Which One Will You Choose, Flat Screen Cable TV or Non-Flat Screen?

January 28th, 2011 by

Did you know that flat screen television sets are now being attracted by lots of users or customers in the area? Some of you think that flat screen types are worth for your money, but some of them thinks that it is a waste of time?
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Not All Satellite TV Providers Have the Same Features

January 28th, 2011 by

When it comes to home entertainment, there really is no doubting that cable TV is an inferior solution. Oddly enough, cable still has a sizable number of subscribers. Don’t let that convince you to sign up for it though. After all, you don’t want to find out the hard way that you’d be paying more and getting less. Although most satellite TV solutions are going to be far better than cable, some are going to offer more than others. If you want to get the best deal possible, there are a few things that you should be on the lookout for.
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