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April 25, 2006 / 9:49 AM

Britain awards spectrum licenses to 12 companies

LONDON, April 25 (UPI) -- Britain's Office of Communications said 12 companies have been provisionally awarded wireless telegraphy licenses.

The licenses are for the 1781.7-1785 MHz paired with 1876.7-1880 MHz bands, and Ofcom said they should be granted from the week starting May 1.

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The 12 companies are British Telecommunications PLC, Cable & Wireless UK (England), COLT Mobile Telecommunications Ltd, Cyberpress Ltd, FMS Solutions Ltd, Mapesbury Communications Ltd, O2 (UK) Ltd, Opal Telecom Ltd, PLDT (UK) Ltd, Shyam Telecom UK Ltd, Spring Mobil AB and Teleware PLC.

This was the first spectrum auction held by Ofcom.

SpaceX sends another batch of Internet satellites aloft

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SpaceX sends another batch of Internet satellites aloft

April 28 (UPI) -- Atop a million pounds of liquid propellant, SpaceX launched its next in a series of Falcon 9 rockets riding a column orange fire and exhaust from Florida on Sunday, rumbling out over the Gulf Coast.

SpaceX ties record with 20th Falcon 9 booster re-use in Galileo L12 launch

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SpaceX ties record with 20th Falcon 9 booster re-use in Galileo L12 launch

April 28 (UPI) -- SpaceX has tied its own record with the 20th use of a Falcon 9 booster with its latest and final mission, the launch of a European Union Galileo L12 navigation and positioning satellite.

Report: Global wine production worst in 62 years due to 'extreme climate events'

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Report: Global wine production worst in 62 years due to 'extreme climate events'

April 27 (UPI) -- Fires, droughts and other conditions commonly associated with a changing global climate greatly contributed to making the world's 2023 wine production the worst in 62 years, industry officials have reported.

NASA's Hubble Telescope in safe mode after faulty readings

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NASA's Hubble Telescope in safe mode after faulty readings

April 26 (UPI) -- Scientists at NASA are continuing work to restore operations to its Hubble Space Telescope, after pausing them earlier in the week due to issues with the orbiting instrument's gyroscope.

Bird flu virus in milk poses challenges for dairy industry

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Bird flu virus in milk poses challenges for dairy industry

April 26 (UPI) -- The discovery of fragments of avian flu virus in milk sold in U.S. stores, including in about 20% of samples in initial testing, suggests that the H5N1 virus may be more widespread in dairy cattle than previously known.

Crew of first Boeing Starliner mission arrives at Kennedy Space Center

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Crew of first Boeing Starliner mission arrives at Kennedy Space Center

April 25 (UPI) -- The crew of the first Boeing Starliner space mission arrived Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of the spacecraft's debut manned mission on May 6.

NASA seeks help from private companies for expensive Mars Sample Return mission

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NASA seeks help from private companies for expensive Mars Sample Return mission

April 25 (UPI) -- A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from $5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip to 2040.

China to launch 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station as Beijing's lunar plans progress

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China to launch 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station as Beijing's lunar plans progress

April 24 (UPI) -- China will launch three crew members into low-Earth orbit Thursday for a six-month mission at Tiangong space station, as China prepares to put astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade.

Japan's SLIM survives 3rd lunar night, surprising designers

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Japan's SLIM survives 3rd lunar night, surprising designers

April 24 (UPI) -- Japan's moon lander has survived a third lunar night, something that surprised even its designers, as it continued to take snapshots and probe the satellite's surface, officials said on Wednesday.

Rocket Lab launches NASA's solar sail technology into orbit

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Rocket Lab launches NASA's solar sail technology into orbit

April 23 (UPI) -- Rocket Lab's Electron launched NASA's new composite solar sail into space where it will undergo weeks of testing, using sunlight to propel it through the solar system.

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