Also, once it is on its own, Chandra will rely on a booster rocket that failed during a classified U.S. Air Force launch in April 1999.
According to Allen and his partners, this air-launch-to-orbit system is far less expensive and far more flexible than traditional ground launches, which are still used by some private companies for satellite launches.
The hope is that taking to the air with launch customers such as Singapore Airlines will lead to further orders from other carriers, such as Cathay Pacific and British Airways, which fly busy long-haul routes.
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MotionTools also has built in gesture recognition that allows users to gently swipe their phone in the air to launch applications, skip through songs in a playlist, activate presentation effects, navigate the web, and much, much more.
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"Jakarta has the potential to be the biggest market for Air Asia, " Fernandes told CNN Tuesday at the launch of Air Asia ASEAN in Jakarta.
We look forward to sharing more details including our launch air date and additional specifics in the coming weeks.
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Several Nato members, including the US and France, say they will help to train an African force for the Mali operation, but have not offered to send ground troops or launch air strikes.
" When you release it, the launch pushes air through a barrel-like container which creates a "toroidal effect.
Mr Olmert needs to know whether this finding has neutralised Mr Bush's threat of military action against Iran, and how America would react if Israel were to launch an air strike on its own.
In addition to its travels to the Space Station, SpaceX has recently signed a contract with the United States Air Force for two launch missions in 2014 and 2015, as well as another contract with Spacecom to launch their AMOS-6 satellite in 2015.
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Under an agreement with the Air Force, Wojtalik refused to reveal findings from an investigation of that launch, but he said the Air Force shared its findings with NASA and the agency is confident that the problem will not recur.
Regional carrier Minoan Air has announced plans to launch a new service between Edinburgh and Oxford.
ARINC, a technology firm, says it plans to launch in-air services with Qantas and a second, unnamed Asian airline.
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Dorrian confirmed that Folds was referring to a potential deliberate violation of Air Force rules regarding nuclear launch codes and the failure of his troops to report when they see potential violations.
Korean Air and VIP customers have joined launch customer Lufthansa in ordering a total of 33 747-8 Intercontinentals.
For example, one of them, Bucking Bronco, can launch enemies in the air or create a proximity-based trap.
When playing soccer, I always thought you had to be nuts to launch yourself into the air and head the ball.
"We have started building and hopefully we will launch soon after the Farnborough Air Show in September, " he said.
He persuaded Winfrey to double her on-air time in 2009, before the launch.
Steven Lindquist, one of the inaugural students, said the course asks officers to study how an attacker could launch a cyberattack against an Air Force command center or an individual airplane, and to construct defenses.
The new juice pack air comes just two weeks after the launch of the juice pack helium, mophie's lightest, thinnest battery case to-date, and continues the brand's momentum in rapidly expanding its offering of juice pack solutions for iPhone 5 users.
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Air Force F-15E fighter jets will launch the new weapon, which would find its target either by a laser or satellite guidance system.
It began when hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt appeared poised to launch a hostile bid for US Air, acquiring about 6% of the company.
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They will take up snowboards, skis, motorbikes and snowmobiles and launch themselves high into the crisp Colorado air, delighting millions of viewers while trying to avoid bone-crushing face-plants in the snow.
Air Polonia, the first airline in Poland to launch cheap flights to foreign and domestic destinations, also said it would expand its network next year to cover Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Rome and Madrid.
The CRS-2 supply mission, operated by Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX, lifted off successfully on a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:10 AM Eastern time.
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The Maryland researchers concluded that while many fish launch out of the water into the air to capture prey, migrate, or avoid predators, the guppies have a different evolutionary motive: to reach all the available habitat in Trinidad's mountain streams.
We need to really think seriously about a variety of alternative launch facilities and, also, a launch infrastructure that's really more suited to so-called launch-on- demand, which the Air Force has talked about at various times as a future requirement.
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Airbus says it is confident that there is enough interest the launch the A3XX, with four airlines (Air France, Emirates Air, Singapore Airlines, and leasing firm ILFC) already committed to firm orders and several others (believed to include Virgin Atlantic and Qantas) discussing terms.
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