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ATK Supports the Launch of United Launch Alliance's Atlas V ARLINGTON, Va., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) provided critical hardware for the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V that launched the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-4 satellite today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. GPS IIF-4 is the fourth satellite delivered by prime contractor Boeing as part of the GPS IIF contract for 12 next-generation GPS space vehicles. GPS IIF...
TORRANCE, Calif., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Sales & Rentals, Inc., leading distributor of portable air conditioning equipment for the non-residential market, has opened full-service offices in Miami, Fla. and Oklahoma City, Okla. A third office in Austin, Tex., opened by Atlas last year, has relocated to a larger facility. Products offered include the complete line of MovinCool(®) spot coolers and other portable equipment for cooling and heating applications. Atlas...
Marshfield Food Safety, LLC adopts the Atlas System, an innovative fully automated molecular system for food pathogen detection WARREN, N.J., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Roka Bioscience announced today that Marshfield Food Safety, LLC (MFS) has integrated the Atlas® System into its food safety testing operations. MFS, an independent testing laboratory owned by Marshfield Clinic and headquartered in Marshfield, Wisconsin, has implemented the Atlas System at two of its eleven...
CENTENNIAL, Colo., April 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- United Launch Alliance recently honored three California-based suppliers with a 2012 Small Business Excellence award for their support of the Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles. ULA's Atlas and Delta vehicles support a wide range of missions including the Department of Defense Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Program and NASA science missions, and are poised to launch the next generation of astronauts to the International...
MILFORD, Mass., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Elaine Osgood has launched Atlas Travel & Technology Group, Inc., a new company bringing corporate travel management leader Atlas Travel and technology innovator Prime Numbers Technology under one umbrella. Osgood launched Atlas Travel in 1986, and Prime Numbers Technology was created in 2007, by both Osgood and Rock Blanco, who served as president of the technology company until his recent departure to pursue other endeavors. "This...
NEW YORK, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Communications Technology launched its Solutions Center this week, a unique demonstration facility for exhibiting innovative solutions and thought leadership in the Capital Markets Technology space, strategically located in the heart of New York's Financial District. Atlas hosted an exclusive event this week for invited industry leaders to get a first look at the Solutions Center as a space for ongoing technological innovation. Invitees...
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) GEO-2 satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 5:21 p.m. EDT today from Space Launch Complex-41. ULA launched the first satellite in the constellation, GEO-1, aboard an Atlas V on May 7, 2011. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130319/SF80237) This was the 3(rd) ULA launch of the year, the...
Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories adopts the Atlas System, an innovative fully automated molecular system for food pathogen detection WARREN, N.J., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Roka Bioscience announced today adoption of the Atlas® System at Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratories, Inc. (MVTL). MVTL, a private independent testing laboratory headquartered in New Ulm, Minnesota, has implemented the Atlas System along with the Atlas Listeria Detection Assay and the Atlas Salmonella...
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-K) payload at 8:48 p.m. EST today from Space Launch Complex-41. This was the first of 13 ULA launches scheduled for 2013, the 35th Atlas V mission, and the 67th ULA launch. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130131/SF51763) "ULA and our mission partners are honored to work with the...
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Communications Technology, Inc., (ACT) a leading global provider of high quality, mission critical communications services, announced today an agreement to acquire Global Financial Technology Enterprises, LLC (GFTE) to strengthen its solutions delivery to the financial trading community. ACT will market their combined new services under the Atlas Trading Solutions (ATS)(TM) brand. Leading the new endeavor will be industry veterans John...
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Saturn's moon Atlas -- Atlas, the second of Saturn's known satellites, orbits near the outer edge of the A-ring and is about 40 by 20 kilometers (25 by 15 miles) in size. It is probably a shepherd satellite for Saturn's A-ring. Atlas was discovered by R. Terrile in 1980 from photographs taken by Voyager during its encounter with Saturn. ----- Discovered by: R. Terrile/Voyager 1 Date of Discovery: 1980 Distance from Saturn: 137,670 km Radius: 18.517.213.5 km Orbital...
The Planet Saturn -- in astronomy, 6th planet from the sun. Astronomical and Physical Characteristics of Saturn Saturn's orbit lies between those of Jupiter and Uranus; its mean distance from the sun is c.886 million mi (1.43 billion km), almost twice that of Jupiter, and its period of revolution is about 291/2 years. Saturn appears in the sky as a yellow, starlike object of the first magnitude. When viewed through a telescope, it is seen as a golden sphere, crossed by a series of...
Pleiades -- in astronomy, in astronomy, famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus; cataloged as M45. The cluster consists of some 500 stars, has a diameter of 35 light-years, and is 400 light- years distant from the earth. Six stars are easily visible to the naked eyeAlcyone (the brightest), Electra, Celaeno, Sterope, Maia, and Taygete. Known as the Seven Sisters, this group was named by the Greeks for the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione; the seventh Pleiad was,...
