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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06BRASILIA1425 |
BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE VERSION OF [...] Post is transmitting to Washington the communication received from the Brazilian Foreign Ministry on July 12, 2006, providing the United States with their comments on the suggested Portuguese language text for the Cooperation on Environmental Scientific Research in the Large Scale Biosphere-Atm [...] |
2006-07-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA KSCA KTIA SENV TBIO NASA BR |
| 06BRASILIA941 |
RESPONSE TO PORTUGUESE VERSION OF NASA/LBA IMPLEMETING [...] (SBU) On May 10, 2006, Embassy received Brazilian Government Diplomatic Note DMAE/029/MESP-BRAS-EUA in response to changes to the Portuguese language version of the NASA/LBA implementing arrangement per State 70101. 2. (SBU) Informal translation of text of DIP NOTE 029 is as follows: (S [...] |
2006-05-12 18:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA KSCA KTIA SENV TBIO NASA BR |
| 06SANJOSE1622 |
Costa Rica to Construct Plasma-Propelled Space Rocket [...] Summary: Costa Rican national hero Franklin Chang, a former NASA astronaut and dual U.S.-Costa Rican national, recently opened a local branch of his Ad Astra Technologies Company in Liberia, Guanacaste, one of the country's poorest regions. The laboratory is the first of its kind in Central A [...] |
2006-07-24 22:14:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV NASA CS |
| 06THEHAGUE417 |
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY WORRIED THAT SHUTTLE PHASE- [...] During a February 21 meetin with Jeff Bingham, Staff Director for the Senat Subcommittee on Science and Space, European Spae Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) representatives said there was growing concern among European space authorities about the future of the International Space Statio [...] |
2006-02-24 15:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA ETTC NASA TSPL OREP NL |
| 07BRASILIA419 |
TWO USGS MOUS WITH BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITIES APPROVED BY [...] Reftel authorizes Post to seek Government of Brazil (GOB) authorization to sign two previously negotiated Memorandum of Understanding, between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Geoscience Institute of the University of Brasilia and USGS and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte [...] |
2007-03-09 19:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA KTIA NASA SENV BR |
| 07BRASILIA556 |
REQUEST FOR LANGUAGE SERVICES REVIEW OF TWO USGS MOUS WITH [...] The two USGS Memorandum of Understanding have been professionally translated into Portuguese. They are being transmitted via email, both the English and Portuguese versions, to Leslie Blancas, OES/STC. 2. Post requests that Language Services review the Portuguese translation to ensure that [...] |
2007-03-30 16:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA KTIA NASA SENV BR |
| 07MOSCOW5035 |
CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION: MFA PRESSES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, EUR/PRA Director Antia Friedt discussed the Framework Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) and other civil space cooperation issues with Andrei Kruitskikh of MFA's Department of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR). Kruitskikh noted the good progress made [...] |
2007-10-17 07:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL PREL PARM NASA KZ AS BR KS RS |
| 07MOSCOW5292 |
ROSCOSMOS ON SPACE COOPERATION WITH KAZAKHSTAN, [...] (SBU) Russian officials regard space cooperation with Kazakhstan as on track, despite reported disputes over leasing arrangements for the Baikonur cosmodrome and compensation for damages caused by a recent rocket explosion at the site. Plans for the construction in the Russian Far East of a [...] |
2007-11-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL NASA PREL PGOV KZ RS |
| 07ROME1432 |
ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER RAISES ALPHA MAGNETIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C/NF) During President Bush's June 9 meeting in Rome, Prime Minister Romano Prodi raised the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (aka anti-matter spectrometer - AMS) experiment, saying that the GOI hoped the AMS would be carried on the [...] |
2007-06-28 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | TSPA PREL KSCA NASA IT |
| 08BEIJING647 |
CHINA'S ANGST OVER U.S. SATELLITE INTERCEPTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-22 10:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | CH ESA ETTC KTIA NASA PNAT PREL TPHY TSPA |
| 08BRASILIA1652 |
UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ukrainian Embassy in Brasilia is urging the USG to reconsider its earlier position and now support the Ukrainian-Brazilian space launch venture that will operate out of Alcantara, allowing U.S. satellite firms to benefit from these facilities. While the Ukrainians noted some [...] |
2008-12-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR |
| 08PARIS167 |
SATELLITE RE-ENTRY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH, [...] (C) On January 29, reftel demarche was delivered to Philippe Errera, MFA Advisor to FM Kouchner for Strategic Affairs, following initial contact with the MFA duty officer on January 27 and subsequent guidance from the MFA. Also on January 29, reftel demarche was delivered to the European Spa [...] |
2008-01-30 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY KTIA ESA NASA GM UK |
| 08SANSALVADOR229 |
EL SALVADOR NOTIFIED OF SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) On February 21, Poloff delivered reftel notification to Ambassador Guillermo Melendez, MFA Director General for Foreign Policy. Notification was accepted without comment. Post will pass on any substantive response received. GLAZER [...] |
2008-02-22 22:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ES PARM TSPA NASA |
| 09ANKARA1535 |
TURKEY ASKS FOR PILOT TO BE INCLUDED IN SPACE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-23 08:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | NASA PREL TSPA TU |
| 09BERLIN368 |
U.S. SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS POLICY NONPAPER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5 below. 2. (C) Germany welcomed the reftel nonpaper on U.S. space situation awareness (SSA) policy and noted the upcoming bilateral meeting in Washington at the end of April as an excellent opportunity to further discuss this topic. As a poss [...] |
2009-03-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ESA EUN MCAP NASA NATO PARM PREL TSPA XG XT |
| 09BRASILIA1224 |
BRAZIL: EXTENDING THE U.S.-BRAZIL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON [...] (SBU) On September 17 Counselor Fabio Vaz Pitaluga, head of the Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Space (DMAE) of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE), met with Science Counselor and Science Officer to discuss the options for the renewal of the U.S.-Brazil Framework Agreement on Cooperat [...] |
2009-10-06 10:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA KSCA NASA BR |
| 09BRASILIA193 |
UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE [...] (C) On February 6, 2009, Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) Counselor and Assistant Air Attache delivered the USG response (REFTEL A) to the Ukrainian proposal (REFTEL B) to help the United States obtain Brazilian congressional approval of the 2000 U.S.-Brazil Technology Saf [...] |
2009-02-13 19:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR |
| 09BRASILIA270 |
BRAZIL: ENORMOUS AMAZONAS STATE PLANS AMBITIOUS APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. By December of this year, the State of Amazonas - which contains nearly half of the remaining Brazilian Amazon Forest - plans to announce its own climate change plan and state-wide target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To accomplish this goal Governor Eduardo Bra [...] |
2009-03-10 11:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG KSCA TSPL EAID ENRG NOAA NASA BR |
| 09BRUSSELS524 |
USEU DELIVERY OF SSA NON-PAPER TO EU COMMISSION [...] (SBU) OES DAS Jeff Miotke deivered the reftel Non-Paper to Paul Weissenberg, EU Commission Director for Aerospace, Defense, and Security Industry in DG Enterprise, on March 25. Weissenberg told DAS Miotke that he was pleased with the Non-Paper because it was "NATO light" and because it propose [...] |
2009-04-07 15:02:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ESA EUN EZ FR GM MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA |
| 09MOSCOW1473 |
RUSSIAN MFA WELCOMES NON-PAPER ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 2 meeting, MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy and Third Secretary Grebenshchikov were pleased by the cooperative tone of ref A non-paper and points and will inform the Embassy if the Russian [...] |
2009-06-05 03:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA UNPUOS UNGA RS |
| 09MOSCOW1474 |
RUSSIAN MFA WELCOMES NON-PAPER ON SATELLITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 2 meeting, MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Expert on Military Space and ABM Systems Klapovskiy and Third Secretary Grebenshchikov were pleased by the cooperative tone of ref A non-paper and points and will inform the Embassy if the Russian [...] |
2009-06-05 03:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP NASA PARM PREL TSPA UNGA RS |
| 09MOSCOW2809 |
RUSSIAN REACTION TO NON-PAPER ON U.S.-RUSSIA SPACE SECURITY [...] (U) ESTH Counselor met with the representatives of the Security and Disarmament Division of the MFA on November 12 and delivered the non-paper and talking points conveyed reftel B. Our interlocutors were pleased by the interest of the USG in advancing the space security dialogue, requested mo [...] |
2009-11-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA NASA TSPL PREL RS UNPUOS |
| 09NEWDELHI533 |
NEW DELHI WEEKLY EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Environment, Science, and Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 16 - 20, 2009, including the following: -- Haryana State Forest Department Goes After High Profile Development and Mining Interests -- Forest Fires In National Parks Cau [...] |
2009-03-20 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO KGHG TRGY NASA TSPA TNGD IN |
| 09STATE116396 |
NON-PAPER FOR RUSSIA ON U.S.-RUSSIA SPACE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 7 below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A U.S. non-paper dated May 28, 2009, was transmitted to Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, inviting Russia to discuss the February 10, 2009, Iridium-Cosmos collision, and expressing the United States' interest in re [...] |
2009-11-12 01:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG MCAP NASA PARM PREL RS TSPA UNPUOS |
| 09STATE28300 |
NON-PAPER FOR EUROPEAN UNION ON U.S. SPACE [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: At a European Council summit in December 2008, EU Heads of State and Government endorsed efforts to pursue space situational awareness (SSA) and other space capabilities as part of the European Security and Defense P [...] |
2009-03-24 21:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ESA EUN EZ FR GM MCAP NASA NATO PARM PREL TSPA XG XT |
| 09STATE54933 |
NON-PAPER FOR RUSSIA ON SATELLITE COLLISION [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 6-7 below. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On March 6, Embassy Moscow received a non-paper from Russian MFA North America Desk Counselor Aleksandr Shilin providing information on the February 10 collision of U.S. and Russian satellites (REF A). In providing [...] |
2009-05-28 22:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG MCAP NASA PARM PREL RS TSPA UNPUOS |
| 09STATE58525 |
DELEGATION GUIDANCE FOR MEETING WITH RUSSIA ON [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: In 2006 and 2007, Russia and the United States signed military cooperation workplans, which included various space-related activities. To date, none of these activities have occurred. Also in 2007, Russia submitted a list of proposals on space TCBMs to the UN Secretary Gene [...] |
2009-06-07 18:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CDG MCAP NASA PARM PREL RS TSPA UNGA |
| 09UNVIEVIENNA324 |
BRIEFING TO COPUOS AND SIDE MEETING ON THE [...] (SBU) On June 9, 2009, Brigadier General Susan Helms, Director of Plans and Policy, J-5, United States Strategic Command, briefed the 52nd Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) on the February 2009 collision of the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 satellites. Prior t [...] |
2009-07-08 15:30:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL PARM TSPA RS NASA CPUOS CDG |
| 10BERLIN5 |
GERMANY NOTIFIED OF COLLISION RISK TO TUBSAT-A [...] (U) Per refs A and B, Econoff notified Dr. Udo Renner of the Technical University in Berlin (TU Berlin), TUBSAT-A Project Manager, of the January 10 collision risk posed by debris from the Russian COSMOS 2251 satellite. Dr. Renner was very appreciative of the notification and was previously u [...] |
2010-01-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA PARM PREL NASA IT FR GM |
| 10STATE11173 |
NON-PAPER FOR RUSSIA ON PROPOSED U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: On January 20, 2010, in an Aide Memoire, the Russian MFA Department of Security and Disarmament (DVBR) responded to a U.S. non-paper dated November 11, 2009. The U.S. non-paper had accepted Russia's proposal for a [...] |
2010-02-03 23:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG MCAP NASA PARM RS TSPA UNPUOS |