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COUNTDOWN BEGINS FOR TUESDAY SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH COUNTDOWN BEGINS FOR TUESDAY SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH - NASA has begun the launch countdown for space shuttle Discovery. The countdown clocks began ticking late Friday night. Discovery is scheduled to blast off early Tuesday morning. Forecasters put the odds of acceptable conditions at 70 percent. Discovery and a crew of seven will deliver about 17,000 pounds of supplies and equipment to the international space station. NASA test director Steve Payne said the only outstanding issue is a shuttle power controller that had to be replaced, but so far, all the testing looks good.   More
(Source: Associated Press - Aug 22)


HURRICANE BILL HOWLS TO CAT 4; GOES-14 SATELLITE CAPTURES ATLANTIC STORMS HURRICANE BILL HOWLS TO CAT 4; GOES-14 SATELLITE CAPTURES ATLANTIC STORMS - NASA's new GOES-14 satellite targeted the turbulent Atlantic storms as it beamed back its first "full disk"-- or an entire hemisphere--photo. At the far right: Hurricane Bill, now a dangerous Category 4 storm. Houston Weather Examiner Larry Cosgrove predicts that Bill could brush Bermuda by Friday and then head for the upper northeast coast.    More
(Source: Examiner.com - Aug 20)


SOUTH KOREA CANCELS LAUNCHING OF SATELLITE SOUTH KOREA CANCELS LAUNCHING OF SATELLITE - South Korea canceled the first satellite launching from its own territory on Wednesday only seven minutes before the planned liftoff, attributing the decision to a technical problem. The terminated mission seemed to avert, for the moment, a new flare-up of tensions with North Korea, which has been condemned internationally for launching a rocket this year and has said the United Nations should apply the same punitive standards to the South.    More
(Source: New York Times - Aug 20)


ARIANE ROCKET TO HOIST COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES ARIANE ROCKET TO HOIST COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES - An Ariane 5 rocket is set to propel two communications satellites into space Friday, one for Japanese telecom operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and second for Australian operator Optus. The dual payload is scheduled for lift off from the Arianespace launch site in Kourou, French Guiana between 22:09 and 23:09 GMT on August 21, Arianespace said in a statement. Weighing some 4,000 kilos (8,800 pounds), the JSAT satellite will provide communication services for Japan, the Asia-Pacific region, Oceania and Hawaii. It was built by US company Lockheed Martin, and is designed to last 15 years.    More
(Source: AFP - Aug 20)


CHANDRA TURNS TEN CHANDRA TURNS TEN - About ten years ago Space Shuttle Columbia launched hauling 55,000 pounds worth of astronomers’ dreams -- the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. This was the heaviest payload a space shuttle ever lifted – and one of the best day's labor the work-horse space shuttle ever put in. August 19, 2009, marks Chandra's 10 year "first light" anniversary.** Last week some Chandra team members celebrated the observatory’s past decade of dramatic discoveries.    More
(Source: RedOrbit - Aug 20)


DISCOVERY SET TO LAUNCH NEXT WEEK FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION DISCOVERY SET TO LAUNCH NEXT WEEK FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - Space shuttle Discovery is set to launch next week on a mission to the international space station, NASA's Flight Readiness Review team said Wednesday. Launch is scheduled for 1:36 a.m. ET Tuesday, NASA said. However, launches often are delayed because of inclement weather or technical concerns.    More
(Source: CNN - Aug 19)


S. KOREAN LAUNCH RAISES QUESTIONS - South Korea on Wednesday plans to launch a satellite into space using technology capable, in theory, of eventually delivering nuclear warheads or other weapons of mass destruction. A successful launch from an island off South Korea's southwestern coast will add that country to an elite club of nine nations that have demonstrated the capability to orbit a satellite and -- if they choose -- to conduct long-range missile strikes against an enemy.    More
(Source: Washington Post - Aug 18)


LAST GPS IIR SATELLITE LAUNCHED ON FINAL SLC-17A DELTA II - A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II has become the last rocket to lift off from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 17A this morning, as it launched the twenty-first and last GPS IIR satellite for the US Air Force. The 2059-kilogram GPS IIR-21(M) satellite, also known as GPS IIRM-8, was deployed following a sixty-eight minute flight. Liftoff was on schedule at 10:35 GMT (06:35 local time).   More
(Source: NASASpaceflight.com - Aug 17)


NEW ASIAN COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE LAUNCHES TO SPACE NEW ASIAN COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE LAUNCHES TO SPACE - A Proton rocket sent an Asian communications satellite on the way to orbit Tuesday, successfully completing the first leg of a 9-hour mission to deliver the four-ton craft to its new home in space. With six engines blazing a fiery trail through the night sky, the 185-foot-tall rocket lifted off at 1947 GMT (3:47 p.m. EDT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. AsiaSat 5, a new 8,289-pound broadcasting and networking satellite for Asia, was bolted atop the Russian booster for the launch. The spacecraft will be operated by Hong Kong-based Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd.    More
(Source: Space.com - Aug 12)


ARIANE 4 FUELS UP FOR DUAL SATELLITE LAUNCH ARIANE 4 FUELS UP FOR DUAL SATELLITE LAUNCH - Both payloads for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 flight have been fueled at the Spaceport as preparations continue for the workhorse vehicle's fourth heavy-lift launch of 2009 from French Guiana. ropellant loading of the JCSAT-12 and Optus D3 spacecraft was performed in separate activity at the Spaceport's S5 satellite preparation facility, readying these relay platforms for their integration with the Ariane 5.   More
(Source: Space Daily - Aug 10)

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