INDIA TO LAUNCH SATELLITE WITH MILITARY APPLICATIONS - India is expected to launch an advanced satellite with military and other applications by the year-end on board a home-grown rocket that will also put an Israeli satellite in space. "Cartosat-2A is ready for launch," an ISRO official said. More (Source: Times of India - Sep 22)
CHINA, BRAZIL LAUNCH REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE - A joint mission developed by China and Brazil was shot into an orbit circling Earth's poles to snap detailed images of the globe during an early Wednesday launch from China's northeastern space base. A Long March 4B rocket launched with the international satellite at 0326 GMT Wednesday (11:26 p.m. EDT Tuesday) from the Taiyuan space center in China's Shanxi province, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. More (Source: Space.com - Sep 20)
ISRAEL TO LAUNCH SATELLITE - Israel plans to launch a new spy satellite this month. India Defense magazine reported this week that by month's end, Israel will launch a TechSar satellite from the Indian air base of Sriharikota. More (Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency - Sep 19)
BALL AEROSPACE-BUILT WORLDVIEW-1 SATELLITE LAUNCHED FROM VANDENBERG - The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. WorldView-1 satellite built for DigitalGlobe(R) launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. at 11:35 a.m. PDT, aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket. The launch of the WorldView-1 satellite is poised to make a major contribution towards the advancement of the commercial remote-sensing industry by providing higher collection capabilities, more frequent revisit time, and greater imaging flexibility. More (Source: CNNMoney.com - Sep 19)
LEAKY SEALS MAY DELAY SHUTTLE LAUNCH - Leaky hydraulic seals on space shuttle Discovery must be replaced, and the extra work may end up delaying next month's flight, a NASA official said Monday. NASA plans to replace the seals in the right main landing gear strut later this week with help from contractor BF Goodrich, said George Diller, a space agency spokesman. More (Source: CNN - Sep 18)
NEW SATELLITE FOR IMPROVED GOOGLE EARTH EXPERIENCE - DigitalGlobe, the company that provides the imagery for Google Earth, is launching a new satellite on Tuesday, September 18. The satellite named WorldView I will collect over 600,000 square kilometers of imagery each day and will boost the quality of images on Google Earth. More (Source: Tech Republic - Sep 18)
MOON ORBITER SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED FROM EARTH - A Japanese space probe bound for lunar orbit was launched early Friday on the first leg of a $480 million mission to search for answers to fundamental questions about the moon's enigmatic history. The SELENE spacecraft flew into space bolted on the tip of an H-2A rocket, which released the 6,360-pound satellite about 45 minutes after blastoff. More (Source: Space Flight Now - Sep 15)
RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC SATELLITE LAUNCHED FROM BAIKONUR COSMODROME - A Russian scientific satellite was launched into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket Friday, just eight days after another Russian-built rocket crashed destroying a Japanese satellite and spreading toxic chemicals. The Soyuz-U rocket lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 3 p.m. (1100 GMT) and arrived at a geostationary orbit eight minutes later, said Alexander Vorobyov, spokesman for the Federal Space Agency. More (Source: International Herald Tribune - Sep 15)
SOUTH KOREA 'TO LAUNCH SATELLITE' - South Korea plans to put a satellite into orbit next year from its own space centre, an official has said. It will be the first time the country launches a rocket into space from its territory. Since 1992, South Korea has launched 11 satellites, mostly for space and ocean observation and communication. More (Source: The Press Association - Sep 15)
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