RUSSIAN ROCKET CARRIES GERMAN SCIENTIFIC SATELLITE INTO ORBI - A Russian-built rocket blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome Friday, sending a German satellite into orbit and providing a bit of good news for Russia's efforts to boost its profile in the commercial launch industry. The Federal Space Agency said the Dnepr rocket carrying the TerraSAR-X satellite lifted off from the cosmodrome in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 6:14 a.m. (0214 GMT). More (Source: PR-inside.com - Jun 16)
STATION PROGRAM MANAGER GIVES UPDATE ON STATUS OF NAVIGATION COMPUTERS - International Space Station Program Manager Mike Suffredini said Russian and U.S. flight controllers and engineers are focusing on efforts for recovering the computers and options to maintain attitude control until the problem is resolved. More (Source: NASA - Jun 15)
ASTRONAUTS FOLD ARRAYS, PREPARE FOR SPACEWALK - The STS-117 and Expedition 15 crews moved through a busy day aboard the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis. They were retracting solar arrays and preparing for STS-117's third spacewalk. More (Source: NASA - Jun 15)
NEXT SINO-BRAZILIAN SATELLITE NEARLY READY FOR LAUNCH - A new Sino-Brazilian earth-observation satellite has entered a three-week testing phase and is scheduled to be launched from Taiyuan around September, experts said yesterday. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) started working on the so-called Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS) 02B satellite last June. More (Source: Chinadaily.com.cn - Jun 15)
SPACEWALKERS PREP SARJ FOR ACTION - Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steve Swanson continue to work outside the International Space Station to activate the newly installed Starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) truss segment. They kicked off STS-117's second spacewalk at 2:28 p.m. EDT today. More (Source: NASA - Jun 13)
FORECASTERS FEAR SATELLITE'S FAILURE - An aging weather satellite crucial to accurate predictions on the intensity and path of hurricanes could fail at any moment and plans to launch a replacement have been pushed back to 2016. More (Source: Thestate.com - Jun 13)
NORTHRUP GRUMMAN TO DEVELOP SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR B2 - Northrop Grumman Corp. has begun work on a system development and demonstration contract for an extremely high frequency satellite communications system for the U.S. Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber, Northrop Grumman announced June 12. More (Source: SatelliteToday.com - Jun 13)
STATION SPREADS NEW WINGS; CREW PREPS FOR SPACEWALK - The International Space Station spread its new set of wings Tuesday, and the STS-117 crew members prepared for the mission's next spacewalk. More (Source: NASA - Jun 13)
ASTRONAUTS FINISH FIRST STS-117 SPACEWALK - Mission Specialists Jim Reilly and John “Danny” Olivas successfully completed tasks during STS-117's first spacewalk to activate the International Space Station's newest component. More (Source: NASA - Jun 12)
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