RUSSIA CELEBRATES FIRST HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT/ARTIFICAL SATELLITE IN SPACE - Russia celebrated the 46th anniversary of the first human spaceflight April 12. This year is also the 50th anniversary of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, sent into geocentric orbit. More (Source: ICT Standardization Report - Apr 17)
NEW SATELLITE COVERAGE IN SOUTH AMERICA TO LIMIT EFFECTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS - South Americans, and millions more in the Western Hemisphere, are benefitting from the reposition of NOAA's GOES-10 spacecraft, a move designed to lessen the effects of natural disasters in the region. The satellite's successful shift from a position above the equator in the West, to a new spot in orbit, was recently announced. More (Source: Science Daily - Apr 16)
CHINA LAUNCHES FIFTH GPS SATELLITE - China launched the fifth satellite in its ambitious 'Compass' global satellite positioning system Saturday, the latest effort in the nation's fast developing space programme, state media reported. More (Source: Forbes.com - Apr 16)
US MILITARY PLANS TO PUT INTERNET ROUTER IN SPACE - The US military plans to test an internet router in space, in a project that could also benefit civilian broadband satellite communications. Cisco Systems and Intelsat General, a subsidiary of Intelsat, are among the companies selected by the US Department of Defense for its Internet Routing In Space (IRIS) project, which aims to deliver military communications through a satellite-based router. More (Source: Macworld - Apr 14)
CHINA LAUNCHES OCEAN MONITORING SATELLITE - China on Wednesday successfully launched an advanced satellite to monitor the world's oceans, the latest effort in the nation's fast developing space programme, state press reported. The satellite will be used to collect data on offshore wind fields, ocean circulation, tides and sea surface temperatures. More (Source: Spacedaily.com - Apr 12)
INDIA TO LAUNCH ITALIAN SATELLITE ON APRIL 23 - India's space agency on Wednesday said it was set to launch a foreign satellite as the primary payload on a home-grown rocket for the first time on April 23. More (Source: THE TIMES OF INDIA| - Apr 11)
ILS PROTON SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES ANIK F3 SATELLITE - International Launch Services (ILS) successfully placed the Anik F3 satellite into orbit today with a Russian Khrunichev-built Proton Breeze M rocket. The vehicle lifted off from Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 4:54 a.m. local time (6:54 p.m. Monday EDT, 22:54 Monday GMT). More (Source: Spacedaily.com - Apr 11)
HAIL-DELAYED SHUTTLE MISSION SHOOTS FOR JUNE LAUNCH. - NASA will try to launch Atlantis on the first space shuttle mission of the year in early June, almost three months later than originally planned, so that technicians can finish repairing its hail-damaged fuel tank, officials said Tuesday. The new launch date now will be no earlier than June 8. More (Source: CNN.com - Apr 11)
RUSSIA TO COMPLETE 24-SATELLITE GLOBAL POSITION SYSTEM BY 2009 - Russia will launch six satellites this year to forge an 18-satellite system for nation-wide navigation, and a 24-satellite network for global service will be completed by 2009, the director of the Federal Space Agency said on Monday. More (Source: People's Daily Online - Apr 10)
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