SPACE TEST CALLED A SUCCESSFUL FAILURE - A space transportation experiment held on Tuesday from the Russian satellite Foton 3M was curiously described as both successful and unsuccessful. While officials said the space lift failed to deliver its load to Earth, some, including the authors of the project, assert that the results were nevertheless of great value. More (Source: Moscow News - Sep 28)
FOTON CAPSULE LANDS IN KAZAKHSTAN - The European Space Agency said the payload capsule from the Foton-M3 spacecraft successfully landed early Wednesday after 12 days in low-Earth orbit. The capsule from the unmanned Foton spacecraft, which was launched Sept. 14, landed in an uninhabited area about 93 miles south of Kustanay in Kazakhstan, close to the Russian border, the ESA said. More (Source: Science Daily - Sep 27)
THE START OF THE GALILEO TEST SATELLITE DELAYED FURTHER - Europe's Galileo navigation satellite project is struggling with new delays. The second Galileo test satellite will not be starting as planned this year. A spokesperson for Arianespace, the company responsible for the marketing of the rocket, informed the Financial Times Deutschland (Monday Edition) that the start originally planned for December is now expected to take place in March 2008. More (Source: Heise Online - Sep 25)
EUROPEAN POLAR SATELLITE IMPROVING WEATHER PREDICTIONS - The European polar satellite MetOp-A, launched last year, is already improving weather predictions and will soon help global environmental and security monitoring, scientists said here Monday. Scientists from Europe and the United States met in Amsterdam for a joint conference of the European meteorological satellites EUMETSAT and the American Meteorological Society, to discuss their experiences. More (Source: AFP - Sep 25)
DIGITALGLOBE IN COLORADO LAUNCHES NEW "SPY" SATELLITE - Meeting the need for increased capacity in high-resolution Earth imaging from space, DigitalGlobe just announced the successful launch of their second imaging satellite, WorldView-1, to be soon followed by their third, WorldView-2, next year. More (Source: Associated Content - Sep 22)
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)
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