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)
SPY SATELLITE BUILT IN COLO. SET TO LIFT OFF - A Colorado-built satellite is poised to usher in a new breed of commercial spy satellites that can snap sharper photos of objects hundreds of miles below on Earth. DigitalGlobe Inc.'s WorldView-1 satellite is sitting atop a Boeing Delta II rocket at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. Launch is scheduled for Tuesday. More (Source: Rocky Mountain News - Sep 15)
CHAVEZ SIGNALS SATELLITE PLANS - enezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his nation plans to launch "the Simon Bolivar satellite" now being built in China as part of plans to develop an integrated ground- and space-based air defense — presumably against the United States. More (Source: Washington Times - Sep 13)
INSAT-4CR PLACED IN NEAR GEO-SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT - India's newest communications satellite INSAT-4CR has been successfully placed in near geosynchronous orbit, the space agency said today. This was done during the fifth and final orbit-raising operation conducted from the Master Control Facility in Hassan yesterday, said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). More (Source: Hindu - Sep 9)
RRSAT EXTENDS ITS GLOBAL REACH ACROSS THREE CONTINENTS WITH INTELSAT - Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced that RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ:RRST), a global provider of end-to-end transmission and production services for broadcasters, will use the Intelsat global network to expand RRSat’s programming transmissions services seamlessly across three continents. RRSat contracted for capacity on Intelsat’s Galaxy 23 and Intelsat 10 satellites for content broadcasting throughout Africa, Asia and North America. More (Source: Business Wire - Sep 6)
FIRST MANOEUVRE TO RAISE SATELLITE’S ORBIT - The first manoeuvre to raise the orbit of INSAT-4C R was performed on Monday by firing the liquid apogee motor (LAM) on board the satellite for 27 minutes from 8.17 a.m. The command for firing the LAM was given from the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka. More (Source: Hindu - Sep 4)
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