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INDIA'S LARGE SATELLITE LAUNCHER RETURNS TO FLIGHT INDIA'S LARGE SATELLITE LAUNCHER RETURNS TO FLIGHT - It was a day of redemption for India's space program Sunday, when the nation's most powerful rocket returned to the skies for the first time since a booster engine failure doomed a launch last year. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, making its fifth flight since debuting in 2001, blasted away from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sriharikota Island.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Sep 2)


GSLV TO BE LAUNCHED TODAY - The 27-hour countdown for the launch of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F04, began at 1.21 p.m. on Saturday and is progressing smoothly for the vehicle’s lift-off at 4.21 p.m. on Sunday (September 2) from the spaceport at Sriharikota.   More
(Source: Hindu - Sep 2)


NOAA DEACTIVATES POLAR ORBITING SATELLITE - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially shut down the nation's longest serving polar-orbiting satellite, NOAA-12 on Aug. 10. While in operation, NOAA-12 logged 16 years of service and 84,402 Earth orbits, capturing critical environmental data from space.   More
(Source: DirectionsMag.com - Aug 29)


SATELLITE IMAGE CAPTURES GREEK FIRES RAGING OUT OF CONTROL SATELLITE IMAGE CAPTURES GREEK FIRES RAGING OUT OF CONTROL - NASA's Earth-monitoring Aqua satellite captured this dramatic shot of the deadly fires in Greece that have claimed an estimated 60 lives. Smoke clouds drift across southern Greece and into the Mediterranean. Fires burning actively are outlined with red boxes.    More
(Source: Independent Online - Aug 29)


LOCKHEED IN BID FOR 32-SATELLITE NETWORK - Lockheed Martin Space Systems has teamed with a pair of other defense industry giants in a bid for a massive Air Force contract to build and launch a new global positioning satellite network.   More
(Source: Bizjournals.com - Aug 28)


PSLV TO LAUNCH ISRAELI SATELLITE - The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is busy preparing to launch an Israeli satellite called Polaris by a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) between September 17 and 20 from the spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.   More
(Source: Hindu - Aug 28)


RUSSIA, US, EUROPE TO BUILD WEATHER SATELLITE SYSTEM - Russia, the United Sates and Europe will jointly create an orbital grouping of weather monitoring satellites, Georgy Polishchuk, the general director of the Lavochkin research and production corporation (Khimki, near Moscow).   More
(Source: New Europe - Aug 26)


CHINA, JAPAN RACE FOR THE MOON - Japan claims its project is the biggest since Apollo. China says it is readying its probes to study the lunar surface to plan a landing. Japan‘s space agency said last week that its SELENE lunar satellite is on track for a Sept. 13 launch, following years of delay as engineers struggled to fix mechanical problems.    More
(Source: Pierceland Herald - Aug 25)


NASA ORDERS FIX ON DISCOVERY'S EXTERNAL TANK BRACKETS NASA ORDERS FIX ON DISCOVERY'S EXTERNAL TANK BRACKETS - Insulating foam that covers brackets of Discovery's external fuel tank needs to be removed before the shuttle can fly again, NASA said Friday. A new X-ray analysis shows small cracks that probably make the material prone to shedding, officials said.   More
(Source: CNN.com - Aug 25)


ENDEAVOUR HAS LANDED! - Space Center, Fla., bringing to a close an International Space Station Assembly mission and concluding the flight of a teacher turned astronaut. Touchdown occurred at 12:32 p.m. EDT on runway 15 with STS-118 Commander Scott Kelly and Pilot Charles Hobaugh at the controls. The STS-118 crew also includes Mission Specialists Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio, Dave Williams, Barbara R. Morgan and Alvin Drew.   More
(Source: NASA - Aug 21)

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