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WEATHER DELAYS LAUNCH OF NASA’S BILLION-DOLLAR PSYCHE MISSION TO FRIDAY WEATHER DELAYS LAUNCH OF NASA’S BILLION-DOLLAR PSYCHE MISSION TO FRIDAY - With the exception of the weather, NASA and SpaceX said at a prelaunch news conference Wednesday everything was ready for the launch the Psyche mission at 10:16 a.m. EDT (1416 UTC) on Thursday, Oct. 12. on a seven-year mission to an asteroid of the same name. Arlena Moses, the launch weather officer with the 45th Weather Squadron, said the launch forecast for Thursday remains only 20 percent favorable for liftoff, but she said there were a couple elements that made her somewhat hopeful for a Thursday liftoff.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Oct 12)


NASA CALLS OFF SPACEWALK DUE TO LEAK ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION NASA CALLS OFF SPACEWALK DUE TO LEAK ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - NASA has canceled a spacewalk planned for Thursday (Oct. 12) following a space station leak detected earlier this week. NASA officials called off the planned International Space Station (ISS) spacewalk on Wednesday (Oct. 11), as a precautionary measure after a leak of ammonia coolant was spotted Monday (Oct. 9) in a backup radiator on the Russian Nauka science module. Another spacewalk on Oct. 20 is also postponed and new dates will be announced shortly, NASA officials stated.   More
(Source: Space.com - Oct 12)


IRAN IS SEEKING RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE FOR A NEW SPY SATELLITE IRAN IS SEEKING RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE FOR A NEW SPY SATELLITE - Iran plans to hold talks with Russia over assistance to build a new Khayyam remote-sensing satellite. Discussions will cover developing technical specifications for new Khayyam satellites, along with plans for a small geostationary satellite and a telecommunications satellite, Russia's TASS news agency reported, citing the Iranian Mehr News Agency.    More
(Source: Space.com - Oct 11)


WATCH CHINA LAUNCH MORE CLASSIFIED YAOGAN SPY SATELLITES WATCH CHINA LAUNCH MORE CLASSIFIED YAOGAN SPY SATELLITES - China added a trio of new satellites to its clusters of Yaogan orbital reconnaissance spacecraft last week. A Long March 2D rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 8:24 p.m. EDT on Oct. 4 (or 1224 GMT; 8:24 a.m. Beijing Time on Oct. 5). The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) confirmed launch success within an hour of liftoff.   More
(Source: Space.com - Oct 11)


RUSSIAN MODULE ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SUFFERS COOLANT LEAK RUSSIAN MODULE ON INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SUFFERS COOLANT LEAK - Russia's space agency said on Monday that its multipurpose Nauka module attached to the International Space Station suffered a leak of a backup cooling system used to regulate onboard temperatures for astronauts. The crew and the station "are not in danger" as astronauts assess the leak, Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said in a statement posted on Telegram.   More
(Source: Reuters - Oct 10)


STRONG WINDS STYMIE BACK-TO-BACK SPACEX LAUNCH PLANS; VANDENBERG LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL STRONG WINDS STYMIE BACK-TO-BACK SPACEX LAUNCH PLANS; VANDENBERG LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL - A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, at 12:43 a.m. PDT (0743 UTC). Its first stage booster, making its 14th flight, landed successfully on a drone ship in the Pacific. Upper level winds forced SpaceX to scrub the Starlink 6-22 mission from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX was hoping to kick off the second week of October with a pair of back-to-back Falcon 9 launches, lifting off from both of its Space Force-based launch pads.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Oct 9)


ARIANESPACE'S VEGA ROCKET LAUNCHES 12 SATELLITES TO ORBIT ARIANESPACE'S VEGA ROCKET LAUNCHES 12 SATELLITES TO ORBIT - A European Vega rocket launched 12 satellites toward orbit tonight (Oct. 8) on its first mission of the year. The Vega, which is operated by France-based company Arianespace, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana tonight at 9:36 p.m. EDT (0136 GMT on Oct. 8). The 12 satellites will all be deployed into low Earth orbit (LEO) by about one hour and 45 minutes after launch, if all goes according to plan.   More
(Source: Space.com - Oct 9)


SPACEX TO LAUNCH 22 STARLINK SATELLITES ON OCT. 9 SPACEX TO LAUNCH 22 STARLINK SATELLITES ON OCT. 9 - SpaceX is set to launch 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Monday night (Oct. 9). The Starlink spacecraft are scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday at 8:42 p.m. EDT (0042 GMT on Oct. 10). Four backup opportunities are available as well, from 9:32 p.m. EDT until 12:10 a.m. EDT (0132 to 0410 GMT on Oct. 10).   More
(Source: Space.com - Oct 9)


CHINA TO DOUBLE SIZE OF SPACE STATION, TOUTS ALTERNATIVE TO NASA-LED ISS CHINA TO DOUBLE SIZE OF SPACE STATION, TOUTS ALTERNATIVE TO NASA-LED ISS - China plans to expand its space station to six modules from three in coming years, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform for near-Earth missions as the NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) nears the end of its lifespan. The operational lifetime of the Chinese space station will be more than 15 years, the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), a unit of China's main space contractor, said at the 74th International Astronautical Congress in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday.   More
(Source: Reuters - Oct 8)


STARSHIP SATELLITE LAUNCHES A YEAR AWAY STARSHIP SATELLITE LAUNCHES A YEAR AWAY - SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk says it will be about a year before the company’s new Starship vehicle will be ready to start launching satellites. Musk, speaking virtually at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 5, said he felt that the vehicle would be able to start launching SpaceX’s advanced Starlink satellites even before the company had demonstrated the ability to safely recover both stages of the vehicle.   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Oct 8)

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