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THESE SATELLITES WILL HUNT PIRATES, AND MAYBE TERRORISTS THESE SATELLITES WILL HUNT PIRATES, AND MAYBE TERRORISTS - If all goes as planned with the scheduled SpaceX launch Sunday, a startup called HawkEye 360 will have a trio of satellites resembling toaster ovens circling the globe, scanning for pirate radio. The Washington-area company is one of 35 paying customers strapped to the top of the Falcon 9 rocket, a crowd of cosmic enterprises boldly pushing the private sector into parts of the universe that were once solely the province of sovereign space agencies. The passenger list includes a Honeywell satellite to relay messages from tankers at sea, a company called Audacy that is building a system to speed communication among satellites, and the Nevada Museum of Art, which is launching an orbiting sculpture meant to be visible from Earth.    More
(Source: Bloomberg - Dec 1)


SPACE JUNK COULD PROVIDE A PERFECT HIDING SPOT FOR TINY SPY SATELLITES SPACE JUNK COULD PROVIDE A PERFECT HIDING SPOT FOR TINY SPY SATELLITES - As long as we've been launching spy sats into space, we've been trying to find ways to hide them from the enemy. Now, thanks to the small sat revolution—and a growing amount of space junk—America has a new way to mask its spying in orbit. One of the emerging trends of the 21st century is the shrinking size of space satellites, and the hope of replacing large spacecraft with constellations of smaller ones flying in lower orbits. It’s no secret that the same pattern holds true for spy sats. The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has not been shy about funding small sat launchers to loft payloads into space—payloads that could hide amid the thousands of objects now in low-Earth orbit.    More
(Source: Popular Mechanics - Dec 1)


THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE THE MOST JUNK IN SPACE THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE THE MOST JUNK IN SPACE - Space is a mysterious place where many have not ventured to. Even though it is beyond Earth and humans have not inhabited there, we still need to strive to maintain its beauty and natural environment. Considering many people haven't visited Space and it is pretty much untouched, there are many satellites, debris and parts of rocket that orbit our Earth. But who does this Space junk actually belong to? Well, data from Space Track has allowed RS Components to analyse just how many bits of debris are currently orbiting Earth and which country they belong to.   More
(Source: Space Daily - Dec 1)


ON-BOARD CAMERA REPLAY OF PSLV’S DEPLOYMENT OF 31 SMALLSATS ON-BOARD CAMERA REPLAY OF PSLV’S DEPLOYMENT OF 31 SMALLSATS - India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle released 31 satellites into two different orbits Thursday, and on-board cameras captured dazzling views of the smallsats flying away from the rocket’s upper stage high above Earth. The views begin with the blastoff of the 144-foot-tall (44.4-meter) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from India’s east coast at 0427:30 GMT Thursday (11:27:30 p.m. EST Wednesday), then separation of the rocket’s solid-fueled first stage and payload shroud. Liftoff occurred at 9:57 a.m. Indian time.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 30)


ROCKOT LAUNCHES RUSSIAN MILITARY SATELLITES ROCKOT LAUNCHES RUSSIAN MILITARY SATELLITES - A Rockot booster and Breeze upper stage delivered three Russian military communications satellites to orbit Friday after a launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome around 500 miles (800 kilometers) north of Moscow. The 95-foot-tall (29-meter) rocket fired out of a launcher tube at 0227 GMT Friday (9:27 p.m. EST Thursday) and climbed away from Complex 133 at Plesetsk, aligning on a trajectory toward the northeast over the Barents Sea. The launch occurred at 5:27 a.m. Friday Moscow time.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Nov 30)


EPIC 64-SATELLITE SPACEX LAUNCH WILL HONOR 1ST BLACK ASTRONAUT WITH CANOPIC JAR SCULPTURE EPIC 64-SATELLITE SPACEX LAUNCH WILL HONOR 1ST BLACK ASTRONAUT WITH CANOPIC JAR SCULPTURE - The first African-American astronaut will soon get a fitting spaceflight tribute, if all goes according to plan. One of the 64 small satellites flying atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the upcoming SSO-A SmallSat Express mission carries a 24-karat-gold jar that encases a bust of Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., IEEE Spectrum reported earlier this month. 0 0 MORE Partner Series The first African-American astronaut will soon get a fitting spaceflight tribute, if all goes according to plan. One of the 64 small satellites flying atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the upcoming SSO-A SmallSat Express mission carries a 24-karat-gold jar that encases a bust of Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., IEEE Spectrum reported earlier this month. In June 1967, the U.S. Air Force selected Lawrence — who had already risen to the rank of major within that military branch — for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program.    More
(Source: Space.com - Nov 30)


NASA PROGRAM TO LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS TO SPACE STATION FACING DELAYS BUT 2019 STILL ON TARGET NASA PROGRAM TO LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS TO SPACE STATION FACING DELAYS BUT 2019 STILL ON TARGET - NASA Administrator James Bridenstine said he still expects astronauts will fly from U.S. soil to the International Space Station by the end of next year even though an uncrewed test flight scheduled for Jan. 7 now could slip into the spring. Bridenstine's acknowledgment that January is a "very low probability" window is the first time the agency has publicly cast doubt on the timing of the scheduled launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The test flight of the SpaceX rocket and capsule is a key step in NASA's efforts to resume U.S. transport to Earth's orbit nearly a decade after the space shuttle was mothballed.   More
(Source: USA Today - Nov 30)


PSLV CONDUCTS HYSIS LAUNCH WITH NUMEROUS CO-PASSENGERS PSLV CONDUCTS HYSIS LAUNCH WITH NUMEROUS CO-PASSENGERS - The Indian Space Research Organisation launched a PSLV rocket Thursday, carrying thirty-one payloads including the HySIS imaging spacecraft and thirty small satellites for organizations in eight different countries. PSLV launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 09:57 local time (04:27 UTC). Thursday’s launch saw the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) make its forty-fifth flight. PSLV, the workhorse rocket of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), was charged with placing an advanced imaging spacecraft into orbit before releasing its multinational consignment of miniature satellites.   More
(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Nov 29)


SPACEX DELAYS HISTORIC SMALL-SATELLITE LAUNCH (AGAIN) SPACEX DELAYS HISTORIC SMALL-SATELLITE LAUNCH (AGAIN) - SpaceX has once again delayed the launch of its historic SSO-A ride-share mission, which was scheduled to launch 64 small satellites on a twice-reused Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday (Nov. 28). Dubbed "SSO-A: SmallSat Express," the mission was scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on a Falcon 9 rocket at 1:31 p.m. EST (1831 GMT) before landing on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. If eventually successful, this would be the third launch and landing of this "Block 5" Falcon 9 rocket booster — a historic first for SpaceX's reusable rockets.    More
(Source: Space.com - Nov 29)


INDIA'S HEAVIEST COMMUNICATION SATELLITE TO ORBIT IN SPACE ON DECEMBER 5 INDIA'S HEAVIEST COMMUNICATION SATELLITE TO ORBIT IN SPACE ON DECEMBER 5 - India's heaviest communication satellite with high throughput GSAT-11 will be put into orbit by Ariane-5 rocket of Arianespace from French Guiana on December 5, 2018, the Indian space agency said. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the GSAT-11 weighing 5,854 kg is the heaviest satellite built by it. The satellite is scheduled for launch on board Ariane-5 launch vehicle from French Guiana. The satellite will be initially placed in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit and will subsequently be raised to geostationary orbit by firing the satellite's on-board motor.    More
(Source: Economic Times - Nov 29)

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