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SPACE X'S JASON-3 SATELLITE LAUNCH LOOKS LIKE IT'S HAPPENING SPACE X'S JASON-3 SATELLITE LAUNCH LOOKS LIKE IT'S HAPPENING - Between that successful landing the other night and news that the oft-delayed Jason-3 satellite's launch preparations keep progressing toward its scheduled departure, Space X CEO Elon Musk likely has some added spring to his step going into Christmas. If you'll remember, work on the ocean-studying satellite stopped after this summer's fumbled launch. With news that the first-and-second stage boosters will be mated come December 28th, however, the launch scheduled for January 17th looks pretty realistic. NASA writes that the next orders of business are tucking the spacecraft into the Falcon 9's payload fairing come January 9th, with a connection to the rocket's second stage three days later.   More
(Source: Engadget - Dec 25)


PROTON TO LAUNCH EKSPRESS-AMU1 PROTON TO LAUNCH EKSPRESS-AMU1 - Concluding Russia's orbital launch attempts of 2015, a Proton rocket is scheduled to carry Russia's latest communications satellite into geostationary orbit. The liftoff of the Ekspress-AMU1 satellite is set for the early hours of Dec. 25, 2015, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission will be the eight and final for Proton's tumultuous year.   More
(Source: RussianSpaceWeb.com - Dec 24)


THALES AND AIRBUS TO SUPPLY FRENCH MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS THALES AND AIRBUS TO SUPPLY FRENCH MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS - The French defense procurement agency has contracted Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defense and Space to construct their next generation of military communication satellites. The Comsat NG contract covers two military communications satellites for the French armed forces. Once completed, the satellites will be launched to replace the aging Syracuse 3A and Syracuse 3B, which were launched in 2005 and 2006 respectively. The new satellites are scheduled to enter service in 2021.   More
(Source: UPI.com - Dec 24)


JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS: RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP MAKES SPACE STATION DELIVERY JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS: RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP MAKES SPACE STATION DELIVERY - A robotic Russian cargo ship made it to the International Space Station just in time for Christmas. Russia's uncrewed Progress 62 freighter docked with an Earth-facing port on the orbiting lab today (Dec. 23) at 5:27 a.m. EST (1027 GMT), two days after blasting off atop a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The six astronauts currently living aboard the space station will soon begin unloading the 2.8 tons (2.5 metric tons) of supplies that Progress 62 carried to space.    More
(Source: Space.com - Dec 24)


GEOSYNCHRONOUS HAM RADIO PAYLOAD TO AID DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS GEOSYNCHRONOUS HAM RADIO PAYLOAD TO AID DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS - Phys.org interviews Hume Center Director of Research Bob McGwier N4HY about a geosynchronous satellite amateur radio payload which will aid disaster communications. Researchers at the Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology are preparing to send an amateur radio transponder into a geosynchronous orbit in 2017. “Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, a new ham band will be available for the Americas,” said Robert McGwier, a research professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Hume Center’s director of research. “It will allow rapid deployment to disaster areas and support long-haul communications for first responders.”   More
(Source: AMSAT-UK - Dec 23)


TIM PEAKE SENDS CHRISTMAS VIDEO MESSAGE FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TIM PEAKE SENDS CHRISTMAS VIDEO MESSAGE FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - Major Tim Peake and his fellow astronauts have posted a festive message from the International Space Station to friends and family back home on Earth. Colonel Tim Kopra commented: “First off we would like to say how much of a privilege it is to serve on the International Space Station, and how grateful we are to the teams on the ground that support our flying here, as well as all the sciences on board this laboratory.”   More
(Source: The Independent - Dec 23)


SPACEX SUCCESSFULLY LANDS ROCKET AFTER LAUNCH OF SATELLITES INTO ORBIT SPACEX SUCCESSFULLY LANDS ROCKET AFTER LAUNCH OF SATELLITES INTO ORBIT - People living along the central Atlantic coast of Florida have for decades enjoyed the spectacle of rockets headed for space. On Monday night, they were treated to a new sight that may become common: a rocket coming back down to a gentle landing. “It really felt like it was right on top of us,” Elon Musk, the chief executive of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation of Hawthorne, Calif., or SpaceX for short, said during a telephone news conference afterward.   More
(Source: New York Times - Dec 22)


SOYUZ ROCKET FLIES CRITICAL TEST MISSION WITH PROGRESS-M SOYUZ ROCKET FLIES CRITICAL TEST MISSION WITH PROGRESS-M - new and improved Progress cargo ship is heading to the International Space Station, ISS. The latest upgrade of the veteran Russian space freighter and tanker is designated Progress-MS. In the ISS flight manifest, the first launch of the Progress-MS vehicle is known as 62P, while in the production documentation it is listed as No. 431.   More
(Source: RussianSpaceWeb.com - Dec 22)


RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP LAUNCHING TO SPACE STATION MONDAY RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP LAUNCHING TO SPACE STATION MONDAY - Russia’s Progress supply ship is getting an upgrade with a cargo launch to the International Space Station on Monday. The Progress MS-01 spacecraft enclosed within the Soyuz rocket’s nose shroud is set for liftoff at 0844:39 GMT (3:44:39 a.m. EST) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, beginning a two-day chase of the International Space Station set to conclude with an orbital linkup at 1031 GMT (5:31 a.m. EST) Wednesday.   More
(Source: SpaceFlignt Now - Dec 21)


FALCON 9’S RETURN-TO-FLIGHT LAUNCH DELAYED 24 HOURS FALCON 9’S RETURN-TO-FLIGHT LAUNCH DELAYED 24 HOURS - SpaceX called off a try Sunday to launch a package of Orbcomm communications satellites from Cape Canaveral, eyeing a better chance to land the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster Monday, according to Elon Musk, the company’s billionaire founder. Launch crews were preparing for liftoff Sunday evening, but Musk tweeted a few hours before the scheduled launch time that the mission would slip until Monday. Musk said a Monte Carlo simulation run, a type of probabilistic computerized mathematic model, showed a 10 percent better chance of nailing the Falcon 9’s first stage landing at Cape Canaveral on Monday.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Dec 21)

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