NASA TO LAUNCH JASON-3 OCEAN SURFACE-MEASURING SATELLITE ON SPACEX ROCKET - NASA is preparing for the upcoming launch of the Jason-3 satellite from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The spacecraft is being installed into the payload fairing at the end of this week and will be attached to the launch rocket’s second stage in the coming week. The satellite will be propelled into orbit on January 17 from the West Coast launch pad. The launch rocket itself is an early-model Falcon 9, produced by Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, better known as SpaceX.   More
(Source: Yahoo - Jan 5)

RUSSIA TO CONTINUE LAUNCHING EARLY WARNING DEFENSE SATELLITES - Russia's Aerospace Forces will continue to launch satellites in 2016 for its missile attack early warning system, Rambler News Service reported on Sunday. The Russian military is believed to have launched the first early warning satellite for its new United Space System sometime in late 2015. Information about launches from the Plesetsk Comodrome is classified, although the military confirmed that the launch would be its second for the early warning system.   More
(Source: Sputnik International - Jan 4)

2016 MANIFEST PREVIEW: UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE’S BUSY YEAR AHEAD - Some of America's most critical surveillance satellites, final members of other spacecraft series and a probe that will touch an asteroid are among 15 rocket flights planned by United Launch Alliance in 2016. It will be the 10th anniversary year for ULA, the launch firm that flies Atlas 5, Delta 4 and Delta 2 rockets from Cape Canaveral in Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.   More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jan 2)

APRIL LAUNCH SEEN FOR PHILIPPINE SATELLITE - The country will see the launching of its first satellite in April, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Mario Montejo said. He said the schedule was set after the DOST firmed up the arrangements with an American provider of space shuttle services on which the "micro satellite" would be launched. Select scientists from the DOST are now in Japan, collaborating with space scientists from Hokkaido University, in the assembly of the micro satellite.   More
(Source: Philippine Star - Jan 2)

SPUTNIK AND SPACE: NEW YEAR'S WISHES FROM THE ISS CREW - Find out what life is like on the International Space Station - and what the crew has planned for New Year's Eve, in an exclusive interview with cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and astronaut Scott Kelly, who are currently on the world's first-ever year-long mission aboard the ISS. As the crew prepares to ring in the New Year, flight engineer Kornienko reflects on how professional spacemen celebrate the holidays.    More
(Source: Sputnik International - Jan 1)

PREVIEW: 2016 ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - With two days left in 2015, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly looked out the window of the International Space Station before turning in for the night. Some 400 kilometers below, a range of craggy, snow-covered mountains stretched gently toward the horizon. Kelly tweeted the picture, identifying the scene as the Canadian Rockies. A few replies suggested he may have instead been looking at Canada's Coast Mountains.   More
(Source: The Planetary Society - Dec 31)

RUSSIA REDUCES RELIANCE ON FOREIGN SATELLITE DATA - Russia has significantly reduced its dependency on foreign remote sensing satellites, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday. "A significant reduction has been noted in the use of foreign Earth remote sensing satellites, which is linked to the provision of similar data by Russian space devices," the agency said in a statement.   More
(Source: SpaceDaily.com - Dec 30)

STARGAZER SPIES SPACE STATION STREAKING THROUGH ORION'S BELT - The International Space Station hurled through Orion's Belt in this image captured by Laura Austin. Austin snapped this well-timed image on Sept. 10 from Sarnia, Ontaria, Canada. For Austin, any viewing of the space station is a special moment. "Wow! Honestly every time I see the ISS hurl across the sky I am in awe. I wonder what the six astronauts are doing aboard the space laboratory. Working off the Earth for Earth," Austin wrote in an email.    More
(Source: Space.com - Dec 30)

CHINA LAUNCHES HD EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE - China on Tuesday launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-4, as part of the country's high-definition (HD) earth observation project. [Photo: people.cn] China on Tuesday launched its most sophisticated observation satellite, Gaofen-4, as part of the country's high-definition (HD) earth observation project. Gaofen-4 was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan at 00:04 a.m. aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket. It was the 222th flight of the Long March rocket series, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND).   More
(Source: CRIENGLISH.com - Dec 29)

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