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RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS COMPLETE REPAIR MISSION ON SPACE STATION RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS COMPLETE REPAIR MISSION ON SPACE STATION - A pair of spacewalking cosmonauts installed a new telescope mount on the International Space Station on Thursday despite a flaw in the device. Russians Fyodor Yurchikhin and Aleksandr Misurkin -- making their second spacewalk in under a week -- initially were told to give up trying to plug in the 6-foot platform for a yet-to-be-launched telescope. But after more than an hour of discussion at Russian Mission Control outside Moscow, the decision was reversed and the cosmonauts installed it.    More
(Source: Fox News - Aug 24)


S. KOREA SET TO LAUNCH MULTIPURPOSE SATELLITE ARIRANG - South Korea was set to launch a multipurpose satellite later Thursday, greatly enhancing its ability to observe and monitor any changes on the Earth's surface. The Arirang 5 satellite is set to lift off at 8:39 p.m. (11:39 p.m. KST) from a space launch site here in Yasny, 1,800 kilometers southeast of Moscow. The 1,315-kilogram satellite will be South Korea's fourth multipurpose satellite, but its first with a synthetic aperture radar.   More
(Source: GlobalPost - Aug 22)


WILL 'SPACE JUNK' PROBLEM INTENSIFY? WILL 'SPACE JUNK' PROBLEM INTENSIFY? - The United States is planning to shut down a key component of its space surveillance network that tracks satellites and "space junk" orbiting the Earth. As a result, satellite launches and flights to the International Space Station (ISS) may involve a higher degree of risk. The Air Force Space Surveillance System known as Space Fence consists of three two-mile-long transmitter antennae and six receivers in the south of the country.   More
(Source: Space Daily - Aug 22)


INDIA PUTS OFF RE-LAUNCH OF FAILED SATELLITE INDIA PUTS OFF RE-LAUNCH OF FAILED SATELLITE - Indian space authorities have called off plans to re-launch a communications satellite barely an hour before it was to lift-off. A 29-hour countdown for the launch had begun on Sunday at the launch pad in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Two earlier attempts at lift-off three years ago had failed - in December 2010, the rocket disappeared in a plume of smoke moments after its launch.   More
(Source: BBC News - Aug 21)


PRIVATE SPACE PLANE PASSES RUNWAY TESTS PRIVATE SPACE PLANE PASSES RUNWAY TESTS - A privately built space plane successfully completed a series of key tests earlier this month, as part of an ongoing effort to judge the winged vehicle's ability to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station one day. The Sierra Nevada Corp.'s Dream Chaser space plane underwent several "ground tow tests" on Aug. 2 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in southern California. These tests are designed to assess the spacecraft's braking and runway landing systems, according to NASA officials.    More
(Source: Space.com - Aug 20)


COUNTDOWN FOR COMMUNICATION SATELLITE GSLV-D5 LAUNCH TO BEGIN AT 11.50AM ON SUNDAY - The 29-hour countdown for the launch of GSLV-D5, powered by indigenous cryogenic upper stage and carrying communication satellite GSAT-14, from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh will begin tomorrow at 11.50am, Isro chairman K Radhakrishnan said. "Preparations for the launch of GSLV-D5, which is slated to be placed in orbit on GSAT-14, an advanced communication satellite, is progressing well. The countdown will begin at 11.50am and the launch is scheduled at 4.30pm on August 19," he told reporters at Chennai airport en route to Sriharikota.    More
(Source: Times of India - Aug 18)


SPACE STATION'S NEW EYES WILL STREAM EARTH VIEW ON THE WEB SPACE STATION'S NEW EYES WILL STREAM EARTH VIEW ON THE WEB - A new window on your life may soon be opened from space -- in high quality video and in almost real-time. The resolution might not be clear enough to pick out individual faces but if the simulation footage proves accurate then a video camera soon to be attached to the International Space Station (ISS) will be able to show high definition movies capable of detailing your car moving on the highway. UrtheCast, the company behind the idea, aims to stream the video for free over the web and make the data open source so you can integrate it into your own applications.    More
(Source: CNN - Aug 16)


WORLD'S FIRST POP-ART SATELLITE HEADED TO SPACE WORLD'S FIRST POP-ART SATELLITE HEADED TO SPACE - The first art-pop satellite will soon be launched into space. Jon Gibson and Amanda White designed the artwork which will make the satellite look like a replica of an oversized electrical charging device. Unfortunately it's unlikely anybody on Earth will ever see the work once it enters orbit; it's etched onto the side pointing heavenward.    More
(Source: Sci-Tech Today - Aug 13)


JAPAN’S HTV-4 SUCCESSFULLY BERTHS WITH THE ISS JAPAN’S HTV-4 SUCCESSFULLY BERTHS WITH THE ISS - The Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle-4 (HTV-4) automated resupply spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) following its launch into space from the Tanegashima space center in Japan on August 3. HTV-4?s capture was at 7:22 AM EDT, ahead of berthing at 11:38 AM EDT, which marked a large delivery of critical supplies and research cargo to the orbital outpost.   More
(Source: NASASpaceflight.com - Aug 10)


SPACEX ADDS GERMAN SATELLITE NETWORK TO LAUNCH CALENDAR - German satellite manufacturers OHB-System AG and Astrium GmbH selected the California-based firm, also known as SpaceX, to launch a trio of spacecraft that comprise a radar reconnaissance network for Germany's defense department. The OHB-System's two smaller radar satellites will ride together aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, while Astrium's larger spacecraft will solo on a second Falcon booster. The launches are targeted for 2018 and 2019.    More
(Source: Reuters - Aug 10)

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