EUROPE’S ATV-4 FREIGHTER BLASTS OFF TO SPACE STATION - ATV-4, Europe's unmanned cargo carrier, blasted off from the Kourou space center in French Guiana on Thursday to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). The fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named after 20th century theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, is scheduled to dock with the aft port of the Russian Zvezda module on June 15. The European cargo carrier that services the ISS is bringing to the station over 6.5 metric tons of cargo, including fuel, water, food and other necessities. It is scheduled to remain docked with the station until October 2. More (Source: RIA Novosti - Jun 6)
LAST LOOK AT ATV-4 BEFORE IT LAUNCHES - Engineers look on as the Ariane 5 launcher fairing is lowered over ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), the largest and most sophisticated space ferry to supply the International Space Station. The smaller dark cylinder visible inside the white fairing is ATV Albert Einstein, the fourth spacecraft in the series that will be launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana tomorrow. More (Source: RedOrbit - Jun 5)
"PROTON-M" ROCKET WITH EUROPEAN SATELLITE LAUNCHED FROM BAIKONUR - Carrier rocket "Proton-M" with the upper stage "Breeze-M", designed to launch the European satellite communications W3D, was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan). Launch was made at the estimated time - 20:02 MSK. The satellite should be separated from the upper stage on May 15 at 05:15 MSK. The contract for the use of rocket "Proton-M" for launch by W3D, made Thales Alenia Space to order one of the leading satellite operators in France Eutelsat, entered the Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services Inc. (ILS). More (Source: BSR Russia - Jun 3)
GLITCH PUTS OFF INDIAN NAVIGATION SATELLITE LAUNCH BY A FORTNIGHT - During the checks, an anomaly was noticed in one of the electro-hydraulic control actuators in the second stage. An electrical glitch in the rocket Saturday forced the Indian space agency to put off its first regional navigation satellite (IRNSS-1A) launch June 12 by two weeks. "During the checks of the polar launch satellite vehicle (PSLV-C22), an anomaly was noticed in one of the electro-hydraulic control actuators in the second stage," the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement in Bangalore. More (Source: Daily News & Analysis - Jun 2)
SES LAUNCHES 53RD SATELLITE - The launch of the SES-6 satellite on board an ILS Proton Breeze M rocket is slated for lift-off at 15h18 Baikonur time on June 3, 2013 (11h18 CET, 5h18 EDT). SES-6 is the 53rd satellite in SES’ global fleet. The satellite is equipped with 43 C-band and 48 Ku-band transponders (36 MHz equivalent). It will enable the delivery of next generation broadcast services, including HD video distribution and mobile services, from its 40.5° West location in geostationary orbit, covering North America, Latin America, Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. More (Source: Screen Africa - Jun 2)
RUSSIA TO LAUNCH NEW SPY SATELLITE IN JUNE - The Russian military will launch a new reconnaissance satellite from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on June 8, a space industry source said. “A Russian military satellite will be launched on board a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from the Plesetsk launch site on June 8,” the source, who asked to remain anonymous, told RIA Novosti on Thursday. More (Source: www.worldbulletin.net - Jun 2)
SOYUZ CAPSULE DOCKS WITH SPACE STATION - A Soyuz capsule carrying an American, Russian and Italian successfully docked Wednesday with the International Space Station, where the new crew will spend six months conducting a variety of experiments. The docking took place at 8:10 a.m. (0210 GMT, 10:10 p.m. EDT) less than six hours after the Russian spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which Russia leases in Kazakhstan. Live footage provided by NASA TV showed it soaring into the clear night sky. About four minutes later, the announcer said the Soyuz was traveling at 4,700 miles per hour (about 7,500 kilometers per hour). More (Source: ABC News - May 30)
SOYUZ TAKES OFF WITH THREE BOUND FOR SPACE STATION - A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off Tuesday and thundered into orbit carrying a veteran cosmonaut, NASA's sixth female station resident and a rookie Italian test pilot on a fast-track six-hour flight to the International Space Station. With Soyuz TMA-09M commander Fyodor Yurchikhin at the controls, flanked by European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano on his left and shuttle veteran Karen Nyberg on his right, the workhorse Russian rocket roared to life at 4:31:24 p.m. EDT (GMT-4; 2:31 a.m. Wednesday local time), lighting up the night sky with a burst of fiery exhaust. More (Source: CBS News - May 29)
SOYUZ ROCKET ROLLED TO LAUNCH PAD FOR SPACE STATION MISSION - A massive rocket tipped with a Soyuz spacecraft was rolled from its protective hanger to a remote launch pad where soon it will blast off and take its American, Russian and Italian crew to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft was rolled out by train to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad on Sunday in Kazakhstan. More (Source: Examiner.com - May 27)
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