SOUTH KOREA, RUSSIA PARTNER FOR HISTORIC SATELLITE LAUNCH - South Korea officials said Wednesday they succeeded in launching a small satellite aboard part-Russian, part-Korean rocket, marking the first time the rising Asian power has launched a spacecraft into orbit from its own soil. The 108-foot-tall Korea Satellite Launch Vehicle, or KSLV 1, ignited its Russian main engine at 0700 GMT (2 a.m. EST) and rose from a launch pad at the Naro Space Center, a facility in South Jeolla province about 300 miles south of Seoul.    More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jan 30)

EFFECTS OF WORST SATELLITE BREAKUPS IN HISTORY STILL FELT TODAY - The anniversaries of two major space junk events — China's anti-satellite test on Jan. 11, 2007, and the destructive fender-bender between a defunct Soviet Union-era satellite with an operating U.S. spacecraft on Feb. 10, 2009 — are receiving special attention in orbital debris circles. The Chinese anti-satellite test merited a nod by the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Public Affairs Office from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, labeling it an "Anniversary Milestone: Satellite Shootdown."    More
(Source: Space.com - Jan 30)

USAN LAUNCHES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON AZERSPACE-1 SATELLITE - U.S. Azeris Network (USAN) launched a campaign to raise awareness about the successful project of Azerspace-1, the first Azerbaijani satellite to be launched in February 2013. Members of Azerbaijani-American community will send the letter prepared by USAN to U.S. legislators and media to inform them about enhancement of bilateral trade between the United States and Azerbaijan, including in non-oil sectors such as aviation, satellite, telecommunications, real estate, gold mining...   More
(Source: News.Az - Jan 29)

S.KOREA TO LAUNCH SATELLITE - South Korea’s first space rocket the Naro-1 was moved to the launch pad Monday morning with its liftoff scheduled for Wednesday. The Science and Technology Ministry and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute say the Naro was transferred from the Naro Space Center to the launch site at 7:15 a.m. By 5 p.m., the rocket was fully erected on the launch pad and a final rehearsal begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday.    More
(Source: The Voice of Russia - Jan 29)

JAPANESE H-IIA LOFTS IGS SATELLITE DUO INTO ORBIT - Japan has launched a new Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) known as Radar-4 – along with a demo satellite – via their H-2A (H-IIA) launch vehicle. Amateur footage of the launch provided confirmation of a successful lift off from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) at 04:40 UTC in the early hours of Sunday. The launch vehicle (F-22) used was the 202 version of the H-IIA rocket equipped with two solid rocket boosters with the 4/4D-LC fairing.   More
(Source: NASASpaceflight.com - Jan 27)

NASA SATELLITE LAUNCH DELAYED UNTIL JAN. 30 - The Space Coast’s first launch of 2013 has been pushed back one day, to Jan. 30, to allow time to replace a rocket component. The launch of a next-generation NASA communications satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is now targeted for 8:48 p.m. one week from today, at the opening of a 40-minute window. NASA said the delay was necessary for United Launch Alliance to replace a small box on the first stage of an Atlas V rocket that sends signals for explosive devices to detonate.    More
(Source: ExtremeTech - Jan 25)

JAPAN LAUNCHING SPY SATELLITE TO MONITOR NORTH KOREA - Japan is to launch a new spy satellite Jan. 27 to strengthen its monitoring capabilities amid concern that North Korea may carry out more missile and nuclear tests. A rocket carrying a radar-equipped satellite is scheduled to blast off from a space center at Tanegashima in the southwest, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has announced. The space agency said the satellite would be used for information-gathering, including data following Japan’s 2011 quake and tsunami, and did not mention North Korea by name.    More
(Source: DefenseNews.com - Jan 25)

LAUNCH OF CHINESE-BRAZILIAN SATELLITE DELAYED UNTIL MAY/JUNE 2013 - The launch of the CBERS-3 Chinese-Brazilian satellite has now been scheduled for May or June after initially beings et for November or December 2012 due to a technical problem with the Brazilian part of the project, Brazilian newspaper Estado de São Paulo reported. The problem is with a number of small power converters acquired in 2007 from US company Modular Devices Incorporated which, after passing initial tests carried out in Brazil, failed the final tests that precede the satellite’s launch in China.    More
(Source: Macauhub - Jan 22)

NASA SATELLITE ATTACHED TO BOOSTER ROCKET FOR LAUNCH - NASA's next-generation communications satellite was mounted atop the Atlas 5 rocket Sunday, kicking off the final week of preparations to send the science-relay spacecraft into orbit. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite K, or TDRS K, is scheduled for liftoff from Cape Canaveral's Complex 41 next Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 8:52 p.m. EST. The evening's available window extends 40 minutes.    More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Jan 22)

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