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RUSSIA’S PROGRESS M-18M SPACECRAFT SPLASHES DOWN IN PACIFIC RUSSIA’S PROGRESS M-18M SPACECRAFT SPLASHES DOWN IN PACIFIC - Fragments of Russia’s Progress M-18M space freighter sunk safely in the Pacific Ocean after re-entering the atmosphere on Friday, a spokesman for the Russian mission control center said. The spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) shortly after midnight Moscow time and started its final journey towards a remote location in the Pacific Ocean known as the “spacecraft cemetery.”    More
(Source: RIA Novosti - Jul 26)


SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP ACTIVITIES TO AIR ON NASA TV - NASA Television will provide live coverage of the departure of one Russian cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, July 25 and the launch and docking of another to the station Saturday, July 27. The ISS Progress 50 resupply ship currently moored to the space station's Pirs docking compartment will undock at 4:43 p.m. EDT Thursday.    More
(Source: Sacramento Bee - Jul 23)


ROCKET LAUNCH SENDS COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE INTO SPACE ROCKET LAUNCH SENDS COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE INTO SPACE - A heavyweight Navy communications satellite was boosted into space by a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket Friday, the second in a series of five relay stations that will act like orbital cell phone towers in a globe-spanning $5 billion network. The second Mobile User Objective System satellite -- MUOS-2 -- tipped the scales at nearly 15,000 pounds, making it one of the heaviest payloads ever launched atop an Atlas 5, requiring five solid-fuel strap-on boosters to generate the required lift.    More
(Source: CBS News - Jul 21)


U.S. NAVY POISED TO LAUNCH LOCKHEED MARTIN-BUILT SECURE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE FOR MOBILE USERS U.S. NAVY POISED TO LAUNCH LOCKHEED MARTIN-BUILT SECURE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE FOR MOBILE USERS - The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin /quotes/zigman/150087/quotes/nls/lmt LMT +1.31% are ready to launch the second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite here on Friday, July 19 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The launch window is between 8:48 a.m. and 9:32 a.m. EDT. A live launch broadcast will begin at 8:28 a.m. EDT and will be accessible via the ULA webcast.    More
(Source: MarketWatch - Jul 18)


INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP DEMONSTRATION SET TO LAUNCH FROM VA. IN SEPTEMBER - A NASA contractor says it will ferry supplies from Virginia to the International Space Station in late September in what the company hopes will be the first of many resupply missions. Dulles-based Orbital Sciences Corp. says its Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled to launch sometime between Sept. 14 and 19, and dock with the International Space Station on Sept. 22.    More
(Source: The Washington Post - Jul 17)


NAVY SATELLITE HOISTED ABOARD ATLAS 5 LAUNCH VEHICLE NAVY SATELLITE HOISTED ABOARD ATLAS 5 LAUNCH VEHICLE - The second satellite in the orbital assembly of the U.S. Navy's new mobile communications network was being loaded atop its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket booster today at Cape Canaveral. Liftoff is scheduled for July 19 during a morning window of 8:48 to 9:32 a.m. EDT (1248-1332 GMT) from Complex 41. At nearly 15,000 pounds, the Mobile User Objective System satellite is a hefty cargo requiring the most powerful version of the Atlas 5 to carry the payload into a highly elliptical geosynchronous transfer orbit.    More
(Source: Spaceflight Now - Jul 10)


NAVIGATION SATELLITE ORBIT RAISED, ISRO STARTS TESTING CRYOGENIC ENGINE - The Indian space agency Saturday evening successfully put its first navigation satellite - the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1A (IRNSS-1A) - in the geosynchronous orbit at 27 degrees to the equator, said officials Sunday. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) officials also said tests are being carried on its cryogenic engine that was mated with its heavier rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Friday.    More
(Source: Business Standard - Jul 9)


OCEAN SATELLITE DIES AFTER 11½-YEAR MISSION - Jason-1, a satellite that for more than a decade precisely tracked rising sea levels across a vast sweep of ocean and helped forecasters make better weather and climate predictions, has ended its useful life after circling the globe more than 53,500 times, NASA announced Wednesday. The joint U.S. and French satellite was decommissioned this week after its last remaining transmitter failed, according to a NASA statement.    More
(Source: Boston.com - Jul 5)


SCIENCE EXPERIMENT REQUIRES NEW ALTITUDE FOR SPACE STATION SCIENCE EXPERIMENT REQUIRES NEW ALTITUDE FOR SPACE STATION - Crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) had to add a little more distance between the orbiting laboratory and Earth on Sunday for a science experiment. NASA said astronauts raised the space station’s altitude to accommodate a research project aimed at learning about Earth’s atmosphere and climate change. “The European scientists requested that we reposition the station slightly because by having this period of time they could bridge over the two Solar observing visibility windows, allowing them to view the sun for a full solar rotation without interruption"...    More
(Source: RedOrbit - Jul 3)


ORS-1 SATELLITE COMPLETES SECOND YEAR IN SPACE - UTC Aerospace Systems announced today that the ORS-1 satellite has celebrated its second anniversary in space. ORS-1, the first Operationally Responsive Space satellite specifically designed to support combatant command operations was launched from Wallops Island Flight Facility aboard a Minotaur I launch vehicle on June 29, 2011, at 11:09 p.m. EDT. UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp.   More
(Source: Wall Street Journal - Jul 3)

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