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ASTEROID SET TO NARROWLY MISS EARTH, MAY SMASH SATELLITES ASTEROID SET TO NARROWLY MISS EARTH, MAY SMASH SATELLITES - A newly found 150-foot-wide asteroid may pass so close to the Earth that it might destroy communications satellites, researchers say. Discovered by astronomers at the LaSagra Observatory in Spain, 2012 DA14 is estimated to veer near enough to Earth to potentially disrupt geosynchronous satellites on February 15, 2013, a newspaper reported. While the asteroid is currently a ‘fuzzy little blob’, as seen through telescopes, 2012 DA14 may eventually come to pass 21,000 miles away from the Earth putting synchronous satellites in the firing line.    More
(Source: Zee News - May 20)


SPACEX REPLACES FAULTY ROCKET VALVE FOR SPACE STATION FLIGHT SPACEX REPLACES FAULTY ROCKET VALVE FOR SPACE STATION FLIGHT - SpaceX engineers have replaced a faulty engine valve on a private rocket carrying the first commercial space capsule bound for the International Space Station following the last-second abort during an attempted liftoff Saturday. The valve replacement came after SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which will loft the firm's unmanned Dragon capsule toward the station, aborted its launch attempt a half-second before liftoff from a pad here at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.    More
(Source: MSNBC - May 20)


SPACEX LAUNCH ABORTED AT LAST SECOND SPACEX LAUNCH ABORTED AT LAST SECOND - A private company was on the verge of making history by sending a spacecraft to the International Space Station, but the launch of an unmanned Falcon 9 rocket belonging to SpaceX was aborted in the final second before liftoff early Saturday due to technical difficulties. Another attempt was slated for early next week. The Falcon holds a capsule called Dragon that is loaded with 1,000 pounds of space station provisions.    More
(Source: CBS News - May 19)


SPACEX SET FOR HISTORIC COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TO STATION SPACEX SET FOR HISTORIC COMMERCIAL FLIGHT TO STATION - In what proponents hail as the dawn of a new era, Space Exploration Technologies is in the final stages of prepping a low-cost Falcon 9 rocket for launch Saturday on a long-awaited mission to boost the company's unmanned Dragon cargo ship on an inaugural flight to the International Space Station. The solar-powered capsule is the first of a new breed of private-sector spacecraft built for NASA in a commercial venture to deliver critical supplies to the space station in the wake of the shuttle's retirement and, if the company's founder has his way, to eventually carry astronauts to and from the lab complex.    More
(Source: CNET - May 19)


AMATEURS ASKED TO LISTEN FOR HORYU-2 SATELLITE AMATEURS ASKED TO LISTEN FOR HORYU-2 SATELLITE - The Japanese HORYU-2 research satellite was launched May 17 at 1639 UTC as part of a mission that included the JAXA climate observation satellite Shizuku. HORYU-2 was built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) and it carries the call sign JG6YBW. The satellite will conduct a variety of experiments including high-voltage power generation and space debris measurements.    More
(Source: ARRL - May 19)


AEHF 2 COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE KEEPS ON CLIMBING AEHF 2 COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE KEEPS ON CLIMBING - Avoiding the perilous past of its forerunner, the U.S. Air Force's newly launched anti-jam communications satellite has successfully fired its main engine three times to maneuver toward the intended operational orbit. The Advanced Extremely High Frequency 2 spacecraft, AEHF 2, was launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral on May 4, reaching a supersynchronous transfer orbit stretching from 138 statute miles at its lowest point to over 31,200 statute miles at its highest and inclined 20.6 degrees to the equator.    More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - May 18)


NIMIQ-6 LAUNCHED FROM BAIKONOR - On Thursday another Proton-M carrier rocket equipped with an upper stage Breeze-M booster, was launched from the Baikonor Cosmodrome. The latest launch is to place a Canadian Nimiq-6 telecommunications satellite in orbit, the fifth so far. The Nimiq-6 communications satellite weighs 4.75 tons and will provide television broadcasting and communication services to Canada.    More
(Source: The Voice of Russia - May 17)


JAPAN LAUNCHES COMMERCIAL ROCKET BUSINESS . JAPAN LAUNCHES COMMERCIAL ROCKET BUSINESS . - Japan launched for the first time early Friday a rocket with a non-Japanese payload, fulfilling a spare-no-expense, two-decade quest to compete in the world's $4.3 billion commercial satellite-launch business. Japan enters an increasingly crowded orbit of newer players and established companies delivering space cargo at relatively low cost, raising questions about whether Tokyo's long campaign risks fizzling shortly after it takes off.    More
(Source: Wall Street Journal - May 17)


SPY SATELLITE LAUNCHED FROM RUSSIA ON SOYUZ BOOSTER SPY SATELLITE LAUNCHED FROM RUSSIA ON SOYUZ BOOSTER - Russia launched a Soyuz rocket Thursday with a clandestine photo surveillance satellite designed to collect intelligence on strategic sites around the world for defense purposes. The Soyuz-U launcher lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 1405 GMT (10:05 a.m. EDT), 6:05 p.m. Moscow time. The Plesetsk launch site is a military-run facility in Arkhangelsk oblast    More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - May 17)


US-RUSSIAN CREW MAKES SMOOTH HOOKUP AT SPACE STATION US-RUSSIAN CREW MAKES SMOOTH HOOKUP AT SPACE STATION - An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station early Thursday, kicking off a four-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Joe Acaba and cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin docked with the space station at 12:36 a.m. ET Thursday as the two spacecraft soared 249 miles above the border between Mongolia and Kazakhstan.    More
(Source: MSNBC - May 17)

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