INDIA'S HEAVIEST SATELLITE GSAT-10 LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY - India's advanced communication satelliteGSAT-10 that would augment telecommunication, direct-to-home broadcasting and radio navigation services was successfully launched early today on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana in South America. At the end of a smooth countdown lasting 11 hours and 30 minutes, Ariane-5 ECA rocket injected GSAT-10 into an elliptical Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit... More (Source: Economic Times - Sep 29)
REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE LAUNCHED FOR VENEZUELA - China launched Venezuela's second satellite on Saturday, delivering the spacecraft into a 400-mile-high orbit to monitor the country's territory, survey crops and natural resources, and aid Venezuela's security services. The satellite lifted off from the Jiuquan space center in northwest China at 0412 GMT (12:12 a.m. EDT) atop a Long March 2D rocket. The two-stage launcher deployed the Venezuelan Remote Sensing Satellite, or VRSS 1, into orbit less than 13 minutes later. More (Source: Spaceflight Now - Sep 29)
ATV-3 FINALLY UNDOCKS FROM THE ISS FOLLOWING EVENTFUL STAY - After accidentally extending its stay at the International Space Station (ISS), Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) has successfully undocked from the orbital outpost on Friday. The extension of its stay nearly resulted in it conducting a Debris Avoidance Maneuver (DAM) for the ISS on Thursday morning, prior to managers deciding the debris threats would not pass close enough to the Station. More (Source: NASASpaceflight.com - Sep 28)
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION MAY HAVE TO DODGE DEBRIS FROM OLD RUSSIAN SATELLITE, INDIAN ROCKET - The International Space Station may have to move to avoid some space junk. NASA said debris from an old Russian satellite and a fragment from an Indian rocket could come too close to the station on Thursday. The station would be moved Thursday morning if necessary, NASA said Wednesday. There are three astronauts living at the orbiting outpost. More (Source: Washington Post - Sep 27)
COMPUTER GLITCH DELAYS SPACE STATION UNDOCKING - An unmanned European cargo ship as large as a double-decker bus inside will have to wait a bit longer before leaving the International Space Station due to computer problems, NASA officials say. The robotic Automated Transfer Vehicle 3 (ATV-3) spacecraft was slated to undock from the space station Tuesday evening, but a technical glitch with a laptop computer inside the station prevented to orbital departure. The two spacecraft were scheduled to part ways at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT). More (Source: MSNBC - Sep 26)
KEY GOES-13 WEATHER SATELLITE GOES DARK - The NOAA weather satellite that tracks weather systems over eastern North America and the Atlantic ocean no longer has eyes on our skies. The satellite, known as GOES-13, was placed in “standby mode” last night after after experiencing technical difficulties. More specifically, increasing “noise” was interfering with its data collection. “The noise got so bad on Sunday night that the instrument was placed in stand-by mode, and engineers are attempting to troubleshoot the problem,” writes Weather Underground’s Jeff Masters. More (Source: Wahington Post - Sep 26)
ASTRA 2F SATELLITE LAUNCH RE-SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 - SES S.A. announced today that Arianespace has re-scheduled the launch of its new satellite ASTRA 2F for September 28, 2012. The satellite will be launched into space from the European Space Centre in French Guiana on board an Ariane 5 ECA rocket between 23:28pm and 00:05am (September 28-29, 2012 Central European Summer Time; 17.28 – 18.05 EDT on 28.9.12). More (Source: The Herald - Sep 25)
SPACEX CARGO LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION SET FOR OCT. 7 - A private space capsule's first contracted cargo mission to the International Space Station is slated to launch Oct. 7, NASA officials announced Thursday. SpaceX's robotic Dragon spacecraft is set to blast off atop the company's Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 8:34 p.m. EDT on Oct. 7. A backup launch opportunity is available the following day, officials said. More (Source: NBCNews.com - Sep 22)
CHINA... TWO MORE FLOW - China launched two more satellites into space on Wednesday for its Beidou (Compass) global navigation and positioning network, Xinhua news agency reported. The satellites, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan at 3:10 a.m. Beijing Time Wednesday, were lifted into space by a Long March-3B carrier rocket... More (Source: SatNews Publishers - Sep 21)
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