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US ARMY SHUTTLE IS CHASING CHINA’S SPACE STATION US ARMY SHUTTLE IS CHASING CHINA’S SPACE STATION - According to observations published in Spaceflight Magazine, the United States Air Force may be spying on Tiangong-1 — China’s first space station — from orbit. Seems reasonable: China is steadily advancing towards and the US may want to know what they’re doing. According to the magazine, the mini-space shuttle X-37B may be near the Chinese station, following it in close orbit. The Air Force launched this X-37B on March 2011 on a Atlas V rocket, after her sister ship landed at Vandenberg AFB in California following a highly successful 225-day mision.    More
(Source: Gizmodo Australia - Jan 7)


ARISSAT-1/KEDR AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE DEORBITS ARISSAT-1/KEDR AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE DEORBITS - On January 4, 2012, the Amateur Radio satellite, ARISSat-1/KEDR ended its 5 month mission as it deorbited through Earth's atmosphere. A report from the AMSAT web site states, "The last full telemetry captured and reported to the ARISSatTLM web site at 06:02:14 UTC on January 4 were received from ground stations as the satellite passed over Japan."    More
(Source: Space Daily - Jan 7)


SPACE STATION CREW EXCITED FOR 1ST PRIVATE SPACESHIP VISIT SPACE STATION CREW EXCITED FOR 1ST PRIVATE SPACESHIP VISIT - The astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS) are gearing up for a milestone event in February — the first visit of a commercial spaceship to the orbiting outpost. The private spaceflight company SpaceX plans to launch its unmanned Dragon capsule to orbit Feb. 7 atop the firm's Falcon 9 booster from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida. The capsule will carry a load of food, clothing and other supplies for the six-man crew of the space station.    More
(Source: Space.com - Jan 6)


ORBITAL SPACE JUNK WILL MAKE PRIVATE SPACE TRAVEL FROM FIRMS LIKE SPACEX IMPOSSIBLE ORBITAL SPACE JUNK WILL MAKE PRIVATE SPACE TRAVEL FROM FIRMS LIKE SPACEX IMPOSSIBLE - In previous weeks, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's company Stratolaunch Systems unveiled its plan to launch rockets into space using a specially-designed airplane by 2016. This comes on the heels of news that SpaceX's Dragon capsule will be the first privately-made module to dock with the International Space Station and Virgin Galactic's plans to start launching into space as soon as next year.    More
(Source: PolicyMic - Jan 5)


ARISSAT-1/KEDR GOES SILENT ARISSAT-1/KEDR GOES SILENT - Reception reports indicate that ARISSat-1/KEDR has stopped transmitting on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. The last full telemetry captured and reported to the ARISSatTLM web site at 06:02:14 UTC on January 4 were received from ground stations as the satellite passed over Japan. Telemetry reports showed that the temperature aboard ARISSat-1/KEDR had been rising as atmospheric drag began to affect the satellite. Final temperatures received via ARISSatTLM reported this data:    More
(Source: AMSAT - Jan 5)


CHINA REVEALS SPACE PLANS THROUGH 2016 CHINA REVEALS SPACE PLANS THROUGH 2016 - China plans to launch space labs and manned ships and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to a plan released Thursday that shows the country's space program is gathering momentum. China has already said its eventual goals are to have a space station and put an astronaut on the moon. It has made methodical progress with its ambitious lunar and human spaceflight programs, but its latest five-year plan beginning next year signals an acceleration.    More
(Source: Fox News - Dec 30)


RUSSIAN ROCKET LAUNCHES 6 SATELLITES INTO SPACE RUSSIAN ROCKET LAUNCHES 6 SATELLITES INTO SPACE - A Russian Soyuz rocket launched a pack of communications satellites into orbit Wednesday (Dec. 28) in a successful flight that comes less than a week after a similar rocket crashed somewhere in Siberia. The Soyuz 2 rocket launched six new satellites for Louisiana-based communications provider Globalstar at 12:09 p.m. EST (1709 GMT) in an apparently smooth liftoff from the snow-covered central Asian spaceport of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.    More
(Source: MSNBC - Dec 29)


SIX GLOBALSTAR SATELLITES ON TRACK FOR LIFTOFF WEDNESDAY SIX GLOBALSTAR SATELLITES ON TRACK FOR LIFTOFF WEDNESDAY - The launch of a Soyuz rocket with six Globalstar mobile communications will go forward Wednesday despite the failure of a similar booster last week, according to Globalstar and Russian officials. The satellites will replenish Globalstar's fleet of communications satellites linking customers through voice and data messaging services. Liftoff of the Soyuz 2-1a rocket is scheduled for 1709 GMT (12:09 p.m. EST) Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch will be at 11:09 p.m. local time at Baikonur.    More
(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Dec 29)


LAUNCH OF RUSSIAN PROTON-M CARRIER ROCKET POSTPONED LAUNCH OF RUSSIAN PROTON-M CARRIER ROCKET POSTPONED - The launch of a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket with a Dutch telecommunications satellite SES-4 (NSS-14) onboard was called off on Monday due to "technical problems", a spokesman for the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said. He said the new date for launch was being discussed. He did not elaborate on the cause of the delay.    More
(Source: RIA Novosti - Dec 27)


MYSTERIOUS FIREBALL WAS PART OF SOYUZ - The mysterious fireball observed above Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France on Christmas Eve was the re-entry of the third stage of a Soyuz rocket that transported three astronauts to space, the Royal Observatory of Belgium said on Sunday. A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying the astronauts - Oleg Kononenko of Russia, Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands and Don Pettit of the United States - to the International Space Station, lifted off on Wednesday from Kazakhstan's Baikonour space centre.    More
(Source: News24 - Dec 26)

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