NEW NSR REPORT PROJECTS OVER 1,600 SATELLITES TO BE LAUNCHED OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS - According to NSR's newest market research report, Global Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Markets, the industry should launch satellites worth collectively over $250 Billion over the next 15 years. NSR expects that the stability offered by GEO ComSat replacements, the Ka-band/HTS "me too" syndrome, Government contracts and the steady stream of Science and Navigation missions should see over 1,600 satellites launched by 2025.    More
(Source: Space Daily - Jun 13)

TWO IPHONES TO BLAST INTO SPACE ON FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION - When Space Shuttle Atlantis makes the space shuttle program's final launch, it will be accompanied by two iPhones, which will be used in several experiments on the International Space Station. The iPhones will be loaded with Odyssey Space Research's SpaceLab for iOS app. Four experiments will be conducted; they are simulated in the App Store version, after the app checks for gravity. The app itself is identical to the one that will be used on the ISS. The yare:    More
(Source: The Examiner - Jun 12)

NASA SATELLITE SNAPS 3 BILLIONTH PHOTO OF EARTH - A 5-year-old NASA satellite has hit a mindboggling milestone high above Earth: The spacecraft snapped its 3 billionth image of the planet … that's right, 3 billion. The prolific Earth-observation satellite, called CALIPSO, took the image on June 2 using laser and infrared ranging instruments and has since gone on to take more imagery. A June 3 image from the satellite shows a vertical look at the massive smoke plume from the wildfires in Arizona.    More
(Source: Space.com - Jun 11)

SATELLITE SETS SAIL TO SURVEY SALTINESS OF EARTH'S OCEANS - Seeking a missing ingredient to understanding Earth's environmental changes, a new satellite conceived through unique international collaborations was launched today to map the planet's salty seas from space. The Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas-D spacecraft blasted off aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket at 7:20 a.m. local (10:20 a.m. EDT; 1420 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.    More
(Source: Space Flight Now - Jun 11)

RUSSIAN SOYUZ LAUNCHES NEW SPACE STATION CREW INTO ORBIT - Three spaceflyers are on their way to the International Space Station, after launching toward the orbiting complex today (June 7) in a Russian-made Soyuz capsule. NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), are set to become the newest space station residents, and will live and work at the orbiting outpost for roughly five-and-a-half months.    More
(Source: Space.com - Jun 7)

RUSSIA TO ACCELERATE GLONASS NAVIGATION SATELLITE LAUNCHES - Russia will accelerate the pace of communications satellite launches to give its GLONASS navigation system full global coverage capacity by the end of the year, a senior government official said Wednesday. Russia’s national space agency is planning to place into orbit six new GLONASS navigation satellites by the end of 2011, said Anatoly Shilov, a spokesman for Russia’s National Space Agency. GLONASS is a Russia-developed satellite-navigation system similar to the U.S.-developed GPS. The Russian network currently operates 23 satellites, giving coverage of Russia and the former Soviet Union. It needs between 25 and 30 aloft to provide global coverage, according to news reports.    More
(Source: The Hindu - Jun 3)

SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR LANDS SAFELY IN FLORIDA - The space shuttle Endeavour and its crew returned safely to the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Fla., at 2:35 a.m. EST, completing the 134th flight of the 30-year-old space shuttle program. Endeavour's commander, Mark Kelly, is married to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is recovering from an assassination tempt earlier this year. Kelly's fellow astronauts on this mission all wore the blue bracelets reading "Peace Love Gabby" during this 16-day flight, a sign of solidarity and support. "The space shuttle is an amazing vehicle to fly though the atmosphere … on behalf of the entire crew I want to thank all of the people that worked on the mission," Kelly said upon landing.    More
(Source: ABC News - Jun 1)

SHUTTLE LEAVES SPACE STATION TO BEGIN TRIP HOME - Space shuttle Endeavour has departed the International Space Station, clearing the way for a final cargo run to the outpost before NASA retires its three-ship fleet. As the spacecraft sailed 215 miles above Bolivia, pilot Greg Johnson gently pulsed Endeavour's steering jets at 11:55 p.m. EDT on Sunday (0355 GMT on Monday) to back away from the docking port that has anchored the shuttle since its arrival on May 18. Endeavour delivered the station's premier science experiment -- the $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector -- and a pallet of spare parts intended to tide over the orbital outpost after the shuttle program ends.    More
(Source: Reuters - May 31)

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC PUTS ST-2 SATELLITE INTO ORBIT - Mitsubishi has announced the successful injection of the ST-2 communications satellite into geostationary orbit. The satellite, built for a joint venture between Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Company Limited (Chunghwa Telecom), was launched from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana at 17:38 on May 20 (local time) using an Ariane5 launch vehicle.    More
(Source: Space Daily - May 31)

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