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ASTEROID TO GLIDE PAST EARTH 30 TIMES CLOSER THAN DISTANCE TO MOON - Asteroid 2011MD, measuring about 10 to 50 yards, will be passing Earth on Monday at a distance close enough to have drawn the interest of scientists. This distance is approximately 30 times closer to Earth than the existing distance between the planet and the moon, which is approximately 240,000 miles. At 7,500 miles or 12,000 kilometers, the asteroid poses no real threat to the planet but since it will be flying at the same level several satellites’ orbits are located, NASA announced chances of it hitting one of them.    More
(Source: Christian Post - Jun 26)


ROCKET LAUNCH SET FOR TUESDAY AT WALLOPS WILL BE VISIBLE FOR MOST OF MID-ATLANTIC ROCKET LAUNCH SET FOR TUESDAY AT WALLOPS WILL BE VISIBLE FOR MOST OF MID-ATLANTIC - If skies are clear and all goes well Tuesday evening, observers throughout Maryland and much of the Mid-Atlantic region should be able to watch a big rocket launch from Virginia's Wallops Island. The Air Force will attempt to launch a battlefield imaging satellite into orbit from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. The ORS-1 satellite will ride atop a four-stage, solid-fuel Minotaur 1 rocket, the largest ever launched from the Delmarva peninsula.    More
(Source: Baltimore Sun - Jun 25)


SPACE STATION WELCOMES RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL SPACE STATION WELCOMES RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP ARRIVAL - The International Space Station received a cargo freighter today when the Russian-made vessel loaded with two-and-a-half tons of supplies safely approached and docked on autopilot. The Progress M-11M spacecraft linked up to the station's Zvezda service module at 12:37 p.m. EDT (1637 GMT) while orbiting 245 miles above eastern Kazakhstan. "The approach is good, the crosshairs are aligned and contact. Contact and capture confirmed," cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyaev radioed from aboard the station.    More
(Source: Space Flight Now - Jun 23)


EUROPE'S ATV SPACE FREIGHTER BURNS UP EUROPE'S ATV SPACE FREIGHTER BURNS UP - The ATV-Johannes Kepler ship took 1.3 tonnes of rubbish from the space station into a controlled dive into the atmosphere just before 2100 GMT on Tuesday. Most of the vehicle and its waste cargo would have been vaporised in the descent. Only a few robust pieces of hardware could have survived to the ocean surface, say officials. The burn-up brings to an end Kepler's four-month mission to the station.    More
(Source: BBC News - Jun 23)


NASA LAUNCHING DOD ROCKET AND SATELLITE FROM VIRGINIA - A U.S. Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying the Department of Defense's Operationally Responsive Space office's ORS-1 satellite is scheduled for launch June 28 from NASA's Launch Range at the Wallops Flight Facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia. ORS-1 is the Operationally Responsive Space Office's first operational satellite. Rapidly developing and fielding ORS-1 is an important step to demonstrate the capability to meet emerging and persistent war-fighter needs on operationally relevant timelines.    More
(Source: Space Daily - Jun 23)


CHINESE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE DELIVERED TO ORBIT CHINESE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE DELIVERED TO ORBIT - China launched a television broadcasting and broadband communications satellite Monday aboard a Long March rocket to replace an aging 12-year-old craft serving Asia. The Chinasat 10 satellite blasted off at 1613 GMT (12:13 p.m. EDT) Monday from the Xichang launching base in southwestern China's Sichuan province. The liftoff occurred at 12:13 a.m. local time Tuesday, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.    More
(Source: Space Flight Now - Jun 21)


CHINA TO LAUNCH NEW COMMUNICATION SATELLITE - China will launch a new communication satellite, Zhongxing-10, in the next few days at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China. Sources with the center said Sunday that a Long March-3B rocket carrier will carry the satellite into space. Both the satellite and rocket carrier are launch-ready and preparations are going smoothly, the sources said.    More
(Source: Xinhua - Jun 20)


AFTER DELAY, IRANIANS LAUNCH A SATELLITE AFTER DELAY, IRANIANS LAUNCH A SATELLITE - Iran said it launched a satellite into orbit on Wednesday that Western aerospace experts said could be used for limited military reconnaissance and also to monitor crops and track damage from earthquakes, flooding and other natural disasters. It was the second time that an Iranian rocket had carried a satellite into orbit and took place more than two years after Iran joined the international space club by launching its first satellite.    More
(Source: New York Times - Jun 16)


NEW NSR REPORT PROJECTS OVER 1,600 SATELLITES TO BE LAUNCHED OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS 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 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)

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