INDIAN ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY HAULS FIVE SATELLITES INTO ORBIT - Indian rocket successfully hauls five satellites into orbit BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: July 12, 2010 India sent an all-purpose Earth observation satellite into orbit early Monday, replenishing the country's fleet of mapping spacecraft for resource planning and security applications. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 0352 GMT Monday (11:52 p.m. EDT Sunday) from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India's east coast, where it was 9:22 a.m. local time. The 146-foot-tall rocket soared into clear skies and flew southeast from the launch site. The four-stage launcher reached a 395-mile-high orbit approximately 17 minutes after liftoff, according to the Indian Space Research Organization.    More
(Source: Space Flight Now - Jul 12)

ISRO TO LAUNCH PSLV-C 15 VEHICLE ON MONDAY - Indian Space Research Organisation will put into orbit the latest remote sensing satellite CARTOSAT-2B, along with four smaller satellites (ALSAT-2A of Algeria, AISSAT-1 of Canada, TISSAT-1 of Switzerland and STUDSAT of India), on July 12. The satellites will be put into orbit by PSLV-C15, the 17th flight of India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The PSLV-C15 will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, at 9.22 am on Monday, July 12.    More
(Source: Daily News & Analysis - Jul 12)

RUSSIA LAUNCHES U.S. TELECOM SATELLITE - A Russian Proton-M launcher with a U.S. EchoStar-15 telecommunications satellite blast off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Saturday, Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center said. The carrier rocket was launched at 22:40 Moscow time (1840 GMT) . The satellite is scheduled to separate about 9 hours and 13 minutes after the liftoff, and will be orbited at longitude 61.5 east, a spokesman of the space center said.    More
(Source: Xinhua - Jul 12)

FUEL TANK READY FOR FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT - The huge external fuel tank for NASA's final space shuttle mission was prepared for delivery to its Florida launch site Thursday, accompanied by a brass band and hundreds of handkerchief-waving workers celebrating its completion as the U.S. space agency winds down its 30-year shuttle program. Lying on its side, the 154-foot (47-meter) fuel tank was rolled out of its processing center here at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility to a waiting barge for the 900-mile (1,448-km) sea journey to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.    More
(Source: Space.com - Jul 10)

FRUSTRATING ZOMBIE SATELLITE STILL ADRIFT IN SPACE - The so-called Galaxy 15 zombie satellite that lost contact with ground controllers on Earth in April is still adrift in space, with engineers keeping a close eye on the wayward satellite as it approaches two other spacecraft this month. The Galaxy 15 satellite is currently drifting along a stable and predictable path, according to its communications satellite fleet operator Intelsat. The main focus now is preventing Galaxy 15 from interfering with other nearby satellites, including two of Intelsat's own, though no collisions are expected.    More
(Source: MSNBC - Jul 10)

IRAN PLANS NEW SATELLITE LAUNCH IN LATE AUGUST - Telecommunication Minister Reza Taghipour said on Wednesday that Iran is expected to launch a new satellite, Rasad 1, in the last week of August, the Mehr news agency reported. "Rasad 1 (Observation) satellite is expected to be launched into space on the back of a domestic carrier during the period marking the government week (last week of August)," Taghipour said.    More
(Source: - Jul 8)

LAUNCH DELAYED FOR SATELLITE TO WATCH SPACE DEBRIS - The launch of a new U.S. Air Force space surveillance satellite has been delayed due to a software problem in a rocket similar to the one that will lift the satellite into orbit. The Space-Based Space Surveillance satellite was scheduled to lift off Thursday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. No new launch date has been set. Air Force officials said Tuesday that tests revealed a software problem on another Minotaur IV rocket. No other details have been released.    More
(Source: The Associated Press - Jul 7)

NORWEGIAN SATELLITE TO LAUNCH IN AUGUST - The first Norwegian satellite is to be launched this summer in order to keep track of maritime activities in the High North. The AIS (Automatic Identification System) is used by ships and Vessel Traffic Services around the world as a short-range coastal traffic system. Every seagoing ship weighing 300 tonnes or more must be fitted with the technology to allow authorities to track movements and to avoid collisions with other boats. Modern systems also allow ship-to-ship and ship-to-land communication via VHF signals, although this is only currently possible within the field of vision.    More
(Source: IceNews - Jul 5)

PSLV TO BE LAUNCHED ON JULY 12 - After a two-month delay, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) is ready for a launch on July 12 from the spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The flight was to take place on May 9 but was postponed because of a drop in the pressure in the vehicle's second stage.    More
(Source: The Hindu - Jul 4)

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