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Japanese Space Program
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Japan a low-key player in space race Japan has launched Earth observation, communications and weather satellites as well as other space vehicles since it began its space program in the late 1960s. The program initially fell under the authority of the National Space Development Agency but is now un...
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QuikScat satellite
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An aging weather satellite crucial to accurate predictions on the intensity and path of hurricanes could fail at any moment and plans to launch a replacement have been pushed back seven years to 2016. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's chief said the failure of the QuikScat sat...
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DELTA 2 rocket body re-entry (GPS IIR-20)
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A ULA DELTA 2 rocket body that was launched on the 24th March, 2009 from the Cape Canaveral air force base, on the GPS IIR-20 (M) global positioning system mission, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 29th June, 2009 @ 04:36 GMT ± 14 Hours. TLE Data pre>DELTA 2 RB 1 34663U 09014C 09179...
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International Space Hotel
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International Space Hotel Envisioned Plans for a new international space hotel students have been unveiled by students this month as part of a project for their Masters degree. Students had to grapple with the challenges of designing that could function in a zero gravity environment. [url=http:...
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Second Iranian satellite
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A senior Russian official said that despite interest from the Iranian government, his country has no current plans to help Tehran launch another satellite. While Irans government has been trying to flex its military muscle by announcing an aerial exercise in the midst of a domestic crackdown, Rus...
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Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program
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The Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program is a ground-breaking undertaking to study the effects of Martian gravity on mammals. We are taking the first step towards human missions to Mars - and beyond. Data from this mission will make a significant contribution to our understanding of fundamental spa...
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MEASAT Satellite Systems, of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has signed a contract with Orbital Sciences to purchase one GEO comsat.
The satellite, which will be based on Orbital's industry-leading STAR satellite platform, will be called MEASAT-1R and will be launch...
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University of Pune Satellite
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Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G Madhavan Nair on Sunday said that the space organisation is considering a proposal sent by the University of Pune (UoP) students to launch a small satellite "over the next few months" for scientific study purpose. Nair had a brief...
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Sunrise Solar Telescope
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Solar Telescope Reaches 120,000 Feet on Jumbo-Jet-Sized Balloon In a landmark test flight, the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and a team of research partners this month successfully launched a solar telescope to an altitude of 120,000 feet, borne by a balloon larger than a Boein...
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MELiSSA
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A pilot plant inaugurated yesterday in Barcelona, Spain, is testing regenerative life support system technologies that could one day recycle waste products and supply essential food, water and oxygen to humans living on the surface of the Moon or Mars. MELiSSA, short for Micro-Ecological Life S...
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DMC satellites
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DMCii satellite imaging monitors Indonesian forests DMC International Imaging Ltd (DMCii) has won a 100,000 contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to demonstrate the value of its coordinated multi-satellite optical imagery for tropical forest monitoring in Indonesia. [url=http://w...
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Satellite Technology for the Asia-Pacific Region Program
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is inviting members from six space agencies in the Asia-Pacific Region to participate in the Satellite Technology for the Asia-Pacific Region (STAR) Program, which JAXA introduced at the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) held in 2...
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Cascades-2 Sounding Rocket
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Researchers have long sought to unravel the mysteries of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights. In 2005, Dartmouth physics professor Kristina Lynch led a team that tried to answer a few of these mysteries with the Cascades-1 rocket, which failed to gather the desired information a...
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North Korea missile test
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South Koreas Yonhap news agency quoted unnamed intelligence sources saying that a missile-like object has been spotted on satellite photographs being removed from a missile factory near the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. [url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/artic...
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Next week, Iran is to launch the country's first homemade satellite, named Omid (meaning, Hope), aboard a Iranian Kavoshgar-1 carrier rocket, stationed at Iran's new space centre, in northern Semnan province. The Kavoshgar-1 carrier rocket closely resembles the Iranian Shahab-3 missile. Th...
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