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New chief scientist Penny Sackett will consider if the nation should have its own satellite and lobby to have the world's largest telescope built in Western Australia. Professor Sackett, previously head of astrophysics and astronomy at the Australian National University in Canberra, will take...
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THEOS satellite
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A Kosmotras Dnepr rocket will launch the THEOS Earth observation satellite from the Dombarovsky launch facility, Russia , on 30th January, 2008. The THEOS (Thailand Earth Observation System) satellite is based on EADS Astrium's new generation of high performance AstroSat optical Earth observ...
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Scientists trying to discover the origins of life on Earth are sending a piece of Orkney stone into space. The rock will be strapped to a Russian rocket to see how it survives Earth's atmosphere after 12 days in orbit. Scheduled for launch on September 14 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, th...
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Chinese Lunar Landing
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China, hailing its astronauts' successful spacewalk, has set its sights on a manned lunar landing when its current three-stage space program ends in 2020. Source
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South Plains Balloon
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What was that object in the sky Saturday evening?? Many residents of the South Plains reported seeing an unusual object in the northeastern skies Saturday evening between 7pm and 8pm. Many calls came in to the station around 7:15pm. It turns out that the object was a NASA scientific balloon launched...
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Glonass satellite launch
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A Proton rocket with Block DM upper stage has successfully launched three Glonass satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan at 08:49 GMT, 25th September, 2008. The 3,000-pound navigation satellites were successfully placed into a circular parking orbit.
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Iranian Satellite
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Iran to launch satellite with own rocket to space Iran plans to launch a satellite into space soon using an Iranian-made rocket, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. Iran has in the past launched satellites using rockets built by other nations, but this was the first announcement of such a launch wi...
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Altair lunar lander
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NASA managers briefed industry representatives, members of academia and reporters Thursday about the agency's initial plans for the Ares V heavy-lift rocket and Altair lunar lander. The Ares V and Altair are part of a fleet of vehicles NASA is developing for a new space transportation system desi...
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Galaxy-19 satellite
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The Sea Launch team has initiated a 72-hour countdown at the equatorial launch site, in preparation for the launch of Intelsats Galaxy 19 satellite on September 24. Liftoff is planned at 2:28am PDT (9:28 GMT), at the opening of a two-hour launch window. [url=http://www.sea-launch.com/news_rel...
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Chimera Launch
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A US Department of Defence rocket was successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California's Central Coast at 11:57 p.m local time. The Chimera target launch vehicle took off from an underground silo as part of an experiment designed to help the military track missiles. [url=http:...
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Submarine ballistic missiles test
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The Russian Navy is to conduct a Submarine ballistic missile launch test in the Pacific, between September 15th to September 20th. The missiles are to be launched from Delta IV submarines deployed in the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea. The missiles will target the Kura test range in Kamchatka. -...
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MAPHEUS satellite
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The MAPHEUS satellite aboard a 1 Nike-Orion rocket is to be launched in October/November 2008 from the Esrange Space Centre, Sweden.
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France Russian Soyuz Deal
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France will buy 10 Russian Soyuz carrier rockets, according to a contract signed by Russias Federal Space Agency and the French company Arianespace. Arianespace Director General Jean-Yves Le Gall said on Saturday that the first launch would be made in 2009 from Kourou. He project is estimated at 3...
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Brazil in Space
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Brazil Ventures into Space with a Little Help from Russia, China and France In 2006 Marcos Pontes, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Brazilian Air Force, became the first Brazilian national to go into space as a member of the crew of the Expedition-13. This event is both a landmark in Brazilian history as we...
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Soviet rocket parts for NASA
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A Soviet-designed Antonov An-124 aircraft landed at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to deliver parts for NASA. There's something about Soviet aircraft in American skies that never fails to arouse imagination. The latest incursion ended Friday morning when a massive Antonov An-1...
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