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 Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 02, 2009 
On Thursday evening, October 1, Arianespace boosted two payloads into geostationary transfer orbit: the Amazonas-2 civil communications satellite for the Spanish operator Hispasat, and the ComsatbW-1 military communications satellite, built by Astrium for the German Ministry of Defense. The launch was the 47th Ariane 5 mission and the 33rd successful launch campaign in a row. ... read more 
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2009Mr Antonio Tajani, European Commission Vice-President for Transport Policy, has announced the official start of operations for EGNOS, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service. The EGNOS 'Open Service' is now available. This is a major milestone for the project: its primary service is now available to all users equipped with EGNOS-compatible receivers. Most mass-market satellite ... more |
UK, Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record
Summer 2025 was UK's warmest on record: weather agency Spain PM says planning for deadly wildfires 'clearly insufficient' EU chief's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming in Bulgaria Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record Japan loosens gun rules as bear attacks rise Japan, South Korea had hottest summer on record in 2025 South Korea records hottest summer, beating 2024 Floods leave women struggling in Pakistan's relief camps Britain's energy grid bets on flywheels to keep the lights on 
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 02, 2009For the first time, India's space scientists have developed electric propulsion technology that is expected to boost the life of geostationary satellites by upto five years. In other words, the satellites which today have a lifespan of ten years, could last upto 15 years. The system - plasma thrusters - would be tested in GSAT-4 spacecraft slated to be launched on board GSLV later ... more 
London, UK (SPX) Oct 02, 2009Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has successfully completed the planned repositioning of the first Galileo test satellite, GIOVE-A, to a higher orbit to make way for the operational satellites of Europe's satellite navigation constellation. From the GIOVE-A operational headquarters in Guildford, UK, SSTL's operating team executed a series of precisely planned manoeuvres during July ... more  
Beijing, China (XNA) Oct 02, 2009China's first Mars probe mission will be delayed because of Russia's decision to postpone the launch of its mission to the Martian moon Phobos from next month to the year 2011. Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission had been slated to lift off aboard a Zenith rocket in October on a three-year mission to study Phobos and return soil samples to Earth. Yinghuo-1 orbiter was set to be launched with the ... more |
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Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2009BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, is the most ambitious attempt yet to map the expansion history of the Universe using the technique known as baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO). A part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III), BOSS achieved "first light" on the night of September 14-15, when it acquired data with an upgraded spectrographic system across the entire ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Oct 1, 2009Canadian billionaire space tourist Guy Laliberte has entertained his fellow space travellers with a soap bubble show during their first day in orbit, a Russian space scientist said Thursday. Laliberte "has brought a special charm to the atmosphere aboard the ship," said Valery Bogomolov, deputy head of the Institute of Medical-Biological Problems, which monitors the health of cosmonauts in ... more  
Cannes, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2009APT Satellite Company Limited, a leading satellite operator in the Asia Pacific Region for the design, manufacture and delivery on ground of a high-capacity telecommunication satellite. The contract also includes Launch Campaign, Training, Launch and Early Operational Phase, In Orbit Tests as well as On Site Support, Dynamic Satellite Simulator, Satellite Control Centre and Baseband ... more |
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