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October 20, 2009
United Launch Alliance's 600th Atlas Mission
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Oct 20, 2009
Adding to the Atlas rocket program's accomplished five decade legacy, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V successfully launched the U.S. Air Force's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F18 (DMSP F18) mission from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 9:12 a.m. PDT. The DMSP F18 spacecraft was built for the Air Force by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Sunnyvale, Calif. ... read more

The Ambitions Of Europe In Space
Paris, France (ESA) Oct 20, 2009
A conference on 'The Ambitions of Europe in Space' on 15 and 16 October brought together members of the European Parliament, Council, European Commission, agencies, industry, research entities, operators, financing institutions as well as interested people from the media and public. In his opening speech, the newly re-elected president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Dur�o Barroso ... more

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32 New Exoplanets Found
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 20, 2009
At the international ESO/CAUP exoplanet conference in Porto, the team who built the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better known as HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO's 3.6-metre telescope, have reported on the incredible discovery of some 32 new exoplanets, cementing HARPS's position as the world's foremost exoplanet hunter. This result also increases the number of known ... more

Newest USAF Environmental Satellite Launched
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Oct 20, 2009
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin, was launched this morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. at 9:12 am PDT. "After several years of building, integrating, upgrading and testing DMSP F-18, our third Block 5D-3 spacecraft, it was enormously satisfying to see this morning's ... more

New Target Launch Date For Atlantis' STS-129 Mission
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 20, 2009
NASA is targeting Nov. 16 for the launch of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Senior managers met Monday and decided to adjust Atlantis' target launch date to optimize the agency's ability to launch both Ares I-X and Atlantis before the end of the year. The same launch team at Kennedy is supporting both the shuttle and the flight ... more

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  • China Works For Mars And Moon Missions

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    South Korea And Russia Jointly Review Satellite Launch Failure
    Seoul, South Korea (XNA) Oct 20, 2009
    South Korean and Russian officials will meet to determine causes of a failure in sending a satellite, carried by a jointly developed space rocket, into the target orbit in August, according to local media. The failure review board will meet in Moscow on Oct. 29, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said on Monday. South Korea launched its first space rocket, the Korea ... more

    UAE Engineers To Take Lead Role In Designing Dubai-Sat 2
    Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Oct 20, 2009
    Following the successful launch of the UAE's first remote sensing satellite in July, engineers in the Emirates are already designing an advanced version which will provide government agencies with greater help to shape the country's future. The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), which launched Dubai-Sat 1, said that lessons learnt in its development will ... more

    India To Launch Two Satellites To Study Climate Change
    Bangalore, India (PTI) Oct 20, 2009
    India will soon join a select space club by launching two dedicated satellites in polar orbit to study climate change through atmospheric research and detection of greenhouse gases, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair said Sunday. "The satellites will be launched in 2010 and 2011. The first will be a 50 kg micro-satellite to conduct atmospheric research. The ... more

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  • Meteorite From September 25 Fireball Event Recovered And Presented

  • Cassini Data Help Redraw Shape Of Solar System

  • NASA'S LCROSS Captures All Phases Of Centaur Impact

  • NSF Contributes To World's Deepest Underground Lab

  • Rio youth use GPS phones to put favelas on map

  • China pointing about 1,500 missiles at Taiwan: Taipei official

  • Iran warns the West ahead of new nuclear talks
  • Iran's enemy within strikes again
  • Walker's World: China's new enemies
  • US commander urges 'aggressive' steps against cyber attacks
  • US says ready for NKorea talks
  • Seoul sees NKorea uranium programme as 'very worrying'
  • Russia, US resume nuclear arms reduction talks
  • Biden has 'open ears' in Czech, Poland, Romania swing

  • Philippines on high alert ahead of Typhoon Lupit
  • A Hazy View Of Early Earth
  • Start planning for refugees from Pacific warming: scientist
  • NASA Conducts Airborne Science Aboard Zeppelin Airship
  • Parents, care groups venture into children's digital limbo
  • Arctic lake sediment shows record warming since 1950
  • Denmark to crack down on Copenhagen conference protests
  • Hurricane Rick claims first victim in Mexico resort

  • China begins resettling 330,000 for water project: state media
  • Britain, US insist global climate deal can be done
  • Parker Commercializes Hydraulic Hybrid System For Delivery Vehicles
  • Bangladesh capital gridlocked for 7.5 hours a day: study
  • ComEd Awarded Federal Stimulus Funding To Expand Green Vehicle Fleet
  • Iran, Western powers hold 'constructive' uranium talks
  • Enrichment at heart of Iran nuclear programme
  • UAE Pioneers Way Into Space For Arab Countries



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