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PSLV Launch Successful With 5 Satellites Placed In OrbitSriharikota (PTI) Jul 13, 2010 The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) workhorse, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15), did it again on Monday with a spectacular multiple-satellite launch that came as a big morale-booster for ISRO scientists, since GSLV-D3's failure last April. Blasting off into a clear morning sky at 9:22 am as scheduled, spewing yellowish plumes from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the 44.4 m tall 230 tonnes weighing PSLV-C15 injected five satellites into the planned orbit some 17.14 minutes afte ... read more |
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 12, 2010The recent recovery of Japan's never-say-die Hayabusa spacecraft has amazed the general public. It's also helped to ensure that there will be a Hayabusa 2 mission in the future, despite problems elsewhere in Japan's space program. This is good news. Hayabusa had more than its fair share of troubles, but managed to demonstrate how effectively most of the spacecraft was engineered. The missi ... more 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 12, 2010The European Rosetta spacecraft has achieved a further milestone on its journey to the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. On 10 July 2010 at 17:45 CEST, the orbiter flew past asteroid Lutetia on its second and final pass of the asteroid belt at about 15 kilometres per second - 54,000 kilometres per hour - merely 3162 kilometres from the asteroid. The confirmation was delivered at 18:10 CEST to E ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 12, 2010Japan's space agency JAXA confirmed on Saturday that its experimental spacecraft IKAROS started to accelerate after unfurling its kite-like solar sail, proving that the new fuel-saving propulsion technique is no science fiction. On May 21, Japan launched IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun), dubbed a "space yacht" for its 200-square-meter sail made of 0.00 ... more |
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Russia Eyes Chinese Spaceships As Backup For SoyuzMoscow, Russia (XNA) Jul 12, 2010 Chinese spaceships meet all safety requirements and could fly to the International Space Station, Russian space officials said Thursday. "I think Chinese spaceships would play an important role as a backup for the Russian vessels Soyuz and Progress in case of some unforeseen situations," Anatoli Perminov head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos,told RIA Novosti news agency. After U.S. space shuttles cease their missions in 2011, Russia will remain the only country capable of delivering cre ... read more |
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