BOEING SPACE CAPSULE COULD BE OPERATIONAL BY 2015 - Boeing executives pulled back the curtain on their concept for a commercial human space capsule this week at the Farnborough International Airshow, saying the CST-100 spacecraft could be ready for operational space station flights by 2015 if NASA awards contract money next year. The aerospace giant is teaming with Bigelow Aerospace to develop a market for commercial human space transportation. Boeing's CST-100 capsule could service Bigelow's planned private space stations, but NASA's commitment to commercial crew initiatives "closes the business case" for the transport system, said Roger Krone, president Boeing Network and Space Systems.    More
(Source: Space Flight Now - Jul 23)

RUSSIA TO RETAIN LEADERSHIP IN SPACE – PUTIN - Russia has all it needs to retain its leadership position in space. By 2015, it will possess a six-seater space shuttle for replacing the veteran Soyuz capsule and for carrying manned missions to Mars. By the same year, it also hopes to have won at least 15 percent of the international space launch market. Space officials told this Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday at a meeting with him at the Moscow headquarters of the Russian Energia Space Corporation.    More
(Source: The Voice of Russia - Jul 21)

UKRAINE TO LAUNCH SATELLITE FOR AZERBAIJAN - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Gryshchenko said on Monday that Ukraine is planning to launch "AzerSat," Azerbaijan's first satellite, with its rocket, according to news reaching here from Baku, capital of Azerbaijan. Speaking at a joint press conference with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, Gryshchenko said that they exchanged views on strengthening cooperation in the field of aviation and spaceflight, focusing on the joint satellite launch project.    More
(Source: Xinhua - Jul 21)

ONE TINY SATELLITE IN SPACE, WHIZ KIDS PLAN TWO MORE - Driven by their maiden success in placing a tiny satellite in polar orbit early this week, the young pioneers are raring to launch two more satellites. "The successful launch and placing of our first pico-satellite (StudSat) in the earth's lower orbit has inspired us to build two similar satellites for the next launch," the project's core member G Kartik said here.    More
(Source: Space Daily - Jul 20)

IIT-K’S JUGNU SATELLITE TO TAKE OFF IN TWO MONTHS - Jugnu, the nano satellite developed by the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K), will be launched in a polar orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in the September-October period. This was conveyed to the institute by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The final flight model of the 3.5-kg satellite is ready and it will be handed over to the ISRO by the end of July.    More
(Source: Indian Express - Jul 17)

FUEL TANK FOR FINAL SPACE SHUTTLE DELIVERED - The external fuel tank for the final scheduled space shuttle launch has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center after a five-day, 900-mile barge ride from Louisiana to the Cape. Built by Lockheed Martin at the Michoud factory in New Orleans, External Tank 138 reached the unloading dock near the Complex 39 press site Tuesday. The bullet-shaped tank, shipped within the nestling cradle of a transport trailer, was towed off the covered barge and onto Florida soil Wednesday at 9:20 a.m. EDT. A short trip ensued to drive the tank across the street to the massive Vehicle Assembly Building where the tank will be hoisted into a checkout cell for inspections and final processing.    More
(Source: Space Flight Now - Jul 16)

INDIAN ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY HAULS FIVE SATELLITES INTO ORBIT - Indian rocket successfully hauls five satellites into orbit BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW Posted: July 12, 2010 India sent an all-purpose Earth observation satellite into orbit early Monday, replenishing the country's fleet of mapping spacecraft for resource planning and security applications. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 0352 GMT Monday (11:52 p.m. EDT Sunday) from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India's east coast, where it was 9:22 a.m. local time. The 146-foot-tall rocket soared into clear skies and flew southeast from the launch site. The four-stage launcher reached a 395-mile-high orbit approximately 17 minutes after liftoff, according to the Indian Space Research Organization.    More
(Source: Space Flight Now - Jul 12)

ISRO TO LAUNCH PSLV-C 15 VEHICLE ON MONDAY - Indian Space Research Organisation will put into orbit the latest remote sensing satellite CARTOSAT-2B, along with four smaller satellites (ALSAT-2A of Algeria, AISSAT-1 of Canada, TISSAT-1 of Switzerland and STUDSAT of India), on July 12. The satellites will be put into orbit by PSLV-C15, the 17th flight of India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The PSLV-C15 will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, at 9.22 am on Monday, July 12.    More
(Source: Daily News & Analysis - Jul 12)

RUSSIA LAUNCHES U.S. TELECOM SATELLITE - A Russian Proton-M launcher with a U.S. EchoStar-15 telecommunications satellite blast off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Saturday, Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center said. The carrier rocket was launched at 22:40 Moscow time (1840 GMT) . The satellite is scheduled to separate about 9 hours and 13 minutes after the liftoff, and will be orbited at longitude 61.5 east, a spokesman of the space center said.    More
(Source: Xinhua - Jul 12)

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