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NASA PROGRAM TO LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS TO SPACE STATION FACING DELAYS BUT 2019 STILL ON TARGET NASA PROGRAM TO LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS TO SPACE STATION FACING DELAYS BUT 2019 STILL ON TARGET - NASA Administrator James Bridenstine said he still expects astronauts will fly from U.S. soil to the International Space Station by the end of next year even though an uncrewed test flight scheduled for Jan. 7 now could slip into the spring. Bridenstine's acknowledgment that January is a "very low probability" window is the first time the agency has publicly cast doubt on the timing of the scheduled launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The test flight of the SpaceX rocket and capsule is a key step in NASA's efforts to resume U.S. transport to Earth's orbit nearly a decade after the space shuttle was mothballed.   More
(Source: USA Today - Nov 30)


PSLV CONDUCTS HYSIS LAUNCH WITH NUMEROUS CO-PASSENGERS PSLV CONDUCTS HYSIS LAUNCH WITH NUMEROUS CO-PASSENGERS - The Indian Space Research Organisation launched a PSLV rocket Thursday, carrying thirty-one payloads including the HySIS imaging spacecraft and thirty small satellites for organizations in eight different countries. PSLV launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 09:57 local time (04:27 UTC). Thursday’s launch saw the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) make its forty-fifth flight. PSLV, the workhorse rocket of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), was charged with placing an advanced imaging spacecraft into orbit before releasing its multinational consignment of miniature satellites.   More
(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Nov 29)


SPACEX DELAYS HISTORIC SMALL-SATELLITE LAUNCH (AGAIN) SPACEX DELAYS HISTORIC SMALL-SATELLITE LAUNCH (AGAIN) - SpaceX has once again delayed the launch of its historic SSO-A ride-share mission, which was scheduled to launch 64 small satellites on a twice-reused Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday (Nov. 28). Dubbed "SSO-A: SmallSat Express," the mission was scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on a Falcon 9 rocket at 1:31 p.m. EST (1831 GMT) before landing on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. If eventually successful, this would be the third launch and landing of this "Block 5" Falcon 9 rocket booster — a historic first for SpaceX's reusable rockets.    More
(Source: Space.com - Nov 29)


INDIA'S HEAVIEST COMMUNICATION SATELLITE TO ORBIT IN SPACE ON DECEMBER 5 INDIA'S HEAVIEST COMMUNICATION SATELLITE TO ORBIT IN SPACE ON DECEMBER 5 - India's heaviest communication satellite with high throughput GSAT-11 will be put into orbit by Ariane-5 rocket of Arianespace from French Guiana on December 5, 2018, the Indian space agency said. According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the GSAT-11 weighing 5,854 kg is the heaviest satellite built by it. The satellite is scheduled for launch on board Ariane-5 launch vehicle from French Guiana. The satellite will be initially placed in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit and will subsequently be raised to geostationary orbit by firing the satellite's on-board motor.    More
(Source: Economic Times - Nov 29)


RUSSIAN, U.S. SPACESHIPS GET READY FOR LAUNCH AHEAD OF SPACEWALK RUSSIAN, U.S. SPACESHIPS GET READY FOR LAUNCH AHEAD OF SPACEWALK - In a replay similar to the weekend before Thanksgiving, two rockets on the opposite sides of the world are poised to launch one day after another to replenish the International Space Station with a new crew and cargo. Three new Expedition 58 crew members are preparing to blast off to the space station on a Russian Soyuz crew ship early next week. The following day, SpaceX will launch its Dragon cargo craft to the orbital lab atop a Falcon 9 rocket. New astronauts Anne McClain and David Saint-Jacques with veteran cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko will take a six-hour ride to the station on Monday Dec. 3.   More
(Source: NASA - Nov 29)


AMAZON CLOUD BUSINESS REACHES INTO SPACE WITH SATELLITE CONNECTION SERVICE AMAZON CLOUD BUSINESS REACHES INTO SPACE WITH SATELLITE CONNECTION SERVICE - Amazon's cloud business is launching a satellite connection service, marking the company's first public move into space-related hardware and a continuation of its efforts to support the growing industry. The company's AWS Ground Station unit is building a network of 12 satellite facilities around the world, Amazon announced on Tuesday, and planning to begin operations by the middle of next year. A ground station is the vital link for transmitting data to-and-from satellites in orbit.   More
(Source: CNBC - Nov 29)


2019 IS THE YEAR NANO-SATELLITES WILL DELIVER INTERNET ACCESS TO ALL 2019 IS THE YEAR NANO-SATELLITES WILL DELIVER INTERNET ACCESS TO ALL - A Dutch start-up is to fire several nano-satellites into space this week in a move which will revolutionize global internet access. Hiber, which was co-founded in 2016 by five serial entrepreneurs including Laurens Groenendijk (who also co-founded JustEat and TreatWell) is the latest Internet of Things (IoT) business that could change the world. It is fair to say that the world is enjoying increasing internet penetration, with more and more areas of our planet becoming connected. As of June 2018, 55.1% of the world’s population has access to the internet, with a quarter of a billion new users added since 2017.   More
(Source: Forbes - Nov 28)


ETHIOPIA IS SET TO LAUNCH ITS FIRST SATELLITE INTO SPACE—WITH CHINA’S HELP ETHIOPIA IS SET TO LAUNCH ITS FIRST SATELLITE INTO SPACE—WITH CHINA’S HELP - With Beijing’s assistance, Ethiopia is heading to space in just under a year. The Horn of Africa nation announced it would launch its first earth observatory satellite in Sept. 2019, with China footing much of the bill. Officials from both governments’ space agencies met both in August and November (in Amharic) to advance talks on technological transfer and sign cooperative agreements on space activities. Designed and built at a cost of $8 million, China will pay for $6 million of the capsule’s price, the head of the Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI) at Addis Ababa University Solomon Belay Tessema told The EastAfrican newspaper. The satellite will be launched from China, but its command and control center will be based in Ethiopia.   More
(Source: Quartz - Nov 28)


ORBITAL REFLECTOR: THE ARTIST FIRING A SATELLITE INTO SPACE ORBITAL REFLECTOR: THE ARTIST FIRING A SATELLITE INTO SPACE - Satellites are usually designed either to look back at Earth or look out into the universe. What if, wondered the American-born, Berlin-based artist Trevor Paglen, there was a satellite whose sole purpose was to be looked at itself? At 10.32am on Wednesday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to blast off from Vandenberg air force base, north of Santa Barbara, California, carrying Paglen’s Orbital Reflector, a kinetic sculpture in the form of a satellite that – all being well – will orbit the Earth for a couple of months before burning up as it re-enters the atmosphere.   More
(Source: The Guardian - Nov 28)


ISRO TO LAUNCH HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SAT WITH 30 FOREIGN SAT SATELLITES ON NOV 29 ISRO TO LAUNCH HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SAT WITH 30 FOREIGN SAT SATELLITES ON NOV 29 - Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is gearing up to launch hyperspectral imaging satellite (HySIS), an earth observation satellite, from the Sriharikota launch centre on Thursday morning. Over 30 foreign commercial satellites will be launched along with primary payload HySIS by the PSLV C43 rocket. Talking to TOI, Isro chairman K Sivan said, “We are going to launch HySIS at 9.59 am on November 29 from Sriharikota. Over 30 foreign satellites, including nano and mini satellites, will also be launched along with the main payload. Out of the 30 commercial satellites, 23 are from the US.”   More
(Source: Times of India - Nov 26)

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