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HERE'S HOW TO DESTROY A SATELLITE HERE'S HOW TO DESTROY A SATELLITE - Satellites generally have lifespans of eight years, so destruction is a fairly common occurrence. There are three concepts regarding satellite destruction, two are in use these days and a third is being prepared for greater efficiency. Destruction through missile launches is intensely complex and expensive, waiting for accidents or technical mistakes is inefficient and even dangerous, considering there's no real way to control where satellites could fall. That's why the Swiss EPFL Center is developing the Clean Space One, which hypothetically could gobble down satellites like a Pac-Man.   More
(Source: Popular Mechanics - Jun 8)


BACKUP SOFTWARE MADE IN ROMANIA, USED ON NASA’S INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BACKUP SOFTWARE MADE IN ROMANIA, USED ON NASA’S INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - A backup software developed in Cluj-Napoca, a city in western Romania, is being used on NASA’s International Space Station starting May of this year. NASA has purchased 20 licenses of the Backup4all software, developed by a group of programmers from Cluj-Napoca, who own the local company Softland, reports local News.ro. One such license costs USD 49.99, but NASA benefited from a discount, as it purchased a larger quantity.   More
(Source: Romania-Insider.com - Jun 8)


CHINA PLANNING TO INCREASE RATE OF HUMAN MISSIONS, HIRE NEW ASTRONAUTS AS IT DEVELOPS SPACE STATION CHINA PLANNING TO INCREASE RATE OF HUMAN MISSIONS, HIRE NEW ASTRONAUTS AS IT DEVELOPS SPACE STATION - Chinese officials, speaking at a conference in Beijing this week, said they are planning four crewed missions over the course of five years, including two in 2020, as assembly of the country’s first permanent space station begins in 2019. China is planning to select a new class of 10 to 12 astronauts, of whom two will be women, this year.   More
(Source: SpaceNews - Jun 8)


HISPASAT 1C COMPLETES MISSION, NOW IN GRAVEYARD ORBIT HISPASAT 1C COMPLETES MISSION, NOW IN GRAVEYARD ORBIT - Hispasat has completed the re-orbiting operations of its Hispasat 1C satellite (subsequently called 30W 3 and 84W 1, the two orbital positions where it was located). The satellite has been retired after transmitting its final command from Hispasat’s satellite control center in Arganda del Rey, Spain on May 29, effectively providing communication services for 17 years, two more than the initially expected lifetime. The Hispasat 1C satellite was launched on February 3, 2000, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard International Launch Services’ (ILS) Atlas IIAS rocket.    More
(Source: Satellite Today - Jun 7)


CUBESATS SAIL AWAY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CUBESATS SAIL AWAY FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - Three CubeSats with Earth's limb and thin atmosphere in the background, is seen shortly after being ejected from a small satellite deployer outside of the Japanese Kibo laboratory module. The trio are part of a subset CubeSats released during the week to monitor different gaseous molecules...   More
(Source: Space Ref - Jun 6)


IT'S A SUPER-BUSY TIME AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION RIGHT NOW IT'S A SUPER-BUSY TIME AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION RIGHT NOW - The last few days have been non-stop action for astronauts on the International Space Station, and there's still more work on the way. Today (June 2), NASA astronauts Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson bid farewell to a robotic Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship, an event that came amid four days of spaceship landings, launches, departures and arrivals. "It's a remarkable time at the international space station. One of the busiest times of vehicle traffic in history," NASA spokesman Rob Navias said today as Fischer and Whitson worked to release the Cygnus cargo ship.   More
(Source: Space.com - Jun 6)


SPACEX SUPPLY SHIP REACHES SPACE STATION SPACEX SUPPLY SHIP REACHES SPACE STATION - A refurbished SpaceX Dragon cargo ship loaded with 6,000 pounds of supplies and equipment was captured by astronauts operating the International Space Station's robot arm Monday to wrap up a two-day rendezvous. The Dragon, making its second flight to the station -- a first for SpaceX -- pulled up to within about 30 feet of the station and then stood by while astronaut Jack Fischer, operating the robot arm from inside the multi-window cupola work station, locked onto a grapple fixture at 9:52 a.m. EDT (GMT-4).   More
(Source: CBS News - Jun 6)


RUSSIA TO LAUNCH NEW-GENERATION NAVIGATION SATELLITE NEXT YEAR RUSSIA TO LAUNCH NEW-GENERATION NAVIGATION SATELLITE NEXT YEAR - The first new-generation navigation satellite Glonass-K2 will be launched from the Plesetsk spaceport in north Russia next year, Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company, the satellite producer, said on its website on Monday. The spacecraft’s new automated control system will be used at the launch and technical compounds of the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The first launch of the Glonass-K2 newest navigation satellite from the spaceport is expected in 2018," the company said in a statement.    More
(Source: TASS - Jun 6)


INDIA’S MOST POWERFUL ROCKET LAUNCHES SATELLITE INTO ORBIT INDIA’S MOST POWERFUL ROCKET LAUNCHES SATELLITE INTO ORBIT - India launched a communication satellite using its most powerful rocket on Monday, improving its prospects of winning a bigger share of the more than $300 billion global space industry and its hopes of a manned mission. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mk III, or "Fat Boy", lifted off from the Sriharikota space center in southern India at 5.28 p.m. (1158 GMT) in clear blue skies.   More
(Source: Reuters - Jun 6)


GSAT-19 LAUNCH: A COMMUNICATION SATELLITE, A MONSTER ROCKET AND A GAMECHANGING EXPERIMENT GSAT-19 LAUNCH: A COMMUNICATION SATELLITE, A MONSTER ROCKET AND A GAMECHANGING EXPERIMENT - India is all set to launch communication satellite GSAT-19 into space today using a monster rocket. The satellite launch vehicle--the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-III (GSLV Mk-III)--is the heaviest rocket till date. Its weight is equal to that of five fully-loaded Boeing Jumbo Jets or as much as 200 fully grown elephants. "All activities for our GSLV-Mark III launch tomorrow are going on in Sriharikota, expecting launch at 5:28 pm," said AS Kiran Kumar, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday.   More
(Source: India Today - Jun 5)

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