Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News
September 24, 2009
AsiaSat 5 Commences Service
Hong Kong (SPX) Sep 22, 2009
The brand new AsiaSat 5 communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) began commercial service on the 17th September, at the orbital location of 100.5 degrees East with enhanced power, coverage and connectivity, for advanced satellite broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband services across Asia Pacific. Following its launch on the 12th ... read more

Nimiq 5 Successfully Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2009
Space Systems/Loral has announced that Nimiq 5, a direct-to-home television satellite built for Telesat, is performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. The satellite's solar array deployed on schedule early Friday morning following its successful launch from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M launch vehicle. Over the weekend, Nimiq 5's main thrust ... more
Get Free Daily Newsletters About Launches And Space Exploration
  

About UsContact Us: Australia 24/7  (61)-448-005-219 or Email
   
  • RSS FEEDS - SPACE : EARTH : WAR : ENERGY : SOLAR : GPS
  • Wind Energy For NSW South Coast
    Memory Foam Mattress Review
    Solar Energy Solutions
  • Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison
  • Previous Issues Sep 23 Sep 22 Sep 21 Sep 20 Sep 17
    .
    Boeing, NASA mull commercial space travel
    St. Louis (UPI) Sep 24, 2009
    Boeing is proposing to join hands with NASA to research and develop commercially viable space transportation as a first step toward shipping astronauts and then possibly civilian travelers into the Earth's lower orbit. A Boeing Co. spokesman told United Press International an initial exploration of the potential program would focus on transporting astronauts to the International Space S ... more

    Messenger Spacecraft Prepares For Final Pass By Mercury
    Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 24, 2009
    NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft known as MESSENGER will fly by Mercury for the third and final time on Sept. 29. The spacecraft will pass less than 142 miles above the planet's rocky surface for a final gravity assist that will enable it to enter Mercury's orbit in 2011. Determining the composition of Mercury's surface is a major goal of the ... more

    Oceansat-2 Set For Launch Tomorrow From Sriharikota
    Chennai, India (PTI) Sep 24, 2009
    Oceansat-2 satellite that would help identify potential fishing zones and provide inputs for weather forecasting is poised to be launched into orbit on board the Polar Launch Satellite Vehicle from the spaceport of Sriharikota in the east coast, 90 kms from here, Wednesday. Riding piggyback on the 970 kg Oceansat-2, six other nano satellites - four from Germany and one each from Switzerlan ... more

    .

  • Augmented Reality To Help Astronauts Make Sense Of Space

  • NASA Sets Target Date For Ares I-X Rocket's Test Launch

  • Looking For Life As We Don't Know It

  • Saudi aims for the moon with new hi-tech research oasis

  • Seventh Ariane 5 For Launch In 2009 Arrives At The Spaceport

  • Spitzer Spots Clump Of Swirling Planetary Material
  • .
    Team Selenokhod Enters Google Lunar X PRIZE Competition
    Moscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 24, 2009
    Team Selenokhod, a Russian group of engineers and managers, has announced its official entry into the Google Lunar X PRIZE - a $30 million competition that challenges space professionals and engineers from across the globe to build and launch to the moon a privately funded spacecraft capable of completing a series of exploration and transmission tasks as outlined in the competition's official ru ... more

    Phobos Grunt Including Phobos LIFE Delayed Until 2011
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 23, 2009
    The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, has decided to delay from 2009 to 2011 the launch of the Phobos Grunt mission to study and return samples from the Martian moon Phobos. The Planetary Society's LIFE (Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment) experiment, designed to test the ability of microorganisms to survive deep space flight, is part of the mission. Due to the relative orbits of ... more

    Oceansat-2 Set For Launch Tomorrow From Sriharikota
    Chennai, India (PTI) Sep 23, 2009
    Oceansat-2 satellite that would help identify potential fishing zones and provide inputs for weather forecasting is poised to be launched into orbit on board the Polar Launch Satellite Vehicle from the spaceport of Sriharikota in the east coast, 90 kms from here, Wednesday. Riding piggyback on the 970 kg Oceansat-2, six other nano satellites - four from Germany and one each from ... more

    .

  • Team Selenokhod Enters Google Lunar X PRIZE Competition

  • It's A Grind To Make Mars Red

  • Argon On The Moon

  • School Kids Track LCROSS

  • Augmented Reality To Help Astronauts Make Sense Of Space

  • Cassini Reveals New Quirks And Shadows During Saturn Equinox

  • AMASE 2009 Expedition Finishes
  • Progress M-67 Undocks From ISS
  • NASA assigns final shuttle crew
  • ISRO Begins Countdown For PSLV C-14 Launch
  • C1XS Will Provide New Understanding Of Lunar Surface
  • ESA Calls For Ideas For Climate Change Studies From ISS
  • Shuttle's Ferry Flight Presented Challenging Weather
  • Amazonas 2 Satellite Integrated For Launch

  • Reconstruct Mars In Minutes
  • Japan's cargo ship docks at International Space Station
  • ILS Proton Launches Nimiq 5 Satellite
  • NASA Assigns Crew For Final Scheduled Space Shuttle Mission
  • Next-Gen Suborbital Researchers Conference On In February 2010
  • Opportunity Departs Block Island
  • Discovery Ends Its Ferry Flight Day At Barksdale AFB
  • Valet Parking In Space

  • Space Hand-Me-Downs
  • SMOS Arrives Safely At Russian Launch Site
  • Panasonic develops bed that turns into wheelchair
  • New Drake Equation To Quantify Habitability
  • Russia Delays Launch Of Weather Satellite Indefinitely
  • Satellite Operators Create Coalition For Competitive Launches
  • NASA Lunar Satellite Begins Detailed Mapping Of Moon's South Pole
  • Asteroid Juno Grabs Spotlight



  • MOB | XML | PHP

    MOB | XML | PHP

    MOB | XML | PHP


    Previous Issues Sep 23 Sep 22 Sep 21 Sep 20 Sep 17

    The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2009 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement