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July 16, 2012
STATION NEWS
Russian rocket launches new crew to space
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) July 16, 2012
A Soyuz rocket blasted off with an international crew of three toward the International Space Station on Sunday in a mission testing the reliability of Russia's crisis-prone space programme. NASA's Sunita Williams and Japan's Akihiko Hoshide and Yury Malenchenko of Russia started their journey on top of the Soyuz-FG under the open skies of the Kazakh steppe on schedule and without a hitch. The trio gave big thumbs up after the needle-shaped craft pierced a thin layering of white clouds and safel ... read more

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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Peering into the heart of a supernova
Each century, about two massive stars in our own galaxy explode, producing magnificent supernovae. These stellar explosions send fundamental, uncharged particles called neutrinos streaming our way a ... more
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TECH SPACE

EDRS makes room for Hylas-3
When the European Data Relay System launches its second satellite in 2015, it will be taking the Hylas-3 communications package along for the ride thanks to ESA's 'hosted payload' approach. ED ... more
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SPACEMART

US, France mark 50th anniversary of first TV satellite
Fifty years ago Thursday, a beach ball-sized satellite carried the first live television images across the Atlantic, kicking off a new era of global communications decades before the Internet. ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Solar storm protection
Massive explosions on the sun unleash radiation that could kill astronauts in space. Now, researchers from the U.S. and South Korea have developed a warning system capable of forecasting the radiati ... more
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TECH SPACE

SES Announces First SAT-IP Converter Certification
SES has announced the certification of the industry's first SAT-IP converter by Inverto Digital Labs, a Luxembourg-based developer and marketer of consumer and professional broadcast reception produ ... more
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GPS NEWS

GMV Leads Satellite Navigation Project In Collaboration With The South African National Space Agency
GMV is leading a major satellite navigation project in collaboration with the South African National Space Agency (SANSA). The project, SBAS Awareness and Training for South Africa (SATSA), wi ... more
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TECH SPACE

Satmex Awards Optimal Satcom a Multi-Year Contract to Provide Enterprise Capacity Management System
Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex) of Mexico has awarded Optimal Satcom a multi-year contract to provide its industry-leading, enterprise satellite capacity system to help Satmex manage its expanding sate ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
A French-UK nuclear umbrella for Europe? Not likely, say analysts
EU, India eye defence and security deal; France wants defense excluded from EU budget rules
Maxar Space Systems Ships First Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Spacecraft to L3Harris
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Hubble Unmasks Ghost Galaxies
Astronomers have puzzled over why some puny, extremely faint dwarf galaxies spotted in our Milky Way galaxy's back yard contain so few stars. These ghost-like galaxies are thought to be some of the ... more
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VSAT NEWS

Gilat Selected by Cable and Wireless Panama for Broadband Network Expansion
Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that it has been selected by Cable and Wireless Panama (C and W), Panama's largest telecommunications operator, to provide a Sky-Edge II broadband network that ... more
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TECH SPACE

The eyes have it for disabled gamers
Engineers said Friday they had built a device using mass-produced video gaming equipment that lets disabled people control a computer with just their eyes - with a price tag of under $30 (25 euros). ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Can Astronomers Detect Exoplanet Oceans
Given the plethora of confirmed exoplanets, many researchers have turned their attention to studying these strange new worlds in greater detail. With several exoplanets thought to orbit in the "habi ... more
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STATION NEWS

Science, Maintenance for Station Crew; Launch Preps for New Crew Members
The Expedition 32 crew members living and working aboard the International Space Station Thursday focused on a variety of science experiments and maintenance activities. Flight Engineer Joe Ac ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

SpaceX Completes Design Review of Dragon
NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed an important design review of the crewed version of its Dragon spacecraft. The concept baseline review presented NASA with the prim ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ

Astrofein To Launch TET-1 Satellite Soyuz-Fregat July 22
Astrofein has announced the planned launch of TET-1 satellite, a satellite for the On-Orbit-Verification (OOV) program of the German space Agency DLR. Originally the launch was planned for 2011, but was delayed due to the problems on the launch's main payload, the Russian-British Canopus satellite. ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Flying along the Vela ridge
A beautiful blue butterfly flutters towards a nest of warm dust and gas, above an intricate network of cool filaments in this image of the Vela C region by ESA's Herschel space observatory. Vela C i ... more
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Sudan cholera outbreak kills 70 in a week: officials
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Cella Energy Signs Fuel Source Deal with Kennedy Space Center
A new approach to an established fuel will be the focus of research, development and maybe production with the help of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Cella Energy's American subsidiary has ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Sounds of northern lights are born close to ground
For the first time, researchers at Aalto University in Finland have located where the sounds associated with the northern lights are created. The auroral sounds that have been described in folktales ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ

Nano-satellite offers best hope for Australia's future in space
A lightweight spacecraft with capabilities that punch above its weight could provide the perfect launching pad for a sustainable Australian space program, a leading engineer says. Dr Steven Tsitas f ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Arianespace to launch Taranis satellite for CNES
Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Marc Pircher, Director of the Toulouse Space Center, has announced that they have signed the launch contract for the Taranis scientific satell ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

HI-C sounding rocket mission has finest mirrors ever made
On July 11, NASA scientists will launch into space the highest resolution solar telescope ever to observe the solar corona, the million degree outer solar atmosphere. The instrument, called HI-C for ... more
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SPACEMART

Hughes EchoStar XVII Satellite with JUPITER High Throughput Technology Launched
Hughes Network Systems has announced that the EchoStar XVII satellite built by Space Systems/Loral was successfully launched and placed into geostationary transfer orbit by Arianespace, setting the ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Researchers create 'MRI' of the sun's interior motions
A team of scientists has created an "MRI" of the Sun's interior plasma motions, shedding light on how it transfers heat from its deep interior to its surface. The result, which appears in the journa ... more
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SPACEMART

US, France mark 50th anniversary of first TV satellite
Fifty years ago Thursday a beach ball-sized satellite carried the first television images across the Atlantic, kicking off a new era of global communications decades before the Internet. ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ

SST US collaborates with Virgin Galactic to offer radically cheaper options for small satellites
Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Virgin Galactic optimizing Surrey's innovative satellites for Virgin's new launch vehicle, radically l ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

Private Foundations Fund New Astronomy Tool
The W. M. Keck Observatory has been awarded two major grants to help build a $4 million laser system as the next leap forward in a technology which already enables ground-based telescopes to exceed ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Planetary Resources Announces Agreement with Virgin Galactic for Payload Services
Planetary Resources has announced an agreement with Virgin Galactic, LLC that will enable multiple launch opportunities for its series of spacecraft, including the Arkyd-100 low-Earth orbit (LEO) sp ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Saturn's Rings are Back
It's been nearly two years since NASA's Cassini spacecraft has had views like these of Saturn's glorious rings. These views are possible again because Cassini has changed the angle at which it orbit ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russian Space Firm Suspected of $17 Million Fraud
Russian police have opened a criminal investigation into the alleged misuse of 565 million rubles ($17 million) of state funds set aside for the country's satellite navigation system. The Inte ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

SpaceX Dragon Utilizes Cooper Interconnect Non-Explosive Actuators
Cooper Interconnect has announced that Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) utilized Cooper Interconnect non-explosive actuators on the Dragon Spacecraft to support the mission to become the firs ... more
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MERCURY RISING

BepiColombo Composite Spacecraft Mass Properties Measurements
The mass properties of the BepiColombo Mercury Composite Spacecraft have been measured. This is the first time that the spacecraft structural and thermal model has been fully integrated, producing t ... more
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OUTER PLANETS

Hubble Discovers a Fifth Moon Orbiting Pluto
A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is reporting the discovery of another moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The moon is estimated to be irregular in shape and 6 to 15 m ... more
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