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Canada Plans Its First Spaceport
UPI Correspondent Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (UPI) Aug 18, 2006 Canada is reportedly planning to build its first spaceport, which will launch supplies to the International Space Station and even send tourists into space. The spaceport is slated to be built in Sydney Mines on Cape Breton, in the eastern province of Nova Scotia, the New Scientist reported. The U.S.-Canadian private space firm PlanetSpace, which is constructing the rocket launch facility, is estimating it will cost about $200 million to build the spaceport. Rockets launched from the spaceport will pass over the Atlantic Ocean on their way into space, New Scientist said. PlanetSpace, in addition to sending supplies to the International Space Station, plans to develop a space tourism business, sending passengers into 15-minute suborbital flights. The firm plans to start construction within a year and launch its first suborbital flight by 2009. PlanetSpace Chief Executive Officer Geoff Sheerin says the company has chosen to use ethyl alcohol fuel for its rockets because of environmental reasons. The spaceport is predicted to bring as many as 4,000 jobs to the region.
Source: United Press International Related Links Planetspace Rocket Science News at Space-Travel.Com
Ariane 5 Is In The Launch Zone With JCSAT-10 And Syracuse 3B
Paris (SPX) Aug 11, 2006An Ariane-5 rocket blasted off in French Guiana on Friday and successfully placed a Japanese television and a French military satellite into orbit, the company said. The JCSAT-10 satellite successfully separated 27 minutes and seven seconds after liftoff from the Kourou space centre, followed by the French Syracuse 3B satellite at 32 minutes and 50 seconds. |
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