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Last Proton K launches Last Oko Satellite
The last launch of a Russian Proton K vehicle took place on 30 March at 0549 GMT carrying the last of a long line of Oko (Eye) Early Warning satellites. The last Oko satellite is to be placed in geostationary orbit to monitor US missile launches. The Oko satellites...
Russian Deputy Prime Minister is not amused by space infighting
The Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has, via a spokesperson, indicated his displeasure at the public spat between senior executives involved in the Russian space programme noting the damage it could do to Russia’s space industry. This was after the head of Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, used a media interview with Izvestia to refute media allegations that his recently incurred minor head injuries were sustained either in a drunken fall or brawl at a party, and his critics had called for his resignation.
Apollo 11’s Saturn V first stage engines found in Atlantic
In addition to his own Blue Origin rocket pursuits, Amazon guru Jeff Bezos is also interested in space history and artefacts. He is leading a team attempting to find parts of the first stage of the Saturn V rocket which was used to launch the Apollo 11 first moon landing expedition in July 1969. Bezos has reported that his team and has now found the Apollo 11 engines lying 14,000 feet below the surface in the Atlantic using state-of-the-art deep sea sonar.
Apollo 11’s Saturn V first stage engines found in Atlantic
In addition to his own Blue Origin rocket pursuits, Amazon guru Jeff Bezos is also interested in space history and artefacts. He is leading a team attempting to find parts of the first stage of the Saturn V rocket which was used to launch the Apollo 11 first moon landing expedition in July 1969. Bezos has reported that his team and has now found the Apollo 11 engines lying 14,000 feet below the surface in the Atlantic using state-of-the-art deep sea sonar.
First Russian Met Sat Re-enters
Meteor 1-1, the Soviet Union's first operational meteorological satellite that was launched on 26 March 1969 re-entered Earth's atmosphere at around 2217 GMT on Monday 26 March. The satellite re-entered over Antarctica and most, if not all, of the satellite will have...
Indonesian Smallsat to launch on Indian PSLV
ISRO and the Indonesian Space Agency have agreed to launch the Indonesian IinuSat on a PSLV vehicle in early 2013. The agreed cost of the launch will be 100,000 Euros. The IiunSat is being built by students from six Indonesian Universities, the satellite will have a...
Spanish Lunar X Prize Entrant Chooses Chinese Launcher
The Barcelona Moon Team, the Spanish entrant in the Google Lunar X Prize competition, has announced that they have signed an agreement with China Great Wall Industry Corporation on 19 March to launch their spacecraft in the second half of 2014. The launch will...
Spanish Lunar X Prize Entrant Chooses Chinese Launcher
The Barcelona Moon Team, the Spanish entrant in the Google Lunar X Prize competition, has announced that they have signed an agreement with China Great Wall Industry Corporation on 19 March to launch their spacecraft in the second half of 2014. The launch will...
Cor blimey guvnor! NASA learns that manners maketh good business at the dinner table
While the George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and its film and theatre musical derivative My Fair Lady had Professor Henry Higgins teaching common shop girl Eliza Doolittle the finer points of English and etiquette so NASA has apparently taken a leaf from his book. While...
ISS Crew Take Shelter
The six crew members of the International Space Station took shelter in their Soyuz capsules on Saturday 24 March when a piece of debris was calculated to come close to the station. The debris came from the Cosmos 2251 and Iridium 33 satellite collision in 2009. The...
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