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AerospaceAtlantis shuttle's heat shield damaged
Cape Canaveral, USA - NASA says it is a minor issue
A debris impact during lift off is supposed to have caused the heat shield damage, a 53 centimeter crack, on the Atlantis shuttle. NASA, after a photographic inspection of the hit area, stated that the... more
AerospaceHerschel and Planck ready for launch
Kourou, French Guiana - Ariane-5 launcher ready. Take off scheduled for tomorrow, 3:12 pm CEST
ESA (European Space Agency) satellites Herschel and Planck are ready for launch, as the Ariane-5 launcher has been declared fit for launch by Arianespace after completing reviews on the problem that caused... more
AerospaceRussian vehicle Progress M-02M reached the ISS
Moscow, Russia - It transported scientific instruments, food and the Ribbons of Saing George
Russian cargo spacecraft Progress M-02M reached yesterday evening at 7:24 pm GMT the ISS (International Space Station). The vehicle's trip started on May 7 on board of a Soyuz-U launcher from Baikonur... more
AerospaceItalian ASI: Cosmo Sky-Med satellites passed the examination
Rome, Italy - The "Review" of the first two ones has been completed. ASI and Defense "Fully working and accessible"
The first two satellites of Cosmo Sky-Med constellation, launched in June and December 2007, operate well. This is final result by the Technical Committee of ASI (Italian Space Agency)-Defense Ministry... more
AerospaceESA will announce new astronauts
Rome, Italy - The names of chosen will be unveiled next May 20 in Paris. Waiting for the Italians in the list
ESA began the search for new astronauts in 2008, calling for applications from talented European citizens who wished to join the European Astronaut Corps to conduct future missions to the International... more
AerospaceRussia will not cut the Glonass program
Moscow, Russia - Besides the global crisis
Russia is not going to cut funds destined to the GLONASS satellite navigation program, besides the global downturn, deputy prime minister Sergei Ivanov stated today during the International Satellite Navigation... more
AerospaceAtlantis shuttle successfully launched
Cape Canaveral, USA - It will reach Hubble space telescope on Wednesday
The Atlantis Shuttle was successfully launched from launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center of Cape Canaveral with the seven crewmembers of mission STS-125. The spacecraft will reach Hubble space telescope... more
AerospaceAll ready for Atlantis shuttle launch
Cape Canaveral, USA - Take off scheduled for 2:01 pm EDT with favourable meteorological conditions
It is all ready for the Atlantis shuttle's launch today at 2:01 pm EDT. After NASA mission management's go-ahead to proceed refueling operations are underway, with 1,893,000 liters of liquid hydrogen and... more
AerospaceBoeing participates in the STS-125 shuttle mission
Cape Canaveral, USA - It is primary payload integrator for the Atlantis
Boeing team in Florida have ensured that all necessary interfaces, data systems, and hardware is ready for Space Shuttle Atlantis' mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. When Atlantis launches May 11 on... more
AerospaceASI and Telespazio present "Open Day" of the Matera Space Centre, from 9 to 22 May
Matera, Italy - During that period, as part of the programme of events to celebrate Finmeccanica’s 60th anniversary, a photography exhibition will be on display
"From 9 to 22 May 2009 a series of open days will be held at the Matera space centre, in a joint initiative between the Italian Space Agency and Telespazio. During that period, as part of the programme... more
AerospaceRussian Progress M-02M cargo spacecraft successfully launched
Baikonur, Kazakhstan - It carries resupplies for the International Space Station
Russian Progress M-02M spacecraft took off yesterday evening at 6:37 GMT from Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, for its resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The success of the launch... more
AerospaceItalian Space Agency: spotlight on "Pamela"
Rome, Italy - Rome hosts a workshop about the mission and the study of cosmic rays
"On the 15th of June 2006 the PAMELA satellite-borne experiment was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it is collecting data since July 2006. The core of the instrument is a silicon-microstrip magnetic... more
AerospaceLockheed Martin supplies support to shuttle mission
Sunnyvale, USA - To plan servicing operations to the Hubble telescope
A team led by Lockheed Martin is providing support to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the planning, training and implementation of Servicing Mission 4 (SM-4) to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST),... more
AerospaceNASA mission to Hubble telescope will be filmed with IMAX 3D cameras
Los Angeles, USA - To produce "Hubble 3D" movie to be issued in 2010
While preparations blaze for mission STS-125 to the Hubble telescope launch, scheduled for May 11 from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on board of the Atlantis shuttle, NASA, Imax Corporation and... more
AerospaceEutelsat Communications delivers to UK the service "Tooway™"
London, UK - It will provide satellite broadband internet
Eutelsat Communications, the European leader for satellite communications, has launched its revolutionary new Tooway™ consumer Internet access service in the UK, available from 29.99 Pounds per month. I... more
AerospaceNASA and Lockheed Martin celebrate the "Space Day"
Washington, USA - With learners of all ages around the world
NASA, Lockheed Martin and learners of all ages around the world are celebrating Space Day 2009 beginning Friday, May 1. Space Day is an education and public outreach initiative that takes place annually... more
AerospaceEuropean conference on satellite navigation in Naples
Rome, Italy - For the first time in Italy the main event of the European sat system will be held at Naples University from May 4 to 6
New technologies for satellite navigation; state-of-the-art applications; future scenarios for the positioning systems. These will be the main topics of the European Navigation Conference - Global Navigation... more
AerospaceESA's "SMOS" satellite to take off on September 9
Paris, France - The second within the Earth Explorer project
The second satellite of the ESA (European Space Agency) Earth Explorer project, named "SMOS" (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity), should be launched on next September 9 as confirmed by Eurockot Launch Services.... more
AerospaceItalian telescope Galileo takes images of the death of the oldest star in the universe
Santa Cruz, Canary Islands - It occurred on April 23
At 10 a.m., Italian time, on April 23, the satellite Swift (mission by NASA with the contribution of United Kingdom and of Italian Space Agency) catch a sudden flash of gamma rays, thanks to its special... more
AerospacePlanck and Herschel will be launched on May 14
Kourou, French Guiana - Completed controls on the Ariane 5 launcher
ESA (European Space Agency) and Arianespace announced today that controls on the Ariane 5 launcher, to verify the failure that caused the launch of the two twin satellites Planck and Herschel to be delayed... more
AerospaceMilstar satellites reached half century of combined operations
Sunnyvale, USA - Launched between 1994 and 2003
A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team announced today that the five-satellite Milstar constellation has accumulated 50 years of combined on-orbit operations and continues to provide secure, reliable and... more
AerospacePlanck and Herschel on stage in Bologna
Bologna, Italy - The joint launch from ESA base in Kourou scheduled for half May
A journey towards the origin of the Universe, from galaxies to stars. It is what ESA (European Space Agency) scientific missions Planck and Herschel are designed for, both with a relevant participation... more
AerospaceThe ISS commander will have a special suit
Moscow, Russia - Capable to stimulate legs and back muscles
Russian spacecraft Progress M-02M, that will be launched on May 7 from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with a Soyuz-U launcher, will bring to the ISS (International Space Station) a special suit, called... more
AerospaceItaly-Argentina aerospace cooperation goes on
Rome, Italy - An Italian ASI delegation in Buenos Aires to discuss the Siasge program and a new Master course
Cooperation between Italy and Argentina goes on and spreads to aerospace. While the making of a radar satellite system to prevent catastrophes, named SIASGE (made of Italian COSMO-SkyMed and Argentinian... more
AerospaceDiscovered the smallest exoplanet ever observed
Santiago, Chile - In the system of "Gliese 581" star that also includes a potentially habitable one
Famous astronomer Michel Mayor announced yesterday the discovery of the smallest exoplanet (out of our Solar System) ever observed: it is only twice bigger than the Earth and is in the system of "Gliese... more
AerospaceNASA ended Atlantis spaceshuttle's launch program review
Cape Canaveral, USA - Mission STS-125 to Hubble telescope will take off on May 12
NASA ended yesterday the program review for the launch of the Atlantis space shuttle, scheduled for departure on the 12th of May. It will bring the STS-125 mission crew to the Hubble space telescope to... more
AerospaceItalian earthquake (2): COSMO-Skymed's inteferogram shows soil subsidence
Rome, Italy - From multi-temporal analysis to interferometric technique
Shown here is one of the pictures that allowed INGV geologists to identify the fault's plan. The interferogram is made of two COSMO-SkyMed satellite's images taken before and after the earthquake of last... more
AerospaceCOSMO-SkyMed finds Italian earthquake's fault
Rome, Italy - Thanks to INGV analysis based on ASI's satellite system
The Italian civil defense is carrying on the intense survey work on the area hit by the earthquake on April 6 with the COSMO-SkyMed Earth observation system. The identification of the fault that caused... more
AerospaceFurther speeches during the presentation of the SICRAL 1B
Rome, Italy - Admiral Foffi and General Finocchio
Admiral Filippo Maria Foffi, chief of the 6th General Staff unit of the Italian Ministry of Defense, and general Pietro Finocchio, General Manager of TELEDIFE (Italian General Direction for Telecommunications,... more
AerospaceGeneral Cinelli speaks during the presentation of the SICRAL 1B project
Rome, Italy - General Secretary/National Director of Armaments of the Italian Ministry of Defense
General Aldo Cinelli, General Secretary/National Director of Armaments of the Italian Ministry of Defense, spoke during this morning's presentation conference following the launch of the SICRAL 1B satellite... more
AerospaceHonourable Airaghi's speech about the launch of the SICRAL 1B satellite
Rome, Italy - Representing the Italian minister of defense
Honourable Marco Airaghi, Councillor of the Italian Ministry of Defense for Aerospace Activities representing minister Ignazio La Russa, spoke during this morning's presentation conference in Rome following... more
AerospaceNth postponement for Herschel and Planck launch
Kourou, French Guiana - A new date will be announced shortly
After different postponements due mainly to the problem had on Herschel telescope, it seemed fixed for May 6 the departure of Herschel and Planck satellite (see for details AVIONEWS). A 'Hand' this... more
AerospaceItalian SICRAL 1B satellite: connection and first commands successful
Rome, Italy - The system will be used also by American defense
The first preliminary phases of this morning's launch of the SICRAL 1B satellite (for further information see AVIONEWS) have been successfully completed, from the take off at 10:16 am CET on board of a... more
AerospaceSuccessful launch of the Italian satellite SICRAL 1B
Rome, Italy - The program is under the joint responbility of Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, Finmeccanica Group
"The SICRAL 1B satellite, on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Defense, has been successfully launched today at 10.16 am (CET) by a Zenit-3SL rocket operating from the Sea Launch platform, positioned at... more
AerospaceThe Italian Defence satellite SICRAL 1B launched this morning
Rome, Italy - A system for military communications
The launch of the SICRAL (Italian Reserved Communications and Alarm System) 1B satellite took place this morning at 10:16 am CET (8:16 am GMT) from a Sea Launch platform in the Pacific with a Zenit-3SL... more
AerospaceThe Weekly's Photo: in search of the lost planet
Pasadena, USA - Once upon a time...
NASA's Kepler mission has taken its first images of the star-rich sky where it will soon begin hunting for planets like Earth. The new "First light" images show the mission's target patch of sky, a... more
AerospaceTelespazio: 24 hour postponement the launch of Sicral 1B satellite
Rome, Italy - Initially it was forecast for next Sunday
"The launch of the Italian defence ministry’s telecommunications satellite SICRAL 1B has been postponed by 24 hours. The satellite will therefore be launched on Monday 20 April 2009 at 10:16 (Central E... more
AerospaceFlash: Roscosmos present at "Laad 2009"
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - The Russian Space Agency will be in Rio de Janeiro from 14 to 17 of April
The Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) participates at "Laad 2009", the aerospace and defense exposition that is being held in Rio de Janeiro from 14 to 17 of April. The Federal Space Agency will be together... more
AerospaceNew images of L'Aquila from space sent by Cosmo-SkyMed
Rome, Italy - In the satellite map of the city are recognizable the mainly hit areas
The acquisition work continues for satellite images on the area hit from an earthquake in Abruzzo by the Cosmo-SkyMed's team, the satellite system of the ASI (Italian Space Agency) and Defense Ministry. New... more
AerospaceRussia to launch new spy satellite within 2009
Moscow, Russia - GLONASS-K to be put into orbit in 2011
A new Russian spy satellite will be launched within 2009, deputy Minister of Defense Vladímir Popovkin said to the press. "We plan to launch in 2009 a new spy satellite" and he added at the same time... more
AerospaceTelespazio: "Sicral 1B" Italian satellite ready for launch
Rome, Italy - Scheduled on next April 19
"The SICRAL 1B satellite is scheduled for launch on April 19, on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Defense. It will be launched at 10.16 am (Europe time) by a Zenit-3SL rocket operating from the Sea Launch... more
AerospaceESA: Herschel and Planck scheduled for launch on 6th of May
Kourou, French Guiana - All clear for the lift-off after the last tests
The ESA (European Space Agency) satellites Herschel and Planck will take off on the 6th of May from Europe's cosmodrome in Kourou, French Guiana. After the recent delays the final decision arrived after... more
AerospaceESA: GOCE's gradiometer switched on
Rome, Italy - The satellite is now fully operating
The gradiometer, the main instrument of the ESA (European Space Agency) satellite GOCE, has been switched on and started to send first data about the Earth's gravitational field. It's the first time that... more
AerospaceISS: Expedition 18 crew has come back
Bajkonur, Kazakhstan - Landed this morning in Kazakhstan together with space tourist Simonyi
Commander Mike Fincke and flight engineer Yury Lonchakov of Expedition 18 to the International Space Station (ISS) landed this morning at 9:16 CET at Bajkonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Soyuz TMA-13... more
AerospaceBoeing-built satellite WGS-2 sends 1st signals from space
Cape Canaveral, Usa - From the second of six satellites that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force
"Boeing has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the second of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. The signals indicate that the spacecraft... more
AerospaceNASA: satellites show Arctic ice getting thinner
Washington, USA - The process is accelerating in late years
The seasonal maximum sea ice extent on the Arctic occurred on the last 28th of February. The next-generation satellites have photographed and analyzed the area and the thickness of the ices and found,... more
AerospaceItalian Space Agency (ASI): Cosmo-SkyMed at work for the earthquake in Abruzzo
Rome, Italy - The first imagines of the hit area predicted for this morning
"Cosmo-SkyMed, the Earth observation satellite system, following to the request by the Italian Civil Defense Department, has acquired, in the last afternoon of yesterday, the first radar imagines of L'Aquila's... more
AerospaceESA: postponed the decision about launch's date of the Herschel and Planck satellite
Paris, France - Further verifications necessary
"The verification of operations procedures for Herschel and Planck at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) has now positively concluded. However, during final checks on the spacecraft, concerns h... more
AerospaceRussia to launch another three Soyuz spacecraft to ISS in 2009
Moscow, Russia - En route to ISS
Russia is planning to launch three more Soyuz piloted spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) this year, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Thursday. The first Soyuz TMA vehicle... more
AerospaceISS: squabble between governments affect on-board morale
Moscow, Russia - Commander Padalka: "It's politicians and bureaucrats who can't reach agreement, not us"
Cohabitation on the International Space Station (ISS) doesn't seem so easy, since Russian and American governments decided that their cosmonauts must not share food and on-board facilities (such as the... more