Space
Iranian missile with dummy satellite failed: US defense official (AFP)
AFP - An Iranian missile test aimed at putting a dummy satellite into orbit failed, a US defense official said Tuesday. Read more…
Russian Rocket Launches New Communications Satellite (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - PONTE VEDRA, Fla. - The third and last Inmarsat 4 mobile-broadband satellite was successfully placed into orbit Tuesday by an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M rocket, ILS and Inmarsat announced. Read more…
NASA Closes Florida Spaceport for Tropical Storm Fay (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - NASA closed its Florida spaceport early Monday to protect its space shuttle fleet and other vital hardware from severe weather associated with Tropical Storm Fay. Read more…
New Thin Skin to Protect Tiny Spacecraft (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Fleets of miniature spacecraft may now be closer to liftoff. Read more…
Iran says rocket can carry low-orbit satellite (AFP)
AFP - Iran said on Monday that a home-built rocket sent into space in a move that triggered US concern over possible military use will be able to take a satellite into low orbit around the earth. Read more…
Huge Comet Discovered (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - A huge comet-like object has been spotted inside the orbit of Neptune. The object, at least 30 miles wide, is on the return leg of a 22,500-year journey around the sun, astronomers announced today. Read more…
New minor planet helps explain comets (Reuters)
Reuters - A newly discovered "minor planet" with an elongated orbit around the Sun may help explain the origin of comets, researchers said on Monday. Read more…
Sloshing Inside Earth Changes Protective Magnetic Field (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Something beneath the surface is changing Earth's protective magnetic field, which may leave satellites and other space assets vulnerable to high-energy radiation. Read more…
First Japan-built Commercial Satellite Launched by Ariane 5 (SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — Europe's Ariane 5 ECA rocket successfully launched Japanese and U.S. telecommunications satellites Aug. 14 in the fifth of a planned seven launches in 2008, and was the vehicle's 27th consecutive success. Read more…
Iran tests rocket for future launch of satellite (AP)
AP - Iran has test launched a rocket it plans to use to carry a research satellite into orbit, state television reported Sunday. Read more…
