Universe Today - October 11, 1999

Universe Today - October 11, 1999

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Space News from SpaceDaily.com for today

Cyberwar Meets Spacewar In Kosovo
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/balkan-99e.html

Sea Launch Successfully Away
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/sealaunch-99h.html

A New Fast Track To Space?
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/rlv-99y.html

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-- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY --

* Sea Launch Sends its First Satellite to Orbit
* Chandra Reveals Superstar's Inner Core
* Kuiper Belt Objects Could Be Remnants from Charon's Creation
* Mars Lander Won't Have a Problem With Metrics


SEA LAUNCH SENDS ITS FIRST SATELLITE TO ORBIT
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A Ukrainian-Russian Zenit-3SL rocket carrying a satellite for DirecTV
lifted off from the Sea Launch facility on Sunday. This was the first
commercial launch from the Boeing-built aquatic platform located near
the equator. Sea Launch has orders for 19 more launches through 2003.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/satellite_lauch991010.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_470000/470408.stm
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9910/10/sea.launch/index.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/199329.asp
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/10/10a.html


CHANDRA REVEALS SUPERSTAR'S INNER CORE
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New images released from the Chandra X-ray observatory of the star Eta
Carinae show a hot inner core star surrounded by rings of dust rapidly
moving apart. Between 1837 and 1856 Eta Carinae was the second brightest
star in the sky, it dimmed to become invisible to the naked eye. Recently,
however, the star has brightened enough to be visible again.

http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/9910/08chandra/index.html
http://explorezone.com/archives/99_10/08_chandra_eta_carinae.htm
http://www.msnbc.com/news/284079.asp
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/10/10b.html


KUIPER BELT OBJECTS COULD BE REMNANTS FROM CHARON'S CREATION
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Astronomers have long believed that Pluto's moon Charon was formed when
a large object smashed into the planet. But recent evidence lends further
proof to the theory, as researchers from the Southwest Research Institute
have found small Kuiper Belt Objects with the same mineral composition as
Pluto - possible remnants of the ancient collision.

http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/9910/09pluto/index.html
http://explorezone.com/archives/99_10/08_pluto_stuff.htm


MARS LANDER WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH METRICS
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After the loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter, NASA engineers were justifiably
worried that the Mars Polar Lander could suffer the same problem, but reviews
of its current course show the Lander right on track for its 90-day mission
to search for water on Mars. Engineers are working to reprogram the landing
sequences as its was originally going to be coordinated through
the Climate Orbiter.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/320966.asp
http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/space/astronomy/news/1999/solarsys/991008.html


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