Universe Today - October 15, 1999

Universe Today - October 15, 1999

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Space News from SpaceDaily.com for today

Planet Search Gets Funding
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/explorer-99b.html

Spacecraft Operations Getting Automated
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/software-99c.html

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-- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY --

* Launch Complex 41 Demolished
* Scientists Learn More About Sunspots
* Chinese Rocket Launches Two Satellites


LAUNCH COMPLEX 41 DEMOLISHED
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Hundreds watched as historic Launch Complex 41 was demolished Thursday,
using 80 kilograms of high explosive. Significantly less expensive than
dismantling the 90 meter structure, the explosive demolition will make
space on the Cape for more modern launch facilities.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/launchpad991014.html
http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/9910/14cx41/index.html
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9910/14/launch.pad.demolition/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/101499/launchpad.sml
http://www.msnbc.com/news/319695.asp
http://www.flatoday.com/space/today/101599e.htm
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/10/14b.html


SCIENTISTS LEARN MORE ABOUT SUNSPOTS
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Using the Precision Solar Photometric Telescope at NCAR’s Mauna Loa Solar
Observatory, researchers are studying bright rings around sunspots to better
learn why they exist. The bigger the spot, the brighter the ring.

http://explorezone.com/archives/99_10/14_sunspots.htm


CHINESE ROCKET LAUNCHES TWO SATELLITES
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Two Brazilian satellites were successfully placed in orbit by a Chinese
Long March 4B booster on Thursday, launched from the Taiyuan launch center
in central China. The satellites were the CBERS-1 (China-Brazil Earth
Resources Satellite 1), and the SACI-1, designed to test experimental
technologies.

http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/10/14a.html

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