Universe Today - October 9, 2000 |
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the U N I V E R S E T O D A Y Space Exploration News From Around the Internet, Updated Every Weekday. October 9, 2000 - Issue #320 http://www.universetoday.com info@universetoday.com An HTML version of this newsletter including pictures is available at: http://www.universetoday.com/html/misc/today.html ************************************** -- UNIVERSE TODAY STORY SUMMARY -- * High Winds Delay Shuttle Launch * Ariane Launches Japanese Satellite * Pegasus Rocket Launches NASA Satellite * Boeing Completes Acquisition of Hughes Satellite Division HIGH WINDS DELAY SHUTTLE LAUNCH ------------------------- High winds at Cape Canaveral have forced space shuttle technicians to delay Discovery's launch for a day. Friday's delay, which was caused by a sluggish valve in the engine and an exposed bolt were resolved over the weekend, and the shuttle was ready to launch. When it finally does launch (hopefully on Tuesday evening), Discovery and its crew will spend 11 days in space, including a visit to the International Space Station to transfer supplies and install the Z-1 truss. Original Source: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/status/stsstat/current.htm Internet Coverage: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/shuttle_discovery001009.html http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/space/10/09/space.shuttle/index.html http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20001009/sp_shuttle.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/471424.asp http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/stories/2000b/100900f.htm Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/shuttle.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/spaceshuttle.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/spaceshuttle.html ARIANE LAUNCHES JAPANESE SATELLITE ------------------------- An Ariane 42L rocket successfully launched a Japanese telecommunications satellite on Friday from Europe's Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana. The enhanced rocket, equipped with two external liquid boosters, took off at exactly 11:00pm GMT and placed its cargo, a Lockheed Martin N-SAT-110 satellite, into a geosynchronous transfer orbit 20 minutes later. Original Source: http://press.arianespace.com/cgi-bin/pbcgi60.exe/press/u_ariane/f_pr?00265 Internet Coverage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_960000/960984.stm http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v133/ http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/10/06c.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/ariane.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/aerospacemanufacturers.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/aerospace.html PEGASUS ROCKET LAUNCHES NASA SATELLITE ------------------------- A Pegasus booster successfully launched a NASA gamma ray satellite on Monday, after delays caused by communications equipment. The unique Pegasus rocket is carried into the air on the underside of an L-1011 aircraft, then it detaches and completes the rest of the flight into orbit - this technique reduces the amount of fuel the rocket needs to carry. Its payload, the High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2) is dedicated to detecting gamma ray bursts. Original Source: http://www.orbital.com/Template.php3?Section=News&NavMenuID=32&template=PressReleaseDisplay.php3&PressReleaseID=269 Internet Coverage: http://spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/hete2/status.html http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/10/09a.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/satellites.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/satellites.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/satellites.html BOEING COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF HUGHES SATELLITE DIVISION ------------------------- Boeing announced on Friday that it had passed the final hurdle on its way to acquire the satellite business from Hughes Aircraft. The $3.75 billion deal turns the former Hughes division into Boeing Satellite Systems, part of the company's Space and Communications group. Regulators in the United States and Europe only gave their approval to the deal last month. Original Source: http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2000/news_release_001006s.html Internet Coverage: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0010/09boeing/ http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/10/08b.html Similar Stories: http://www.universetoday.com/html/topics/satellites.html Related Sites: http://www.universetoday.com/html/directory/satellites.html Related Books: http://www.universetoday.com/html/books/satellites.html ------------------------- To unsubscribe from this newsletter, just reply with only the subject line "UNSUBSCRIBE !*EMAIL*!". All contents copyright (c) 2000 Universe Today |