Astronomy
- First Orbital Launch Attempt By South Korea
South Korea's space agency has announced it will attempt to fly its first satellite launcher this week. The rocket's design and construction has cost about $400 million. The new rocket, made from Russian and South Korean parts, could lift off...
- North Korean Rocket Flew Further Than Earlier Thought
New details emerging from the analysis of data from North Korea's April 5 Taepo-Dong-2 test indicate the vehicle flew successfully several hundred miles further than previously believed and used more advanced steering than has been demonstrated by...
- Why Taurus Xl Failed
On 24th, February, a Taurus XL carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory(OCO) failed to reach orbit. Managers want to confirm there will not be similar issues with Kepler's Delta II. Preliminary information indicated that the fairing on the...
- Nasa's Ares I-x Rocket Launches For Flight Test
NASA's 327-foot (100 m) tall ARes I-X rocket launched at 11:30 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. The powered flight lasted for two minutes, at the end of which, the rocket's first stage, a four-segment solid rocket booster,...
- India Successfully Launched Gslv Mark-iii
India took a giant leap forward toward its ambitious goal of sending humans into space by launching an unmanned crew capsule with a powerful rocket. ISRO [Indian Space Research Organization] launched the 630-ton rocket from its facility at Sriharikota...
Astronomy
Proton rocket launches TV broadcaster for Asia
A Russian Proton rocket lifted off from Kazakhstan early Saturday with a satellite that will broadcast television programming directly into homes across Indonesia and India.
The Proton jettisoned its first stage two minutes later, leaving the second stage to burn for nearly three-and-a-half minutes. The launcher's third stage took over five-and-a-half minutes into the flight for a firing of more than four minutes, during which the rocket let go of its payload fairing that protected the ProtoStar 2 satellite as it flew through the lower atmosphere.
The spacecraft will be positioned in a slot at 107.7 degrees east longitude in the geosynchronous belt, allowing it to reach customers in Indonesia, India, the Philippines and Taiwan.
- First Orbital Launch Attempt By South Korea
South Korea's space agency has announced it will attempt to fly its first satellite launcher this week. The rocket's design and construction has cost about $400 million. The new rocket, made from Russian and South Korean parts, could lift off...
- North Korean Rocket Flew Further Than Earlier Thought
New details emerging from the analysis of data from North Korea's April 5 Taepo-Dong-2 test indicate the vehicle flew successfully several hundred miles further than previously believed and used more advanced steering than has been demonstrated by...
- Why Taurus Xl Failed
On 24th, February, a Taurus XL carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory(OCO) failed to reach orbit. Managers want to confirm there will not be similar issues with Kepler's Delta II. Preliminary information indicated that the fairing on the...
- Nasa's Ares I-x Rocket Launches For Flight Test
NASA's 327-foot (100 m) tall ARes I-X rocket launched at 11:30 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. The powered flight lasted for two minutes, at the end of which, the rocket's first stage, a four-segment solid rocket booster,...
- India Successfully Launched Gslv Mark-iii
India took a giant leap forward toward its ambitious goal of sending humans into space by launching an unmanned crew capsule with a powerful rocket. ISRO [Indian Space Research Organization] launched the 630-ton rocket from its facility at Sriharikota...