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Scheduled to fly later this month is a European Space Agency (ESA) student project that will find a space tether performing a capsule deorbit maneuver. Parts of Africa, the Middle East, South America (below 55 degrees S), Antarctic Peninsula (above 82 degrees South), Eastern Russia and Western Alaska (above 170 degrees East) should find the tether visible.
Read MoreEn route to the Red Planet is the Mars Phoenix Lander. And we’ve learned today that SpaceDev (OTCBB:SPDV) provided key hardware and instruments for this endeavor that included five flight actuator assemblies, key components of the Wet Chemistry Laboratory for the Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) instrument that’s aboard NASA’s craft, all via contract to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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Read MoreJAPAN: August 16, 2007—Satnews Daily—The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has reported a rescheduling for the launch of the lunar Orbit Explorer KAGUYA to September 13, 2007.
Read MoreGUILDFORD, UNITED KINGDOM: August 14, 2007—Satnews Daily—The study phase of a potential U.S.-U.K. lunar orbiter mission named Magnolia has resulted in a contract for Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) from Mississippi State University (MSU).
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