Trouble still plaguing GPS satellite / Europe launches watery mission

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GPS SATELLITE BESET BY PERMANENT SIGNAL PROBLEM
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A Global Positioning System satellite launched earlier this year is
suffering from permanent signal distortions and will miss its target to
enter operational service this year, Air Force officials said.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0911/02gps/


EARTH-WATCHING SATELLITE LAUNCHED ON WATERY MISSION
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A modified Russian ballistic missile successfully launched a $464 million
European science satellite Monday to investigate Earth's water cycle by
measuring moisture levels in soil and salt concentrations in the world's
oceans.

http://spaceflightnow.com/rockot/smos/091102liftoff/


FATHER OF THE CHINESE SPACE PROGRAM DIES
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The father of China's space and strategic rocket program Tsien Hsue-shen,
who worked initially on U.S. rocket development, helped bring Werner Von
Braun to the U.S. then was wrongly deported back to China in the 1950s for
alleged ties with communist China, died in Beijing Oct. 31 at age 98.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0911/02china/


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HISTORY-MAKING JAPANESE SPACE MISSION COMPLETED
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Packed with garbage from the International Space Station, the first HTV
cargo freighter met a fiery demise over the Pacific Ocean on Sunday,
punctuating an historic chapter in the Japanese space program.

http://spaceflightnow.com/h2b/htv1/091101reentry/


PARACHUTE FAILURE CAUSES DAMAGE TO ARES 1-X BOOSTER
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Two days after NASA launched a test model of its Ares 1 rocket, the
flight's mission manager confirmed the first stage descended to the
Atlantic Ocean on just one fully functioning parachute, damaging the
booster as it splashed into the Atlantic Ocean harder than expected.

http://spaceflightnow.com/ares1x/091030recovery/


FATHER OF CHINA'S SPACE PROGRAM DIES
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The father of China's  space and strategic rocket  program Tsien
Hsue-shen, who worked initially on U.S. rocket development, helped bring
Werner Von Braun to the U.S. then was wrongly deported back to China in
the 1950s for alleged ties with communist China, died in Beijing Oct. 31
at age 98.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0911/02china/

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