Rescue of Air Force satellite requires patience

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PATIENCE REQUIRED AS AEHF 1 RECOVERY BEGINS NEW MODE
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Moving into the next phase of its orbital rescue, the Air Force's Advanced
Extremely High Frequency satellite is warming up exotic electric thrusters
to begin 10 months of propulsion-with-persistence that's needed to save
the craft's life.

http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av019/101017hct.html

EARLIER COVERAGE:
http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av019/status.html


GERMAN MAPPING SATELLITES ENTER ORBITAL FORMATION
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Two German radar mapping satellites have moved into close formation to
collect unprecedented three-dimensional imagery of Earth for scientific
and commercial users, officials announced Friday.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/17tandemx/


JAPAN PLANS H-2A ROCKET UPGRADES BY MID-2010S
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Continuing efforts to snare an elusive share of commercial launches, the
Japanese government and industry are planning upgrades to the country's
H-2A rocket to make it more competitive in the global marketplace.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1010/16h2aupgrades/


DISCOVERY ASTRONAUTS PRACTICE LAUNCH COUNTDOWN
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Shuttle Discovery's six veteran astronauts suited up and climbed aboard
the spacecraft at launch pad 39A for a countdown dress rehearsal Friday.
The test culminated with a simulated shutdown of the main engines at
T-minus 4 seconds to practice emergency procedures.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/status.html

PRACTICE COUNTDOWN PHOTO GALLERY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts133/101015gallery/

STS-133 VIDEO ARCHIVE:
http://spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php?k=STS-133&s=date

HIGH-DEFINITION VIDEO COVERAGE:
http://spaceflightnowplus.com/hd/sts133/

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