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Sunday 16 October 2011

German satellite to fall from orbit / Delta 4 rolls out

 NEWSALERT: Thursday, October 13, 2011 @ 1403 GMT
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  The latest news from Spaceflight Now


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ALL OVER AGAIN: GERMAN SATELLITE POISED FOR PLUNGE
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Less than a month after NASA's falling UARS satellite grabbed the
headlines, the German space agency says one of its abandoned satellites
will dive back to Earth later this month, but no one knows where it will
land.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1110/12rosat/


TROPICAL CLIMATE SATELLITE SOARS FOR INDIA, FRANCE
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An Indo-French satellite launched on an international climate research
mission Wednesday, ascending into space to track tropical cyclones,
monsoons and storm systems for at least three years. The one-ton
spacecraft was put in orbit by an Indian rocket.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1110/12meghatropiques/

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NEXT DELTA 4 ROCKET TO BOOST MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
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The United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket that will deploy a vital
communications satellite for U.S. military forces overseas was placed atop
its Cape Canaveral pad this week.

http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d358/rollout.html

ROLLOUT PHOTO GALLERY:
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d358/rollout/


NASA HANDS ENDEAVOUR TO LOS ANGELES MUSEUM
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Astronauts, celebrities and local officials held a ceremonial transfer of
ownership for the space shuttle orbiter Endeavour from NASA to the
California Science Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

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