"This Week In Space" / Asteroid encounter / 2 big rocket launches

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"THIS WEEK IN SPACE:" THREATS TO EARTH
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This Week: The search for hazards from unknown near-Earth asteroids, the
last shuttle fuel tank leaves factory, next round of workforce layoffs and
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden's comment.

http://spaceflightnow.com/twis/


INDIAN ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY HAULS FIVE SATELLITES INTO ORBIT
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India sent an all-purpose Earth observation satellite into orbit early
Monday, replenishing the country's fleet of mapping spacecraft for
resource planning and security applications.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1007/12pslv/


POPULAR AMERICAN TELEVISION SYSTEM GETS A NEW SATELLITE
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A powerful reinforcement to bolster DISH Network's fleet of direct-to-home
television broadcasting satellites climbed into orbit Saturday.

http://spaceflightnow.com/proton/echostar15/


COMET-BOUND PROBE RETURNS PICTURES OF CRATERED ASTEROID
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Europe's Rosetta spacecraft flew less than 2,000 miles from asteroid
Lutetia Saturday, snapping pictures of the new world and collecting bonus
science on a primitive relic of the solar system.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1007/10rosetta/

FIRST VIEWS OF LUTETIA:
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1007/10lutetia/


BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY: ROCKET SOFTWARE BEING FIXED
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An improbable pitfall discovered in the Minotaur rocket's flight software,
posing only a minuscule chance of ruining a mission, nevertheless will be
patched before the booster launches a unique space surveillance craft,
officials explained Thursday.

http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/sbss/100708delay.html

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