Tweets from Space, October 30/31, 2015
Day 217. #Moon sets. May the howling begin. #GoodNight from @space_station! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/cLVwFoRfNW — Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) October 30, 2015
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Month: October 2015
Atlas V’s successful Launch of GPS IIF-11 closes out busy Month at United Launch Alliance
The Atlas V workhorse rocket is three-for-three in October, successfully conducting its third mission of this calendar month on Saturday and setting a new record in the ever increasing pace of United Launch Alliance missions.
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Photos: Atlas V blasts off with GPS IIF-11 Satellite
An Atlas V rocket raced into the skies over Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday, lifting off at 16:13 UTC to begin a three-and-a-half-hour mission to deliver the GPS IIF-11 satellite to orbit in the continued modernization of the Global Positioning System Satellite Fleet.
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Video: Atlas V Launch with GPS IIF-11 Satellite
An Atlas V rocket raced into the skies over Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday, lifting off at 16:13 UTC to begin a three-and-a-half-hour mission to deliver the GPS IIF-11 satellite to orbit in the continued modernization of the Global Positioning System Satellite Fleet.
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Liftoff: Atlas V embarks on GPS Satellite Delivery Mission
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday, embarking on a long mission to deliver the GPS IIF-11 satellite to Medium Earth Orbit in support of the continued modernization of the Global Positioning System satellite fleet.
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ISS Operations Update – October 30, 2015
Experiments: Pilot-T [This experiment puts crew members through complex tasks, such as piloting a space vehicle, at various stages of
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Eutelsat signs Multi-Launch Deal with ILS Proton, switches to single-payload Ariane 5 Launch
Commercial Satellite operator Eutelsat has signed a multi-launch agreement with International Launch Services, acquiring slots on Proton rockets for the period of 2016 to 2023, and signed with Arianespace for a rare single-payload launch atop the powerful Ariane 5 rocket in early 2016.
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Atlas V Launch with GPS IIF-11 delayed to Saturday
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket carrying the GPS IIF-11 satellite is being pushed back 24 hours to Saturday to provide additional time for a Ground Support Equipment issue to be addressed. Saturday’s launch window stretches from 16:13 to 16:32 UTC.
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ISS Operations Update – October 29, 2015
Experiments: Plasma Kristall-4 [The PK-4 payload set up in the Columbus European Physiology Module Rack and examines low temperature gas
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NASA Report on Antares Launch Failure places Blame on AJ26 Engines
An independent team of NASA investigators blames last year’s failure of Orbital ATK’s Antares on the rocket’s main engines, as stated in the Orb-3 Accident Investigation Report released by the agency on Thursday, marking the one-year anniversary of Antares’ spectacular launch failure.
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Launch of improved Progress MS Cargo Resupply Craft slips to December
The launch of the Progress MS-1 cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station is slipping one month from November
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Tweets from Space, October 28/29, 2015
#SpaceWalkSelfie Back on the grid! Great first spacewalk yesterday. Now on to the next one next week. #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/7qXLiKzaKA —
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Mystery Object WT1190F approaches Earth for fiery Re-Entry – Long-Lost Apollo 10 Module or Run-of-the-Mill Rocket Stage?
A very rare breed of unidentified space object in a suicidal orbit is approaching its fiery demise in two weeks
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Turksat-4B Communications Satellite reaches Geostationary Orbit
The Turksat-4B communications satellite has arrived in its intended slot in Geostationary Orbit, orbital data released by the Joint Space Operations Center shows.
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Next GPS Satellite poised for Liftoff atop Atlas V on Friday
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is standing tall atop its Florida launch pad for liftoff on Friday, aiming to become the third Atlas V to take flight this month – a new record for the Atlas V that can look back at 58 missions since its inauguration in 2002, but never managed to launch more than twice in a single calendar month.
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Re-Entry: NPS-SCAT
The NPS-SCAT satellite of the Space Systems Academic Group at the Naval Postgraduate School re-entered the atmosphere on Wednesday after nearly two years in orbit.
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ISS Astronauts work Overtime in challenging Maintenance Spacewalk
First-time spacewalkers Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren ventured outside the hatches of the International Space Station on Wednesday in an excursion lasting seven hours and 16 minutes to complete a series of operations on the exterior of the U.S. Segment of the orbiting outpost.
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