100th ISRO Mission to Launch Earth Observation Satellites
The Indian Space Research Organisation is set to embark on its 100th mission September 9, launching two satellites on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, located on the southeast coast of the subcontinent. The PSLV will carry the SPOT 6 high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite for the French government under a commercial contract. It will also carry the PRoject of OIT Electric-Rocket-Engine Onboard Small Space Ship (PROITERES) MicroSat, a small satellite project developed in Japan at the Osaka Institute of Technology. SPOT 6 (800 kg) and its twin SPOT 7, set to launch in early 2014, are operated by Astrium Services and will enable the entire Earth to be seen every day in high- to very-high resolution. The 15 kg PROITERES MicroSat will monitor the Kansai area of western Japan with a high-resolution camera. In addition to radio equipment, the ultra-small satellite has an electric propulsion rocket engine making powered-flight possible. Beginning with the Aryabhata satellite in 1975, the PSLV has put 52 satellites (26 Indian and 26 international) into a variety of orbits at a flyaway cost of US $17 million per launch. Before the end of this year, another PSLV mission will launch joint Indo-French research satellite Saral into a sun-synchronous orbit. (Image Credits: ISRO, OIT, Astrium)
Ukraine Symposium Focuses on Mitigating Threats to Humanity
The Fourth International Specialized Symposium: Space and Global Security of Humanity will take place September 3-7 in Yevpatoria, Ukraine. The symposium will focus on the creation of systems providing the international community with effective early warning of global risks and threats, including dangerous events originating in space. In addition to a plenary session, the conference is organized into three sections. The first, on Modern Space Exploration Strategy and Security, looks at the social, philosophical and long-term objectives of modern space exploration with respect to security, the role advanced space technologies play in mitigating natural and industrial hazards and space-awareness regarding natural and industrial emergencies. The second section is on the Results of the International Global Monitoring Aerospace System (IGMASS) Design, a project that seeks to discover precursors to natural and man-made calamities through the simultaneous use of space, air and land-based equipment to forecast disasters and other emergencies. The third section is on the Utilization of IGMASS Navigation and Telecommunications Resources for Development of a Unified Information Security Field, focusing on warning systems for potential planetary hazards from space, the prevention of near-Earth orbit obstructions, training specialists for space research and the application of space activity outcomes. (Image Credits: IGMASS, NOAA)
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Sep 3 — Neil Armstrong, American Hero: “The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further than that and our opportunities are unlimited.”
Sep 3 — Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Orbit: LRO following up on radar measurements of Shackleton crater, acquiring new bistatic radar images of Moon to help distinguish between surface roughness and ice.
Sep 3 — Mars Science Laboratory, Red Planet: Curiosity 400-m trek to Glenelg, site with 3 different types of geology, possibly first site rover will drill for rock samples.
Sep 3 — Jupiter Juno Mission, Jupiter Trajectory: Traveling at 55,800 km per hour, spacecraft passing 5.12 AU, one quarter of total distance Juno will travel en route to Jupiter.
Sep 3 — LiftPort Group,Snohomish WA: Founder and President Michael Laine says company can build space elevator on Moon using current technology within 8 years.
Sep 3 — Orbital Sciences, Dulles VA: Set to conduct 1st Cygnus test flight to ISS in October and demonstration launch later this year, with first ISS supply mission in early 2013.
Sep 3 — AdamWorks, Centennial CO: Selected by XCOR Aerospace to manufacture Lynx Mark I carbon fiber cockpit; 3 of 6 firms building commercial space vehicles are AdamWorks customers.
Sep 4 — ILOA, NAOC, Kamuela HI: International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) to sign MOU to establish a cooperative program to conduct Galaxy, Astronomical Imaging using the Lunar Telescope of the Chang’e-3 Moon Lander and ILO-X and / or ILO-1 mission instruments.
Sep 4 — NASA, Cape Canaveral FL: 35th Anniversary of Voyager 1 launch (1977); spacecraft has traveled further than any other human-made object launched from Earth.
Sep 4 — Juno Mission, Jupiter Trajectory: ‘NASA Juno Deep Space Maneuvers,’ second of two scheduled deep space maneuvers.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation is set to embark on its 100th mission September 9, launching two satellites on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, located on the southeast coast of the subcontinent. The PSLV will carry the SPOT 6 high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite for the French government under a commercial contract. It will also carry the PRoject of OIT Electric-Rocket-Engine Onboard Small Space Ship (PROITERES) MicroSat, a small satellite project developed in Japan at the Osaka Institute of Technology. SPOT 6 (800 kg) and its twin SPOT 7, set to launch in early 2014, are operated by Astrium Services and will enable the entire Earth to be seen every day in high- to very-high resolution. The 15 kg PROITERES MicroSat will monitor the Kansai area of western Japan with a high-resolution camera. In addition to radio equipment, the ultra-small satellite has an electric propulsion rocket engine making powered-flight possible. Beginning with the Aryabhata satellite in 1975, the PSLV has put 52 satellites (26 Indian and 26 international) into a variety of orbits at a flyaway cost of US $17 million per launch. Before the end of this year, another PSLV mission will launch joint Indo-French research satellite Saral into a sun-synchronous orbit. (Image Credits: ISRO, OIT, Astrium)
The Fourth International Specialized Symposium: Space and Global Security of Humanity will take place September 3-7 in Yevpatoria, Ukraine. The symposium will focus on the creation of systems providing the international community with effective early warning of global risks and threats, including dangerous events originating in space. In addition to a plenary session, the conference is organized into three sections. The first, on Modern Space Exploration Strategy and Security, looks at the social, philosophical and long-term objectives of modern space exploration with respect to security, the role advanced space technologies play in mitigating natural and industrial hazards and space-awareness regarding natural and industrial emergencies. The second section is on the Results of the International Global Monitoring Aerospace System (IGMASS) Design, a project that seeks to discover precursors to natural and man-made calamities through the simultaneous use of space, air and land-based equipment to forecast disasters and other emergencies. The third section is on the Utilization of IGMASS Navigation and Telecommunications Resources for Development of a Unified Information Security Field, focusing on warning systems for potential planetary hazards from space, the prevention of near-Earth orbit obstructions, training specialists for space research and the application of space activity outcomes. (Image Credits: IGMASS, NOAA)
= All times for terrestrial events in local time unless noted.
= All times for international terrestrial events in local time unless noted.
= All times for space events, and…
= All times for international space / astro events in Hawaii Standard Time unless noted. Add 10 hours to obtain UT (‘Universal Time;’ Greenwich, England).
Sep 3 — Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Orbit: LRO following up on radar measurements of Shackleton crater, acquiring new bistatic radar images of Moon to help distinguish between surface roughness and ice.
