Another North Korean Launch Fizzles (Source:
New York Times)
North Korea launched a missile on Saturday, even as the United States
and China have been seeking to curb the North’s military ambitions. The
missile took off from a location near Pukchang, northeast of Pyongyang,
the North Korean capital, the South Korean military said in a
statement. It did not identify what type of missile was launched but
said the test had ended in failure. (4/28)
Russia, US Ready to Give
You a Lift to Moon Orbit, ISS (Source: Space Daily)
Russian aerospace company RSC Energia and its US partners have worked
out several options of sending tourists into the Moon's orbit and to
the International Space Station (ISS), Energia's General Director
Vladimir Solntsev told Sputnik.
In August, Solntsev said Energia was preparing a Moon expedition on
board an upgraded Soyuz spacecraft, with eight space tourists
interested in a trip. Renowned Canadian filmmaker James Cameron and a
Japanese family were said to be among the first to express interest in
the lunar orbit trip.
In April, Energia's head said at least four were likely space tourists
and were ready to pay for the trip. Energia has also been considering
the resumption of the ISS tourist program. In February, Solntsev said a
contract for nine tours could be signed before 2021. (4/27)
MUOS-5 Navy Satellite
Online After Engine Failure (Source: Florida Today)
A Navy communications satellite launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station last June is online after a post-launch engine failure,
according to builder Lockheed Martin. The fifth Mobile User Objective
System satellite, or MUOS-5, took flight on an Atlas V rocket and was
designed to serve as a backup to four other MUOS spacecraft already in
orbit.
But the 15,000-pound satellite experienced "a failure of the orbit
raising propulsion system" during a June 29 engine burn on its way to
geosynchronous orbit 22,000 miles over the equator, Lockheed Martin
said in a statement. "Navy and Lockheed Martin engineering teams were
able to isolate the issue and deliver MUOS to operational orbit using
alternative propulsion," the statement reads. (4/28)
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