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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 269.07 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. September 21, 2003
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** China is set to send its yuhangyuan ("astronaut") into space in
October with the liftoff to occur by the middle of the month, Wen Wei Po in
Hong Kong reports. Chinese space officials have decided that the launch
would happen after the week long celebration of the National Day on Oct. 1.
However, no specific launch date will be chosen until after the
holiday. --SpaceDaily
** Following eight years of capturing dramatic images and surprising
science from Jupiter and its moons, NASA's Galileo mission draws to a close
September 21 with a plunge into Jupiter's atmosphere. The spacecraft was
put on a collision course with Jupiter's atmosphere to eliminate any chance
of impact of the moon Europa, which Galileo discovered is likely to have a
subsurface ocean. The team expects the spacecraft to transmit a few hours of
science measurements in real time, leading up to impact on Sunday, September
21. The maneuver is necessary, since onboard propellant is nearly depleted.
Without propellant, the spacecraft would not be able to point its antenna
toward Earth nor adjust its flight path, so controlling the spacecraft would
no longer be possible.. --SpaceDaily
** Surrey Satellite Ready To Launch Disaster Monitoring Constellation.
SSTL are preparing for the launch of three more spacecraft in the
international Disaster Monitoring Constellation - the first cluster of
satellites dedicated to monitoring disasters from space. The upcoming
launch is scheduled for 06:09 GMT on Friday, 26 September 03.
--SpaceDaily
** Maxwell Technologies, Inc. announced Tuesday that its BOOSTCAP
ultracapacitors showed no significant effects from either gamma or proton
irradiation in tests conducted by NASA, and met or exceeded expectations in
other environmental stress testing performed by the Johnson Space Center
(JSC) earlier this year. Maxwell's microelectronic products for the space
market include memory modules, power modules and single board computers that
incorporate proprietary shielding technology and other radiation mitigation
techniques to provide guaranteed life-of-the-application performance and
radiation tolerance. --SpaceDaily
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