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Subj: This Week's News in Brief
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 165.06 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. June 13, 2004
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** International Launch Services (ILS) has received authorization from the
U.S. Air Force to begin integration of the Space Test Program-1 (STP-1)
mission on the Atlas V rocket, scheduled to launch in September 2006. This
multi-payload mission will launch seven separate satellites and perform a
series of on-orbit maneuvers to deliver these satellites to their respective
orbital locations. --SpaceDaily
** The FCC's Media Security and Reliability Council has published a new
booklet titled the "Readiness Guide for Local Media on How to Prepare
for Emergencies." This colorful pamphlet is good for a quick
overview of what the media should do in times of emergencies. The PDF
version is at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-
244522A1.pdf. --Newsline
** On June 11, the Cassini orbiter will fly within about 1,200 miles of
Saturn's moon Phoebe. Data and images will be returned on June 12. Phoebe's
surface color appears almost black when observed by powerful telescopes,
scientists say. The moon, which is about 130 miles in diameter, reflects
only 6 percent of the sunlight it receives. Because of its dark color, and
because Phoebe's orbit is irregular (elliptical, outside the plane of
Saturn's equator and retrograde), scientists think the moon is probably a
captured object, possibly a comet, asteroid or Kuiper Belt Object
(KBO). --SpaceDaily
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