GPS SATELLITE BESET BY PERMANENT SIGNAL PROBLEM

GPS SATELLITE BESET BY PERMANENT SIGNAL PROBLEM
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A Global Positioning System satellite launched earlier this year is
suffering from permanent signal distortions and will miss its target to
enter operational service this year, Air Force officials said.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0911/02gps/


EARTH-WATCHING SATELLITE LAUNCHED ON WATERY MISSION
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A modified Russian ballistic missile successfully launched a $464 million
European science satellite Monday to investigate Earth's water cycle by
measuring moisture levels in soil and salt concentrations in the world's
oceans.

http://spaceflightnow.com/rockot/smos/091102liftoff/


FATHER OF THE CHINESE SPACE PROGRAM DIES
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The father of China's space and strategic rocket program Tsien Hsue-shen,
who worked initially on U.S. rocket development, helped bring Werner Von
Braun to the U.S. then was wrongly deported back to China in the 1950s for
alleged ties with communist China, died in Beijing Oct. 31 at age 98.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0911/02china/