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 China launched a French-made satellite.
On October 7, 2011 at 08:21 UTC the Chang Zheng-3B (Long March-III2) rocket-carrier was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwest China's Sichuan Province. The rocket orbited the W3C French-made telecom satellite.
The launch was carried out by the China Great Wall Industry Corporation and the China Institute of Rocket Carrier Technology, both under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, as well as the China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control General (CLTC).
The W3C telecom satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space, a French satellite manufacturer, and is owned by Eutelsat, a leading provider of satellite communication services. The W3C has a designed lifespan of 15 years and will provide television, radio, broadband, video and Internet service.
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Date: 15.10.2011
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STS-134 flight in Astrophilately.
This flown cover was postmarked aboard the International Space Station on May 18, 2011 at the day when the "Endeavour” American Space Shuttle (STS-134 flight) docked with the ISS.
The cover was autographed by all 13 astronauts who were aboard the ISS at that day.
It was the last flight of the Endeavour.
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Date: 09.10.2011
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Russian-Ukrainian rocket orbited a satellite.
On October 05, 2011 at 21:00 UTC (on October 6 at 01:00 Moscow time) the Russian-Ukrainian "Zenit-2SB” rocket-carrier equipped with the DM-SLB booster was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket orbited the U.S. "Intelsat-18” telecommunication satellite.
The Intelsat-18 satellite will provide telecommunication services to customers in East Asia, U.S. West Coast and the Pacific Region. Intelsat Ltd. operates the world's most extensive satellite network, comprising over 50 satellites.
The Zenit-2, a medium-lift two-stage rocket, is produced by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. Its DM-SLB stage is made by Russian "Energy” Space Corporation.
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Date: 07.10.2011
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FIP Section for Astrophilately.
From September 5 till September 9, 2011 the 26th Planetary Congress of Association of Space Explorers was held in Moscow. More than 100 cosmonauts and astronauts from all over the world took part in the Congress. The event was devoted to the 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s space flight.
We would like to inform all Astrophilately and space thematic collectors that 2 Astrophilately collectors also took part in the Congress – Julius Cacka (Czech Republic), the member of the Bureau of the FIP Section for Astrophilately and Walter Hopferwieser (Austria), a well-known researcher of Space Mail.
On September 8, 2011 in Moscow Igor Rodin, Chairman of the FIP Section for Astrophilately and Julius Cacka had a meeting (see the photo). A number of
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Date: 04.10.2011
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Russia launched a Glonass satellite.
On October 02, 2011 at 20:15 UTC (on October 3 at 00:15 Moscow time) the Russian "Soyuz-2.1B” rocket-carrier was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The rocket equipped with the "Fregat” booster orbited the Russian "Glonass-M” navigation satellite.
Glonass is Russia's answer to the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian uses. Both systems allow users to determine their positions to within a few meters.
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Date: 04.10.2011
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Russian rocket orbited a Mexican satellite.
On September 29, 2011 at 18:31 UTC the Russian "Proton-M” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "Briz-M” booster orbited the "QuetzSat-1” Mexican telecommunications satellite.
The "QuetzSat-1” begins a 15-year life of direct-to-home television broadcasting for Mexico, the U.S. and Central America. Built in California by Space Systems/Loral for Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES, the craft's 32 Ku-band transponders will beam entertainment programming to small roof-top dishes from its vantage point in geostationary orbital over the equator at 77 degrees West longitude.
SES will lease the QuetzSat 1's communications relay capacity to EchoStar Corp. for the Dish Mexico and the DISH Network subscription television services.
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Date: 04.10.2011
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China launched its first space station module.
On September 29, 2011 at 13:16 UTC the "Chang Zheng-2FT” (Long March) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province.
The rocket orbited the "Tiangong-1” unmanned space lab module.
The launch paves the way for China's first rendezvous and docking mission. An unmanned Shenzhou-8 spaceship will be launched in November to dock with Tiangong-1. The 8.5-tone module will remain in the orbit for two years, operating mainly in an unmanned regime. It is also capable of carrying up to three astronauts for 20 days. |
USA launched a military satellite.
On September 27, 2011 at 15:49 UTC the Minotaur 4 rocket-carrier was launched from Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska, USA. The rocket orbited the "TacSat-4” U.S. Navy satellite to give military forces better communications links on the battlefield.
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Date: 30.09.2011
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Sea Launch got back into the business.
On September 24, 2011 at 20:18 UTC Sea Launch AG successfully launched the Atlantic Bird-7 broadcast satellite from the Equator on the ocean-based Odyssey Launch Platform, marking its first mission for Eutelsat Communications.
The satellite was orbited by the Zenit-3SL rocket-carrier. The rocket was launched from the launch platform, positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude in international waters of the Pacific Ocean. The satellite was built by Astrium, an EADS company.
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Date: 30.09.2011
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Japan launched a spy satellite.
On September 23, 2011 at 04:36 UTC the H-2A / 202 rocket-carrier was launched from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan's primary launching base off the southern coast of the main islands. The rocket orbited the IGS O-4 spy satellite.
The secret satellite, built by Mitsubishi Electric Corp., is circling Earth in a sun-synchronous orbit with an altitude of more than 300 miles. The spacecraft was a more than $500 million payload outfitted with an optical camera and telescope to supply imagery to the Japanese government for intelligence, defense and civilian remote sensing applications. The spacecraft will become an operational member of Japan's optical spy satellite fleet.
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Date: 30.09.2011
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