http://www.sat-nd.com Satellite News Digest http://www.sat-nd.com/images/logo.pnghttp://www.sat-nd.com Satellite News Digest en-gb Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT muuhs2 (0.7.0.29) newsfeeds@sat-nd.com newsfeeds@sat-nd.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LAUNCHES Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090500 http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090500 NASA has adjusted the target launch dates for the two remaining space shuttle missions in 2008. SATELLITES Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:01 GMT http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090501 http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090501 Rosetta's control room at ESA's European Space Operations Centre, ESOC, received the first radio signal after closest approach to asteroid (2867) Steins at 2014 UTC, confirming a smooth fly-by. SATELLITES Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:02 GMT http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090502 http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090502 At the end of a its six-month mission, Jules Verne, Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle, undocked from the International Space Station today at 2129 hours UTC. SATELLITES Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:03 GMT http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090503 http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090503 ProtoStar announced that the ProtoStar I spacecraft has successfully completed in-orbit testing -- and answered the question whose slot the spacecraft is using anyway. SATELLITES Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:04 GMT http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090504 http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090504 Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. and Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Co. are in talks to launch a new satellite to boost bandwidth and replace their ST-1 spacecraft that is nearing the end of its service life. FAILURES Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:05 GMT http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090505 http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2008090505 W5 failure update / Koreasat 5 outage