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Summary: 02 Feb 2010 - 07 Feb 2010
 STS-130 delayed at least one day
07 Feb 2010 - The launch of space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-130 mission was scrubbed today because of a low cloud ceiling. >>>
Atlas V to launch Solar Dynamics Observatory on 9 February
05 Feb 2010 - A United Launch Alliance Atlas V is set to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on 9 February with a launch window of 1530 - 1630 UTC from Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. >>>
GOES-P fuelled; progressing towards launch on 1/2 March
05 Feb 2010 - The GOES-P spacecraft continues its processing at the Astrotech Facility in Titusville, Florida. >>>
India to launch Cartosat-2B in spring
05 Feb 2010 - India will shortly launch Cartosat-2B, a high-resolution remote sensing satellite, according to Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Radhakrishnan. >>>
New cargo ship on its way to the ISS
03 Feb 2010 - Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-04M (Progress P36); Date: 3 February 2010, 0345 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station. >>>
Iran flies animals into space
03 Feb 2010 - Iran announced it has successfully launched a research rocket carrying a mouse (or a rat, according to other reports), two turtles and worms into space. >>>
Intelsat 16 launch preparations progress as planned
02 Feb 2010 - Pre-launch activities associated with the mid-February launch of an International Launch Services Proton M/Briz M launch vehicle with the Intelsat 16 satellite are nearing completion in Assembly and Testing Building ("MIK") 92-A50 at Baikonur. >>>
NASA awards for development of commercial crew transportation
02 Feb 2010 - NASA has awarded US$50 million through funded agreements to further the commercial sector's capability to support transport of crew to and from low Earth orbit. This step is the first taken by NASA consistent with the U.S. President's direction to foster commercial human spaceflight capabilities, the agency said. >>>
Alphabus on the move
07 Feb 2010 - The service module of the new Alphabus generation of telecommunication satellites has completed its first journey - from Cannes to Toulouse, in France. >>>
Iranian TV report about planned student satellite
07 Feb 2010 - A report on Iranian TV gave some details on the planned Navid-e Elm-o San'at student satellite. >>>
Intelsat-16 pre-launch details
05 Feb 2010 - An International Launch Services Proton M/Briz M is to launch Intelsat-16 directly into geostationary orbit on 12 February. The launch window opens at 0039 UTC. It will be the first ILS/Proton launch in 2010. >>>
Record-breaking weather satellite to be retired by year-end
04 Feb 2010 - Europe's series of Meteosat satellites has been improving the accuracy of weather forecasts for over 30 years. Meteosat-6 has recently broken the record for the operational life of one of these robust missions - but its days are numbered. >>>
Two new Russian contracts for MDA
04 Feb 2010 - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. said it has signed two contracts with a combined worth of more than US$60 million with the Russian Radio Research and Development Institute (NIIR). >>>
Taiwan to develop indigenous imaging sensor for FormoSat 5
04 Feb 2010 - Taiwan's National Space Organisation (NSPO) announced the formation of a group specifically for researching, developing and manufacturing an optical remote sensing instrument to fly on FormoSat 5, the country's next Earth-observation satellite to be launched in 2013. >>>
Tranquility, Cupola ready for launch to complete ISS assembly
04 Feb 2010 - NASA's space shuttle Endeavour is undergoing final preparation for the STS-130 mission that will complete the basic assembly for the "non-Russian segment" of the ISS. >>>
Lockheed Martin-built SDO instruments ready for launch
03 Feb 2010 - Two solar instruments built at the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto are awaiting launch on 9 February 2010 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. >>>
Northrop Grumman keeps weather satellite sensors cool
03 Feb 2010 - Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by ITT Corporation to provide flight cryocoolers for the sensor payloads for two international weather satellites. >>>
James Webb Space Telescope sunshield passes CDR
03 Feb 2010 - The James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield has passed its critical design review, certifying that its design is complete and meets mission requirements. By achieving thermal, deployment and stray-light targets, the sunshield is now ready for manufacturing. >>>
Cassini mission gets second extension
03 Feb 2010 - NASA will extend the international Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn and its planets to 2017. The agency's fiscal year 2011 budget provides a US$60 million per year extension for continued study of the ringed planet. >>>
U.S. scrap plan for joint civil/military weather satellite system
02 Feb 2010 - The White House announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA and the U.S. Air Force will no longer continue to jointly procure the NPOESS weather satellite system. >>>
European funding for Jason-3 secured
02 Feb 2010 - The transatlantic Jason-3 Programme has now been approved by EUMETSAT Member States thus ensuring a continuation of the series of measurements made by the Jason-2 satellite and its predecessors. >>>
Kazakhstan to issue international tenders for future satellites
02 Feb 2010 - Kazakhstan will not automatically buy its future satellites from Russian companies and instead announce international tenders after the launch of its KazSat-2. >>>
Political controversy once again hits Eutelsat
04 Feb 2010 - Once more, Eutelsat finds itself at the centre of a controversy in which a broadcaster accuses the satellite operator of censorship. In this case, state-funded Georgian Public Broadcaster GPB claims Eutelsat succumbed to Russian pressure by taking GPB's Russian-language channel off the W7 satellite. Eutelsat firmly denied all allegations. >>>
NGA buys radar satellite data from EADS North America
03 Feb 2010 - EADS North America has received a five-year contract to provide commercial radar satellite data to the U.S. government's National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for use in intelligence, military and homeland security applications. >>>
Telespazio renews contracts with Eutelsat
05 Feb 2010 - Telespazio has renewed leases on two satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications for professional video contribution services and the outside broadcast purposes of RAI, Italy's national public broadcaster. >>>
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