October 2003 Space News |
- JAPAN SPY SATELLITE VOA 29 Nov 2003 -- Officials in Japan are investigating what went wrong in the failed launch of two spy satellites on Saturday. The aborted launch is a blow to the prestige of Japan's space program and its intelligence efforts,
- ROCSAT-2 TO LEAVE TAIWAN DEC. 1 FOR U.S. FOR LAUNCH IN JANUARY CNA 28 Nov 2003 -- The Republic of China's second satellite -- ROCSAT-2 -- will leave Taiwan Dec. 1 for the United States where it will be launched into orbit early next year, the National Space Program Office (NSPO) said Friday.
- Plans for Earth Observation System Moving Forward, U.S. Officials Say Washington File 18 Nov 2003 -- U.S. officials say plans are moving forward to create a system that links thousands of satellites, aircraft and Earth-based monitoring stations around the globe to provide more accurate predictions of climate change, crop production, disease outbreaks and natural hazards.
- Space Digest VOA 18 Nov 2003 -- China's first astronaut; Voyager One nears edge of solar system; Solar flares and Mars Express
- PRESS RELEASE: EU space policy ready for lift-off: European Commission adopts Space Action Plan European Union Commission 11 Nov 2003 -- "A policy paper on Space: A New European Frontier for an Expanding Union has been presented by the European Commission in Brussels today. Space technologies are set to play a key role in helping the Union achieve its main objectives: faster economic growth, job creation and industrial competitiveness, enlargement and cohesion, sustainable development and security and defence. The policy paper was developed in close co-operation with the European Space Agency (ESA) and calls for substantial additional spending on space. It also recommends action to ensure Europes independent access to space, to enhance space technology, promote space exploration, attract more young people into careers in science and strengthen European excellence in space science."
- EU: Officials Seek Greater Autonomy In Space Program RFE/RL 11 Nov 2003 -- The European Commission today adopted an EU Space Action Plan, which says the bloc needs to invest more in space research to both secure global autonomy and boost growth and competitiveness.
- EU unveils Space Action Plan IRNA 11 Nov 2003 -- The European Commission presented Tuesday a policy paper to develop Europe`s space sector.
- CHINA-SPACE VOA 11 Nov 2003 -- Representatives of 14 countries and the United Nations are meeting in Beijing this week to lay out plans for a new space organization headed by China.
- Missile Defense Agency Booster Rocket Program 07 Nov 2003 -- The Department of Defense announced today the results of an assessement of two separate manufacturing process-related accidents in August and September 2003 at Pratt & Whitney's missile propellant mixing facility in San Jose, Calif. These incidents affected three key components of the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) missile defense development effort, as well as other DoD programs.
- Czech Republic: Argentinian Scientists To Collaborate With Czechs On Space Projects RFE/RL 07 Nov 2003 -- Juan Eduardo Fleming, Argentina's ambassador to Prague, had an idea -- to bring together top Czech and Argentinian scientists to collaborate in space exploration.
- VOYAGER ONE VOA 05 Nov 2003 -- The spacecraft Voyager One is still sending data back to NASA, the U-S government space agency, after more than 26 years in space. It is now the most distant man-made object in space -- traveling billions of kilometers from earth and perhaps reaching the outer edges of our solar system. Two teams of American scientists are reporting two different scenarios of the Voyager's latest adventures -- although both teams agree that the spacecraft is in uncharted territory.
- NEARBY GALAXY VOA 05 Nov 2003 -- An international team of researchers has discovered a nearby galaxy, whose stars are being absorbed by our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
