Thursday, 26 March 2009

IAF Daily News


India’s first student-made satellite set for launch

In April, India’s student community will get a big morale boost when the country’s first student-made satellite will ride into space on the PSLV, (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) along with ISRO’s Risat Satellite.
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Giant ice flows bolster case for Titan’s volcanoes

Titan’s exterior, where the temperature is around -180 °C, is thought to be mostly water-ice, but it may be a different story deep down. Variations in the moon’s rate of rotation suggest an ocean could lurk below.
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Delta 2 Rocket Delivers Another GPS Satellite to Orbit

The GPS 2R-20 spacecraft will rejuvenate one of the Global Positioning System constellation’s positions, while also conducting critical tests of a new signal to be fielded by follow-on satellites.
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