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Satellites: Orbits and Missions Michel Capderou, S. Lyle
Publisher: Springer

The four-stage VV-02 Vega launch vehicle undergoes final preparations, ahead of its ambitious mission to inject satellites into two different orbital altitudes. First Student-Developed Mission in Which Satellites Orbit and Communicate. BRITE stands for "BRIght Target Explorer," because the targets in the sky for this mission are the most luminous stars in our galaxy. The imaging satellite, which will be known as Landsat 8 once it reaches orbit, continues the mission of Landsat 7, which has been transmitting images since 1999, and Landsat 5, launched in 1984 but on its last legs. Satellite watchers did note that in early March, OTV-3 propelled itself upward 29 miles (46 kilometers) to raise its orbit to 248 miles (399 km). BBC News reported yesterday that Pegasus, the first and only Ecuadorian satellite sent into orbit, collided with "a cloud of particles" left by an old Soviet rocket on May 23. ULA Delta IV Heavy Puts NRO Satellite Into Orbit. The poor bastard didn't even last a month. Posted by Keith A Delta IV Heavy demonstration flight occurred in December 2004, and the first Air Force operational mission was launched in November 2007. Lyle This useful resource deals with satellite orbits, showing how the wide range of available orbits can be used in communications, positioning, remote-sensing. The twin of an MSU student-built satellite that was launched in the spring but failed to reach orbit because an anomaly with the rocket is scheduled to be launched Oct. The craft's inclination remained at 43.5 degrees. "MSU's SSEL has the unique distinction of being the only university to fly a CubeSat on both of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa) missions," Klumpar said. Now Han's team has used that most recent megaquake to show that the disturbances of satellite orbits can be used to independently estimate the magnitude and location of earthquakes, along with estimates based on surface seismographs and GPS measurements. Pegasus launched from a Chinese spaceport on April 25, on a mission to take photos of space while playing Ecuador's national anthem on loop - a small project that demonstrated the nation's budding interest in space exploration. NASA and DLR, the German space agency, which are joint partners in GRACE, are planning a new mission to measure with greater precision how Earth's gravity field changes. Named Krysaor set to launch this August.