Photos Reveal "Tiger Stripe" Fissures On Moon's Surface
In a feat of interplanetary sharpshooting, NASA's Cassini
spacecraft has pinpointed precisely where the icy jets erupt from
the surface of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus.
On Thursday evening, August 14, Arianespace orbited two
communications satellites, primarily intended for TV broadcast
services: Superbird-7 for Japanese operator Space Communications
Corporation (SCC), within the scope of a contract with Mitsubishi
Electric Corporation (MELCO), and AMC-21 for American operator SES
AMERICOM, a company of the SES group.
Saying the decision provides mutual benefits to the space agency
and the Air Force, on Thursday NASA announced it will delay the
launch of its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter until February 2009 at
the earliest, and swap its position on the pad at Cape Canaveral
with a USAF spacecraft.
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