[FPSPACE] FW: Robotic satellite servicer demonstration underway in orbit

[LARRY KLAES]

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>Subject: Robotic satellite servicer demonstration underway in orbit
>Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 13:46:15 -0400
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>ROBOTIC SATELLITE SERVICER REHEARSAL UNDERWAY IN ORBIT
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>The concept of dispatching low-cost spacecraft to repair and refuel more
>expensive troubled satellites took a step closer to reality this week when
>two first-of-a-kind orbiting testbeds began operations to validate
>autonomous in-space servicing techniques.
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>   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0704/03orbitalexpress/
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>MISSION TIMELINE ILLUSTRATION:
>   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0704/03orbitalexpress/timeline.html
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>EUROPEAN CRAFT TRACKING TURBULENCE AT VENUS
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>New images and data from the European Space Agency's mission to Venus
>provide new insights into the turbulent and noxious atmosphere of Earth's
>sister planet. What causes violent winds and turbulences? Is the surface
>topography playing a role in the complex global dynamics of the
>atmosphere? Venus Express is on the case.
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>   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0704/03venus/
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>ARCTIC REPLENISHED VERY LITTLE THICK SEA ICE
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>A new NASA study has found that in 2005 the Arctic replaced very little of
>the thick sea ice it normally loses and replenishes each year.
>Replenishment of this thick, perennial sea ice each year is essential to
>the maintenance and stability of the Arctic summer ice cover.
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>   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0704/03arcticice/
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>REPLENISHED VERY LITTLE THICK SEA ICE</a>
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