IAF NEWS Thursday 20 September 2012

[International Astronautical Federation]

IAF NEWS Thursday 20 September 2012
A daily roundup of space news brought to you from the International Astronautical Federation


Telespazio to enter Brazilian satellite market in 2016

Italian space services company Telespazio is interested in acquiring a Brazilian orbital position to start operations in the country by the beginning of 2016.

http://www.telecompaper.com/news/telespazio-to-enter-brazilian-s


Lawmakers question NASA commercial crew safety standards

Worry NASA�s plan to human-rate commercial crew vehicles may not produce acceptable safety levels

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_09_


Russia to develop space debris removal system

�Roscosmos has decided to develop a system capable of removing large-size space debris from the critical areas of near-Earth orbit, and to set up an automated system to warn about potentially hazardous situations in space around the Earth,� Savelyev said at a science conference held as part of the ILA Berlin Air Show 2012.

http://indrus.in/articles/2012/09/13/russia_to_develop_space_deb


EUMETSAT takes over control of Metop-B satellite
http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=

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