IAF NEWS Sunday 30 September 2012

[International Astronautical Federation]

IAF NEWS Sunday 30 September 2012
A daily roundup of space news brought to you from the International Astronautical Federation


Mangalyaan, India’s 2013 Mars mission, is now under construction

India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh announced the intent to build and launch a Mars orbiter in time for the November 2013 launch window.

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/09271011-ma


Metop-B delivers first data from polar orbit

Four of the instruments on the Metop-B weather satellite (AMSU-A, ASCAT, MHS, GRAS) have been activated this week and are delivering data.

http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=


European officials scale back GMES funding expectations

A high-ranking European Commission official on Sept. 27 told users and builders of satellite Earth observation systems that they should abandon hope that the commission will fund a multiyear environment-monitoring programme at previously proposed levels.

http://www.spacenews.com/civil/120927-officials-gmes-funding.htm


Sun unleashes benign Coronal Mass Ejection
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112703293/soho-coronal-mass-

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