IAF NEWS Wednesday 26 September 2012

[International Astronautical Federation]

IAF NEWS Wednesday 26 September 2012
A daily roundup of space news brought to you from the International Astronautical Federation


China Spacesat gets huge government support

China Spacesat Co., Ltd., the nation�s key developer of small satellites, said on Saturday that it will obtain 116 million yuan (18.3 million U.S. dollars) in government financial support.

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_Spacesat_gets_18_million


NASA’s solar fleet peers into coronal cavities

The sun’s atmosphere dances. Giant columns of solar material � made of gas so hot that many of the electrons have been scorched off the atoms, turning it into a form of magnetized matter we call plasma � leap off the sun’s surface, jumping and twisting.

http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/index.php/sun/12729-nasas-solar-f


First Hop For SpaceX Grasshopper

The VTVL is a modified Falcon 9 first stage, part of ambitions to develop reusable booster to lower launch costs

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


Outage forces GOES-14 satellite into service
http://www.spacenews.com/civil/120925-noaa-shuffles-goes-sats.ht

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