... Сегодня: 10 апреля 2016 г. [SpaceViews] Компания PanAmSat, крупнейший мировой оператор телекоммуникационных спутников, объявила о намерении заменить на орбите спутник Galaxy 8-i, в двигательной системе которого возникли неполадки. ... Однако топливо в этом двигателе закончится к концу 2002 г. И если к этому времени не удастся восстановить работоспособность ионного двигателя XIPS, то спутник Galaxy 8-i будет потерян. ... PanAmSat разрабатывает план замены спутника Galaxy 8-i . ...

... Fifteen years ago, on February 20, 1986 the launching of the Core Block marked the beginning of the Mir Orbital Station construction. Currently the Mir Station consists of 6 modules. ... The Mir Station total mass is near 130 tons. ... For sinking unburned Mir Station fragments after reentering atmosphere a Southern Pacific Ocean area limited by the following point coordinates: 53 њ S, 175 њ W; 23 њ S, 175 њ W; 23 њ S, 132 њ W; 30 њ S, 127 њ W; 30 њ S, 90 њ W; 53 њ S, 90 њ W is choosen. ...

Охотники за потенциально опасными астероидами получили гранты на исследования . ... Получатели грантов Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grants прошлых лет открыли много ранее неизвестных астероидов, в том числе астероид 2004 GA1, который является первым потенциально опасным астероидом размером более 1 км в поперечнике, открытый астрономом-любителем (им был Джон Броутон (John Broughton)). Кстати, получить грант имени Джина Шумейкера может и профессиональный астроном и астроном-любитель. ...

Magnetic field experiment on Vega - 1 and 2 spacecraft. ... Two spacecrafts, Vega-1 and Vega-2 have been launched aboard Proton rockets from Baykonour on 15 and 21 December 1984, respectively. ... During the cruise phase from Earth to Venus both Vega-1 and Vega-2 spacecrafts had one-axis orientation i.e. Bx of magnetometer was directed to the Sun, By and Bz axes were rotated around Bx-axis. ... Spacecraft position data are presented in HGI and SE systems. ... Vega-1 magnetic data for 1984 . ...

... 33, No. 5, pp. 332­339. i Young Nuclei in Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies I. V. Chilingarian1, 1 2 2 ** , O. K. Sil'chenko1, V. L. Afanasiev2 , and Ph. ... In all three galaxies, the luminosity-weighted age of the nuclei (4 Gyr) is considerably younger than that of the population in the outer regions of the galaxies. ... Kinematically decoupled structures associated with a young metal-rich stellar population can be formed precisely through a dissipative merger of gas-rich galaxies several Gyr ago. ...

... Capability of space means for the solution of problems of military character . ... Classification and functions of space systems of military purpose(assignment) . ... Ground complex of maintenance of launch and control of space vehicles . ... Capability of space systems of optical reconnaissance . ... Complexes topographical and earthresource shooting on base of "Zenit" space vehicle . ... Space vehicle for optical-electronic reconnaissance . ... System with space vehicle on low-altitude orbits . ...

... About meteorites . ... Meteorite Encyclopedia . ... About laboratory . ... On the night of September 24-25, in the north of Irkutsk Oblast, local residents saw a brightly glowing space object draw a line across the sky and fall into the taiga. ... But scientists learned of the heavenly visitor only on October 3, when a fax arrived at the Institute of Sun And Earth Physics from Bodaibo. ... The first thing we did was to interview residents of villages located along the meteor's flight path. ...

... VaST is a software tool for finding variable objects on a series of astronomical images. ... VaST performs object detection and aperture photometry using SExtractor on each image, cross-matches lists of detected stars, performs magnitude calibration with respect to the first (reference) image and constructs a lightcurve for each object. ... VaST FITS image viewer ./pgfv . ... Part I" PZP, vol. ... K. V. Sokolovsky, S. A. Korotkiy; "New Variable Stars Discovered by the NMW Survey" PZP, vol. ...