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NEWSALERT: Thursday, November 4, 2004 @ 1845 GMT
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LAUNCH DAY ARRIVES FOR HURRICANE-DELAYED ROCKET
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After glancing blows by powerful hurricanes and several technical snags,
the launch countdown for Boeing's Delta 2 rocket carrying a replacement
Global Positioning System satellite has finally reached the last hours to
blastoff. See our Mission Status Center for live coverage of tonight's
launch!
http://spaceflightnow.com/delta/d308/status.html
NASA DELAYS LAUNCH OF AUTOPILOT EXPERIMENT AGAIN
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Scheduling conflicts on the Western Range at Vandenberg Air Force Base in
California and the impacts from solar flare activity will prevent an
attempt at launching NASA's Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous
Technology spacecraft on Thursday.
http://spaceflightnow.com/pegasus/dart/status.html
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREWS LEARN LESSONS
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Each crew aboard the International Space Station discovers more and more
about what it takes to live and work in space for long periods of time.
This year, the fourth for humans continuously staffing the Station since
the arrival of Expedition 1 on November 2, 2000, has proven to be an
exceptional example.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0411/02station/
CONTRACT MEANS SUNNY OUTLOOK FOR EUROPEAN WEATHER FORECASTING
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The contract for a fourth Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) spacecraft was
signed this week, ensuring continuity of European meteorological satellite
services with the delivery of data for weather forecasting, climate and
the environment for many years into the future.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0411/03meteosat/
LOCKHEED TO BUILD MUOS USING CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY
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A Lockheed Martin-led team will employ third-generation commercial
cellular technology to build the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), an
advanced narrowband tactical satellite communications system that will
provide significantly improved and assured communications for U.S.
warfighters, the company announced at MILCOM 2004 in Monterey.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0411/03muos/
LASER TECHNOLOGY TRACKS CHANGES IN MOUNT ST. HELENS
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U.S. Geological Survey and NASA scientists studying Mount St. Helens are
using high-tech Light Detection and Ranging technology to analyze changes
in the surface elevation of the crater, which began deforming in late
September 2004.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0411/01sthelens/
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