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Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to begin an 11-day mission to the International Space Station with a launch on 1 November on 2040 UTC from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The STS-133 mission is Discovery’s final scheduled flight.
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Rocket exhaust could become a significant contributor to global climate change in coming decades, according to a new study. The research finds that soot emitted by rockets – not their carbon dioxide emissions – has the greater potential to contribute to global climate change in coming decades.
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The RASCOM-QAF 1 satellite communication has been put into supersynchronous “graveyard” orbit almost three years after launch.
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China has drawn up a technical plan for an independent Mars orbiter, according to a space technology expert cited by Xinhua.
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The operations contract for the planned Galileo satellite navigation system has been signed. Separately, the German government has asked the European Commission to cut the cost of Galileo, which is over budget.
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