SpaceDaily Express - September 30, 1999

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SpaceDaily Express - September 30, 1999
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TODAY'S HEADLINES
+ X-ray Multi-Mirror Telescope Arrives At Kourou
+ Making Ice With Gas Giants
+ Gamma Burst Overwhelms Entire Galaxy
+ Jakarta Rules Out Sat Merger
+ Ariane Picks Up 2 More US Satellites
+ Russian Launcher For Integral
+ MCO See Mars Up Close
+ More Trees Now!
+ Next Gen Space Telescope Concept Developing
+ SOHO Gets An Upgrade
+ North Korea Could Launch At Anytime
+ Kiev, Washington Sign Aerospace Deal

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SPACE SCIENCE

X-ray Multi-Mirror Telescope Arrives At Kourou
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/ariane-99p.html
Kourou - September 29, 1999 - ESA's X-ray
Multi-Mirror spacecraft has arrived at the
European Space Center at Kourou where it will
be prepared for launch aboard an Ariane 5.
With a working lifetime of 10 years XMM will
study X-ray sources throughout the Universe.

Making Ice With Gas Giants
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/gasgiants-99a.html
Stockholm - September 29, 1999 - The icy cores
of giant planets revealed by ISO Uranus and
Neptune are very different from Jupiter and
Saturn, according to examinations of the giant
planets by ESA's infrared space telescope, ISO.

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EXO WORLDS

Gamma Burst Overwhelms Entire Galaxy
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/extrasolar-99s.html
Pasadena - September 29, 1999 - Cosmic gamma-ray
bursts, the brightest known explosions in the
universe, may come from the fiery deaths of very
massive stars in supernova explosions, a team of
astronomers said Thursday.

+ Can ET Survive First Contact
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/life-99e.html
+ Robot To Explore Buried Antarctic Lake 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/life-99f.html

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GEO NEWS

Jakarta Rules Out Sat Merger
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/indonesia-99d.html
Jakarta (AFP) September 29, 1999 - The Indonesian
government has shot down a merger idea floated by
one of its telecom operators, saying it was not in
line with the country's long-term plan, a report
said Wednesday.

Ariane Picks Up 2 More US Satellites
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/ariane-99o.html
Washington - September 29, 1999 - Arianespace will
launch two GeoSats on behalf of GE American. An
Ariane 4 will launch GE-4 before year-end, while
the second GE Americom will fly on an Ariane 5
sometime after 2001.

+ Telkom Wants Merger With Indosat
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/indonesia-99c.html
+ Indosat President Resigns 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/indonesia-99b.html

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LAUNCHER

Russian Launcher For Integral
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/integral-esa-99b.html
Paris - September 29, 1999 - ESA has signed an
agreement with Russia for a Proton to launch
ESA's International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics
Laboratory (Integral) in 2001.

+ LockMart Readies Defense Weather Sat 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/dmsp-99a.html
+ It's Rocket Science! 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/rv-99a.html

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EARTH INVADES MARS

MCO See Mars Up Close
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/mars-mco-99c.html
Boston - September 29, 1999 - To lose one
Martin orbiter may be regarded as a misfortune.
To lose a second looks like carelessness,
especially when the craft was lost not through
some unfortunate malfunction, but because human
error or a software bug caused it to be steered
to its destruction.

+ New Mars Desktop Click Here (100K)
http://www.spaceart.com/desktops/arsiamons-desk.jpg
+ Divining Water On Mars 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/mars-water-99b.html

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EARTH NEWS

More Trees Now!
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/greenhouse-99c.html
Hanover - September 29 1999 - Rising levels of
greenhouse gases have led to faster tree growth
in arid regions. The discovery boosts the case
for planting forests in dry areas to combat the
effects of global warming.

+ Oceans Running Hot and Cold 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/quikscat-99i.html

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TECH SPACE

Next Gen Space Telescope Concept Developing
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/ngst-99f.html
Hyannis - September 29, 1999 - Scientists and
engineers working on the next generation space
telescope mid-September to discuss the scientific
ideas and technological possibilities for "the
space observatory of the next decade". NGST will
be launched in late 2007 or early 2008.

SOHO Gets An Upgrade
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/soho-99b.html
Paris - September 29, 1999 - Just like personal
computers on Earth, ESA's Solar and Heliospheric
Observatory is getting a software upgrade of its
own. After SOHO vanished in space in June 1998,
engineers on two continents struggled for several
weeks to regain control of the spacecraft.

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MILSPACE

North Korea Could Launch At Anytime
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/korea-99e.html
Seoul (AFP) September 29, 1999 - North Korea
Wednesday warned it could "launch a missile
and a satellite any time" if necessary despite
its earlier pledge to freeze new missile tests.

Kiev, Washington Sign Deal
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/ukraine-99a.html
New York (AFP) September 29, 1999 - The US and
the Ukraine signed an accord on Wednesday to
increase cooperation in the aerospace industry
aimed in part at preventing Ukrainian scientists
from using their expertise to produce weapons of
mass destruction.

+ Japan To Use US Spy Tech 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/japan-spysat-99a.html
+ Keeping Track Of The Troops
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/satcom-99k.html

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