SpaceDaily Express - October 6, 1999

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SpaceDaily Express - October 5, 1999
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TODAY'S HEADLINES
+ Chinese SpySats Watching US
+ Defense Weather Bird Delayed
+ Weather Delays GPS Launch
+ Space Debris Conference
+ ESA Finds Comet Twins
+ Io's Alien Volcanoes
+ Smoke Inhibits Rainfall
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MILSPACE

Chinese SpySats Watching US
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/china-99i.html
Beijing (AFP) October 5, 1999 - China
has 17 spy satellites that continuously
monitor the movements of the US military
and which could also be used to guide a
"saturated" missile attack on US and
Taiwan warships, a Chinese regional
daily reported Tuesday.

+ US Shoots Down ABM Treaty? 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/bmdo-99l.html
+ Japan To Use US Spy Tech 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/japan-spysat-99a.html

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LAUNCHER

Defense Weather Bird Delayed
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/dmsp-99b.html
Sunnyvale - October 5, 1999 - A faulty
chip in a new defense weather satellite
is expected to delay launch of a Defense
weather spacecraft until December.

+ Garuda-1 Readied For Proton Launch 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/proton-99j.html
+ China Plans South China Sea Pad 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/china-99h.html

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GPS UPDATE

Weather Delays GPS Launch

Cape Canaveral - October 5, 1999 - Bad weather
at the Cape continues to delay Boeing's Delta 2
launch of a new GPS satellite. Launch officials
are now aiming for a Thursday launch October 7,
during a 15-minute launch window that opens at
8:51 a.m. EDT.

+ Making Sure Love Is Never Lost 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/gps-99x.html

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TECH SPACE

Space Debris Conference
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/debris-99c.html
Paris - October 5, 1999 - Space debris
experts from around the globe will gather
from 11 until 13 October 1999, at the
European Space Agency Operations Centre
(ESOC) Darmstadt/Germany for the 17th
meeting of the Inter-Agency Space
Debris Coordination Committee.

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SOLAR DEBRIS

ESA Finds Comet Twins
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/comet-99a.html
Paris - October 5, 1999 - New analysis from
ESA's flyby of Comet Grigg-Skjellerup in 1992
has turned up strong evidence a second comet,
possibly a fragment of the main nucleus,
may be accompanying Grigg-Skjellerup.

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SPACE SCIENCE

Io's Alien Volcanoes
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/galileo-99i.html
Huntsville - October 5, 1999 - Thirty
years ago, before the Voyager probes
visited Jupiter, if you had described
Io to a literary critic it would have
been declared overwrought science fiction.

+ Gamma Burst Overwhelms Galaxy 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/extrasolar-99s.html
+ X-ray Multi-Mirror Telescope At Kourou 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/ariane-99p.html

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EARTH NEWS

Smoke Inhibits Rainfall
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/earth-99c.html
Washington - October 5, 1999 - Smoke from
forest fires has, for the first time, been
proven to inhibit rainfall, according to
an extensive analysis of data taken from
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(TRMM) spacecraft.

+ More Trees Now!
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/greenhouse-99c.html
+ Oceans Running Hot and Cold 
http://www.spacedaily.com/spacecast/news/quikscat-99i.html

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