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                             LAUNCH ALERT
 				  
                              Brian Webb
                      Ventura County, California
                   launch-alert-editor at earthlink.net
                     http://www.spacearchive.info

                               2010 November 22 (Monday) 05:22 PST
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                          IMPORTANT NOTICES

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                            GROWING PAINS

Launch Alert began back in 1996 as an informal way to share launch
information with 25 or so of my friends and fellow amateur radio
operators. Today, the number of subscribers is enormous.

Because of the number of subscribers and other potential problems,
Launch Alert may need to find another list server. Specifically, I'm
looking for a list server with the following attributes:

  - Able to accommodate 10,000+ subscribers

  - Able to automatically administer subscriptions using Mailman or
    similar mailing list software

If any of you have any suggestions, please feel free to contact me.

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           FAA AWARDS SPACEX FIRST EVER COMMERCIAL LICENSE
                 TO RE-ENTER SPACECRAFT FROM ORBIT
                        SpaceX Press Release
                             2010 NOV 22

Hawthorne, CA - Since the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office
of Commercial Space Transportation was created in 1984, it has issued
licenses for more than 200 launches. 

Today the FAA has made SpaceX the first-ever commercial company to
receive a license to re-enter a spacecraft from orbit.

Next month, SpaceX is planning to launch its Dragon spacecraft into
low-Earth orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket. The Dragon capsule is expected
to orbit the Earth at speeds greater than 17,000 miles per hour,
reenter the Earth's atmosphere, and land in the Pacific Ocean a few
hours later.  

This will be the first attempt by a commercial company to recover a
spacecraft reentering from low-Earth orbit.  It is a feat performed by
only 6 nations or governmental agencies: the United States, Russia,
China, Japan, India, and the European Space Agency.

It is also the first flight under NASA's Commercial Orbital
Transportation Services program to develop commercial supply services
to the International Space Station and encourage the growth of the
commercial space industry.  After the Space Shuttle retires, SpaceX
will make at least 12 flights to carry cargo to and from the
International Space Station as part of a Commercial Resupply Services
contract for NASA.  The Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft were
designed to one day carry astronauts; both the COTS and CRS missions
will yield valuable flight experience towards this goal.  

The license is valid for 1 year from the date of issue.

About SpaceX
SpaceX is developing a family of launch vehicles and spacecraft that
will increase reliability and performance of space transportation,
while ultimately reducing costs by a factor of ten. With the Falcon 1
and Falcon 9 rockets, SpaceX has a diverse manifest of launches to
deliver commercial satellites to orbit.  After the Space Shuttle
retires, the Falcon 9 and SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft will start
carrying cargo, including live plants and animals, to and from the
International Space Station for NASA. Falcon 9 and Dragon were
developed to one day carry astronauts.
 
Founded in 2002, SpaceX is a private company owned by management and
employees, with minority investments from Founders Fund, Draper Fisher
Jurvetson, and Valor Equity Partners.  The company has over 1,100
employees in California, Texas and Florida.  For more information, and
to watch the video of the first Falcon 9 launch, visit the SpaceX
website at SpaceX.com.  

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                           WEB SITE UPDATES

The following updates were recently made to the Space Archive web
site:

An account of a visit to Goldstone Tracking Station was posted at
http://www.spacearchive.info/memoir-goldstone.htm

Entries for the Minotaur IV/SBSS and Delta II/COSMO-4 launches were
added to the Vandenberg AFB Launch History page
(http://www.spacearchive.info/vafblog.htm)

Audio reports about the Minotaur IV/SBSS and Delta II/COSMO-4 launches
were added to the Vandenberg AFB Rocket and Missile Launch Multimedia
page (http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbmultimedia.htm)
 

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