- First Multi-Planet star system Discovered
- Landsat 7 Successfully Launches
- Swatch Abandons Plans to Launch Satellite
- More Globalstar satellites Launched
First Multi-Planet star system Discovered
Astronomers have discovered a group of three Jupiter-sized planets
orbiting around the star Upsilon Andromedae. This is the first ever
multiple planet star system found - all previous 18 extrasolar planets
have been unique to their star system.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/planets990415.html
http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/990415planetsx3/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_319000/319865.stm
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9904/15/new.solar.system/index.html
http://explorezone.com/archives/99_04/15_planets.htm
http://exosci.com/news/152.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/259470.asp
http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast15apr99_1.htm
http://www.flatoday.com/space/today/041699b.htm
http://www.spacer.com/spacecast/news/extrasolar-99f.html
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/04/15d.html
Landsat 7 Successfully Launches
Launched aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket, the Landsat 7 Earth observational
satellite was successfully placed into a polar orbit. The satellite will
orbit the Earth every 16 days, and document environmental conditions and
changes in climate.
http://www.astronomynow.com/breaking/990415landsat/index.html
http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9904/15/landsat.launch.ap/index.html
http://www.msnbc.com/news/259615.asp
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/04/15e.html
Swatch Abandons Plans to Launch Satellite
Under tremendous pressure from amateur ratio enthusiasts, Swatch has abandoned
its plans to launch a communications satellite from Mir. The satellite would
have broadcast advertisements on the specific frequency used by ham
operators - sort of a radio spam. Swatch has moved its message to the
Internet instead.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_320000/320560.stm
More Globalstar satellites Launched
Globalstar continues to build its satellite network with Wednesday's launch
of four more telecommunications satellites from the Baikonur cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan. Globalstar plans to have a complete network of 48 satellites by
the end of the year.
http://www.spaceviews.com/1999/04/15a.html