Space & FL election; Roscosmos & commercial station; Proton launch
Edward Ellegood’s latest update has some items regarding space politics in Florida: [FLORIDA SPACErePORT: October 14, 2010][1]. === [Roscosmos][2], the Russia space agency, comments on the commercial space station project that [Orbital Technologies][3] and [RSC Energia][4] recently unveiled: [Roscosmos: We’ll Begin Work on Commercial Space Station Once Firm Contract Signed – Parabolic Arc][5]. === A Proton successfully launched today a Loral satellite built for Sirius XM Radio: [Proton Mission Report | Sirius XM Radio satellite begins lengthy trip to orbit – Spaceflight Now][6].
[1]: http://spacereport.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-14-2010.html [2]: http://www.roscosmos.ru/ [3]: http://www.orbitaltechnologies.ru/ [4]: http://www.energia.ru/english/index.html [5]: http://www.parabolicarc.com/2010/10/14/roscosmos-work-commercial-space-station-firm-contract-signed/ [6]: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/proton/siriusxm5/launch/