SETI public: Fw: Atlas rocket launches secret payload / Evidence for nearby planetary system

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ATLAS ROCKET SUCCESSFULLY SOARS ON SECRET MISSION
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A Lockheed Martin Atlas 2AS rocket carried out a clandestine mission in
the predawn darkness today, deploying into space what is believed to be a
package of ocean surveillance satellites to aid the U.S. government track
suspicious ships in the global fight against terrorism.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac164/

Read our countdown and launch reports:
   http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/ac164/status.html

NEW EVIDENCE FOR NEARBY SOLAR-LIKE PLANETARY SYSTEM
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Astronomers have produced compelling new evidence that Vega, one of the
brightest stars in the sky, has a planetary system around it which is more
like our own Solar System than any other so far discovered.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/01vega/

SOHO SUN WATCHER CELEBRATES 8 YEARS IN SPACE
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Observatory has provided an unparalleled breadth and depth of information
about the Sun, from its interior, through the hot and dynamic atmosphere,
and out to the solar wind. SOHO has continued to revolutionize our
understanding of the Sun with its 24 hour per day observations of our
daylight star.

   http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/01soho/

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