SETI public: Fw: Could Beagle have landed in a crater? / China launches joint European satell

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OBSTACLE FOUND AT HEART OF BEAGLE LANDING ZONE
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The first clear view of the specific area where the British Beagle 2
lander should have touched down Christmas Day has revealed a one-kilometer
crater dead center in the target landing zone, but officials are quick to
say the discovery doesn't dash their optimism of finding the missing
craft.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/mars/marsexpress/031229crater.html

LAUNCH WILL PROBE MAGNETIC BUBBLE SURROUNDING EARTH
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The first of two internationally-developed research satellites is poised
for launch today from China to begin its mission of evaluating the
complicated relationship between the Sun and Earth. The Double Star
project a joint effort between the European and Chinese space programs.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0312/29doublestar/

PROTON LAUNCHES RUSSIAN COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE
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The first in a new series of Russian communications satellites
successfully rose to space Sunday night aboard a Proton rocket. The
Russian-made booster lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
at 2300 GMT (6 p.m. EST) carrying the domestic Express AM-22
communications satellite.

  http://spaceflightnow.com/proton/expressam22/

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