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  1. Shenzhou 9 - the wait is nearly over: spacedaily.com/reports/Tiango…
  2. @esaoperations @astro_Pettit this one seems to have gone the predicted duration rather than being controlled by ISS momentum sensors
  3. @esaoperations @astro_Pettit Thank You
  4. @BIS_spaceflight China has set up Tiangong for Shenzhou 9 rendezvous launch around June 17: zarya.info/Diaries/China/…
  5. Tiangong1 - full orbital history with comments: zarya.info/Diaries/China/…
  6. Tiangong 1 - the orbit change ready for Shenzhou 9 involved lowering apogee by abour 10 kilometres: zarya.info/Diaries/China/…
  7. Shenzhou 9 - Tiangong 1 has lowered its orbit in preparation for the June 17 window , see: zarya.info/Diaries/China/… and zarya.info/Diaries/China/…
  8. Zhongxing 2A - has been catalogued and initial orbital information is available: zarya.info/Diaries/Launch…
  9. Zhongxing 2A - try this in a Google Earth search for the pad: 28.244941° N, 102.026711° E , there's another pad 350 metres north east
  10. Zhongxing 2A - successfully in orbt, notes to date: zarya.info/Diaries/Launch…
  11. Reminder: Chinasat 1B Launch @ Sat 2012-05-26 16:00 (UTC - zarya.info/a .)
  12. @esaoperations Any data available on result of the ISS reboost today? News sources are quoting only the pre-event estimate.
  13. ISS orbit boost - successful, but news agencies are incorrectly reporting pre-event estimated parameters as fact: zarya.info/a
  14. Shenzhou 9 - China is seems to be keeping its options open as to which launch window it will use, either June or July: zarya.info/Diaries/China/…
  15. Dragon COTS 2+ - notes, including orbit details: zarya.info/Diaries/Launch…
  16. @SpcPlcyOnline Assuming all employees are graduates then Elon Musk's numbers suggest there's not many SpaceX employees over 40.... #SpaceX
  17. @UTLAU the manipulator arm is moving in metres and feet...
  18. Fun with Dragon - SpaceX and various NASA organisations are Tweeting in EDT, NASA TV is commentating in CDT.....