The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
The NASA article adds, “The May 31 transfer of Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program is the next step in preparing the first flight test of the agency's next-generation spacecraft and launch system."
NASA handed over Launch Pad 39B to the Constellation team on Sunday, May 31, 2009, after its space shuttle Endeavour was moved from Pad 39B to Pad 39A in preparation for its mission STS-127, another assembly flight to the International Space Station.
Its launch is scheduled for June 13, 2009.
Endeavour was stationed on Launch Pad 39B as a precaution during the previous STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Space shuttle Endeavour would have launched as a rescue mission (STS-400) in case the space shuttle Atlantis crew ran into problems in space, being too far from the International Space Station to seek shelter.
NASA will continue to use Launch Pad 39A, a part of Launch Complex 39, for space shuttle (Space Transportation System, STS) missions.
The primary mission of STS-127 and its crews is to deliver and install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), which consists of the Exposed Facility (JAM-EF) and the Exposed Section of the Experiment Logistics Module (ELM-ES).
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