January 13, 2016
SpaceX is set to launch the Jason-3 sea-level monitoring satellite this coming weekend, aboard a Falcon 9 booster. They will also be attempting to recover the first stage booster aboard a sea barge afterwards.
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2016/20160112-spacex-jason-3-preview.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
http://www.space.com/31582-spacex-rocket-landing-jason3-satellite-launch.html
China is scheduled to launch the Belintersat-1 telecommunications satellite on Friday aboard a Long March 3B booster. More than 20 satellite launches are scheduled from China this year.
http://phys.org/news/2016-01-chinese-3b-rocket-belintersat-telecommunications.html
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_Plans_More_Than_20_Space_Launches_in_2016_999.html
The Cassini spacecraft captured a near-infrared view of Saturn and its ring system as the probe's mission winds down.
http://www.sci-news.com/space/nasas-cassini-spacecraft-image-saturn-03553.html
http://spacecoastdaily.com/2016/01/nasas-cassini-spacecraft-captures-saturns-size-from-distant-view/
The Dawn space probe has sent back new, more detailed images of Ceres' cratered surface.
http://phys.org/news/2016-01-ceres-dawn-images.html
http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/8161/20160112/dawn-space-mission-sends-back-more-detailed-images-ceres.htm
The New Horizons spacecraft has sent back detailed images of the "lava lamp" icy plains of Pluto. The plains appear to be formed from nitrogen ice that is melted by internal heating, rising to the surface of the plains, before cooling and sinking back down.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1113411986/new-horizons-sends-back-photos-of-plutos-lava-lamp-icy-plains-011216/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nasa-releases-new-photos-pluto-lava-lamp-icy-planes-article-1.2493230
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