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China will launch the SinoSat-6 [a.k.a. Xinnuo-6] satellite for radio and television broadcasting from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center within the next few days, an official from the centre said.
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COM DEV International Ltd. reported third quarter financial results for the three month period ending 31 July 2010. It also announced a decision to exit certain products and to cut its work force by five percent.
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Rocket: Proton M/Block DM; Payload: three GLONASS navigation satellites (Kosmos-2464, Kosmos-2465, Kosmos-2466); Date: 2 September 2010, 0053 UTC; Launch Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The launcher successfully delivered to orbit three satellites to supplement the GLONASS M constellation.
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NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the Sun closer than ever before. The project, named Solar Probe Plus, is slated to launch no later than 2018.
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ISS-Reshetnev said it continues testing the GLONASS-K navigation spacecraft.
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