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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/E; Payload: ChinaSat 12 [Zhongxing 12, ZX 12, APSTAR 7B, SupremeSat 1]; Date: 27 November 2012, 1013 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was successfully placed into geostationary transfer orbit.

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The Sea Launch consortium has moved the date for the launch of its Zenit-3SL rocket carrying the Eutelsat-70B satellite 24 hours due to the delayed arrival of the Odyssey platform to the launch site.

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A team of researchers, including engineers from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has demonstrated a new concept for a reliable nuclear reactor that could be used on space flights.

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GeoEye, Inc. has partnered with the Japan Space Imaging Corporation (JSI), a Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary, to provide a major Japanese ministry with access to comprehensive high-resolution satellite imagery of all of Japan through GeoEye’s EyeQ platform.

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SES announced that its 100% owned affiliate SES Broadband Services will provide satellite broadband services for the parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso set to take place on 2 December 2012.

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Astrium has received an order to fit six UK Royal Navy mine countermeasure vessels with a military X-band satellite communications capability via the Skynet 5 constellation.

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