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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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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 and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight.

The Progress M-06M supply vessel, which docked with the International Space Station in July, has been undocked from the space station today.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. will build the next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite for DigitalGlobe.