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Rocket: Tsiklon 3; Payload: Koronas-Foton; Date: 30 January 2009, 1330 UTC; Site: Plesetsk, Russia. The successful launch was the first flight of a large Russian science mission in more than four years, and the last of a Tsiklon 3.
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The launch of a Tsiklon-3 rocket with the Koronas Foton satellite on board was postponed indefinitely.

AMC-14, which had stranded in transfer orbit after a launch failure in March 2008, has finally reached geosynchronous orbit using its on-board thrusters. It is currently located at around 35 degrees East, with an inclination of more than 13 degrees, according to 27 January tracking data.

The first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team for the U.S. Air Force, has successfully completed a major test utilising new flight software.