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NASA is still targeting 15 March (UTC) as launch date for Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-119 mission. As a consequence, lift-off of WGS 2 aboard an Atlas V has been postponed.
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The final pieces of the Ares I-X flight test rocket left the Alliant Techsystems manufacturing facility in Promontory, Utah/USA, and began a 3,500-km journey to its launch site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Inmarsat Plc reported financial results for the year 2008.
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Telesat Holdings Inc. announced its financial results for the twelve month period ending 31 December 2008.
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Space shuttle Discovery’s launch to the International Space Station on the STS-119 mission now is targeted for no earlier than 15 March (UTC).

ViaSat, Inc. switched the launch service provider for its planned ViaSat 1 satellite for financial reasons, the company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

North Korea told two U.N. agencies it plans to launch the experimental communications satellite Kwangmyongsong No. 2 between 4 and 8 April. Meanwhile, South Korea has postponed the first launch of its KSLV-1 rocket.