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Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: Eutelsat W2A; Date: 3 April 2009, 1624 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Lift-off and flight of the launch vehicle were nominal.
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Tracking data indicates that control has been regained over the failed Astra 5A satellite (formerly known as Sirius 2).
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During the 5th European Conference on Space Debris, 30 March to 2 April 2009, held at the European Space Agency, Darmstadt, Germany, experts from a wide spectrum of disciplines communicated their research results through 100 oral presentations and more than 40 poster presentations.
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Tele-X, the first telecommunication satellite for the Nordic countries, was launched 20 years ago on 2 April.
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China Satellite Communications Corporation (China Satcom) is permitted to merge into China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and become the latter’s wholly-owned subsidiary, the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council announced.
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