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With the additional checks related to the flight worthiness of the Herschel telescope now completed, ESA and Arianespace have set the launch date of Herschel and Planck for 6 May 2009.
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India will launch a radar spy satellite from Sriharikota on 20 April between 1100 and 1130 UTC, a senior Indian Defense Ministry official was quoted as saying.
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The head of the U.S. spy satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, has announced his resignation, a spokesman said.
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