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After a 9 hour 15 minute mission, a Briz M upper stage successfully released the AsiaSat 5 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit. The upper stage and its payload were launched on 11 August, 1947 UTC aboard a Proton M.
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ISRO plans to launch its latest Earth observation satellite, Oceansat-2, by the middle of September, ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair was quoted as saying.
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South Korea’s Naro rocket, a.k.a. Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), will be launched on 19 August (local time), the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said.
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The BEVO-1 and AggieSat-2 picosatellites have indeed not separated as planned after their recent release from space shuttle Endeavour. Apart from that, AggieSat-2 appears to be healthy, the team at Texas A&M University said.
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Lockheed Martin broke ground recently on two new facilities at its Space Systems Company operations in Newtown, Pennsylvania/USA, that will support spacecraft programmes for government and commercial customers.
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Export Development Canada (EDC) will provide a US$254 million loan to Ukrainian satellite operator Ukrkosmos for the launch of the first Ukrainian communications satellite in 2011, the head of the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU) was quoted as saying.
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Intelsat, Ltd. reported results for the three months ending 30 June 2009.
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The U.S. has allowed ISRO to launch two Algerian satellites having U.S. components using an Indian launch vehicle following a Technical Safeguards Agreement (TSA) that was recently signed by the two countries.
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