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Rocket: Soyuz FG; Payload: Soyuz TMA-01M; Date: 7 October, 2310 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The manned transport spacecraft was placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station.
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The president of the Russian Aerospace Corporation Energia denied reports that a launch of the manned spaceship Soyuz TMA-20, which was damaged during transport to Baikonur, will be postponed to 2011.
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The launch of the Sich-2 Earth remote sensing satellite, scheduled for October, has been postponed to December 2010, the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU) said according to Ukrainian radio (NRCU).
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The first launch of the new generation GLONASS-K navigation satellite from Russia’s Plesetsk space centre will take place in December, the Space Forces commander said.
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A Proton M/Briz M is to launch the XM-5 satellite on 14 October, 1853 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
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China’s second unmanned lunar probe, Chang’e-2, has successfully completed its second braking at perilune.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope continues to make significant progress, successfully completing a series of sunshield vent tests that validate the telescope’s sunshield design.
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O3b Networks announced that the company has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with Netcom Africa, a provider of satellite and wireless broadband solutions.
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