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Archive for December 5th, 2010

Russian navigation satellites crash after botched Proton launch

December 5th, 2010 by

Three GLONASS navigation satellites have fallen back down to Earth in the Pacific Ocean close to Hawaii after a Proton M launch failure. No injuries were reported.

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ISRO orders Ariane launches; renews contract with Astrium

December 5th, 2010 by

ISRO has placed an order with Arianespace for the launch of two more commercial satellites, GSAT 8 and GSAT 10, in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

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