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The launch of GSLV-F06 with the GSAT-5P satellite onboard, scheduled for 20 December 2010, has been postponed due to a minor leak in one of the valves of the Russian Cryogenic stage, observed during the pre-countdown checks.
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At Baikonur, preparations of Proton M are in full swing to launch Eutelsat’s KA-SAT, scheduled for the end of December. Specialists from rocket manufacturer Khrunichev and satellite manufacturer Astrium are currently assembling the ascent unit (AU).
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Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that it successfully carried out a long-duration test firing of the liquid-fuelled AJ26 rocket engine that will power the first stage of the company’s Taurus II space launch vehicle.
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Boeing announced that it has received a contract for approximately US$1 billion from the government of Mexico to deliver an end-to-end satellite communications system.
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Thales Alenia Space announced that it has completed integration of the third ICC (Integrated Cargo Carrier), the service module for the ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle), on behalf of the European Space Agency.
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Galileo’s Fucino Galileo Control Centre, 130 km east of Rome, formally entered service today. With the first Galileo satellites due to be launched next August, Fucino will oversee the running of all the navigation services provided by Europe’s global satellite system.
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