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More than 120 representatives from industry and government recently attended the first meeting of the Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA), an organisation formed earlier this year to advance the use of hosted payloads on commercial satellites.
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Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-10M (Progress 42P); Date: 27 April 2011, 1305 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Automated docking to the International Space Station is expected to occur on 29 April, 1429 UTC.

Arianespace confirmed the launch date for the ABS-2 satellite for Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS).

The Space Shuttle Program Mission Management Team voted unanimously to proceed toward Endeavour’s scheduled lift-off at 1947 UTC on 29 April.

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne said it successfully completed the Design Certification Review for the upgraded RS-68A engine configuration, demonstrating -the world’s most powerful hydrogen-fuelled engine has met all requirements to power heavy-lift vehicles into space.

Goodrich Corporation, the prime contractor for the Operationally Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) satellite, announced that the pre-ship review was successfully completed last week and the satellite is being prepared for shipment to Wallops Island Flight Facility.