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Eutelsat has assigned the launch of its Atlantic Bird 7 communications satellite to Sea Launch. The satellite will be lofted into an optimised geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) aboard a Zenit 3SL launch vehicle.
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SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies) today took another major step toward the first launch of the Falcon Heavy.
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On 16 July, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will begin a prolonged encounter with the asteroid Vesta, making the mission the first to enter orbit around a main-belt asteroid.
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Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems has signed an agreement with Jena Optronik (Germany) for the supply of a star sensor for its GLONASS-M satellite.
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Technologies continue to evolve rapidly, and because people are so used to incorporating new things into their daily lives, they often don’t stop to realize just how incredible everything is. For example, most people take things like big flat screen TVs, high definition television, surround sound, DVRs and much more for granted, but just a few years ago, all of those technologies would have sounded spectacular and surreal. Of course it took many years for all of those gadgets to be developed, and it also took a fair amount of time for them to be able to be produced at a cost that was low enough that most Americans could afford them. Most people don’t recognize just how fortunate they are to be able to access these amazing technologies, which is why it’s so good to step back and reflect upon them.

Rocket: Soyuz 2.1-a; Payload: six Globalstar satellites; Date: 13 July 2011, 0227 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The upper stage injected the six second-generation satellites into the targeted low Earth orbit of approximately 920 km.
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The Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) for PSLV-C17/GSAT-12 mission, which met on 12 July at Satish Dhawan Space Centre – SHAR, Sriharikota has cleared the launch of PSLV-C17 at 1118 UTC on 15 July 2011.
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The launch of a Delta IV rocket carrying the GPS IIF-2 payload for the Air Force is being postponed 24 hours to allow the GPS spacecraft team time to complete assessment and coordination of satellite readiness to launch.
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