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Boeing announced that the second of 12 GPS IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force has achieved operational acceptance and entered service. With testing complete, GPS IIF-2, now called SVN-63, is the newest satellite to join the active 31-satellite GPS constellation.
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The fate of Russia’s Ekspress AM4 satellite is still unclear after a Briz M upper stage failed to deploy it into geostationary transfer orbit. According to latest tracking data, the satellite has indeed separated from the upper stage, albeit in a lower than planned orbit.

No additional official news have emerged regarding the failed launch of Chinas experimental SJ 11-04 satellite aboard a Chang Zheng 2C so far. Speculation in Internet fora points to a second stage failure.

Russia’s Ekspress AM4 satellite has (at best) ended up in a lower-than-expected orbit after an apparent failure of the Proton-M rocket’s Briz-M upper stage. At the time of this writing, no details were available regarding the satellite’s status.
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China’s experimental satellite SJ-11-04 [ Shi Jian 11-04], which was launched by a Chang Zheng 2C rocket 18 August, failed to enter the designated orbit due to a malfunction of the rocket, Xinhua reported.
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The first GLONASS-K type navigation satellite, launched from Plesetsk on 28 February, has been successfully undergoing flight and design tests, head of the Russian Space System holding and General Designer of the GLONASS system, Yuri Urlichich, was quoted as saying.
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