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The launch of SES-2 and Arabsat 5C aboard an Ariane 5 has been postponed because of a strike.
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The first Soyuz rocket to fly from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, carrying the first two satellites of the Galileo navigation system into orbit, is being prepared for launch on 20 October.
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The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port for the Equator, in preparation for the launch of the Atlantic Bird 7 satellite owned by Eutelsat Communications on 23 September. Lift-off is planned for 2018 UTC at the opening of a 74-minute launch window.
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The Naval Research Laboratory’s Tactical Satellite IV (TacSat-4) has been encapsulated inside the fairing (nose cone) of an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur-IV+ launch vehicle in preparation for a 27 September launch from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation’s Kodiak Launch Complex.
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China said it will launch its Tiangong-1 space module later this month, marking its first step towards building a Chinese space station.
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NASA has selected The Boeing Company of Huntington Beach, California, for the Composite Cryotank Technologies Demonstration effort. Under the contract, Boeing will design, manufacture and test two lightweight composite cryogenic propellant tanks.
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China will build and launch a communications satellite for Belarus, according to a contract signed between the two countries.
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Astrotech Corporation announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ending 30 June 2011.
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