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Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: JCSAT-13, Vinasat-2; Date: 15 May 2012, 2213 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. JCSAT-13 was successfully deployed 27 minutes after lift-off, followed by Vinasat-2 nine minutes later.
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Rocket: Soyuz-FG; Payload: Soyuz TMA-04M; Date: 15 May 2012, 0301 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The manned transport spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station.
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The U.S. Air Force has contracted United Launch Alliance to put an Air Force Mobile User Objective System-4 satellite in orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket, and to launch a GPS satellite aboard a Delta IV rocket.
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The solar winds consist of charged particles and produce powerful turbulence in the ionosphere, which consists of plasma clouds with electrical particles at an altitude of 80 to 500 km. The turbulence interferes with radio signals. Universities around the world are now working together to understand what is happening at a micro-level in the plasma clouds.
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LightSquared announced that it commenced voluntarily reorganisation cases under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to give it time to resolve regulatory issues that have prevented it from building its U.S.-wide integrated satellite 4G wireless network. The company will also file a recognition proceeding in Canada.
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