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Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-16M [Progress 48P]; Date: 1 August 2012, 1935 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The unmanned progress vessel is to dock to the International Space Station only six hours after launch (too late for this issue).
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The 208th Ariane mission will place two communications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit: Intelsat 20 for the international satellite operator Intelsat, and HYLAS 2 for the European operator Avanti Communications.
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Boeing recently completed shipment of the second of four 702MP satellites for customer Intelsat S.A., paving the way for a third quarter 2012 launch of another member of the medium-power satellite family Boeing introduced in 2009.
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The Loutch-5B [Luch-5B] and Yamal-300K satellites, built by Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, arrived safely at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 30 July 2012.
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Intelsat S.A. reported financial results for the three months ending 30 June 2012.
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DigitalGlobe, Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter ending 30 June 2012.
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