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Rocket: Chang Zheng 2D; Payload: VRSS-1 (Venezuelan Remote Sensing Satellite) ‘Francisco Miranda’; Date: 30 September 2012, 0412 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The launch marked China’s first in-orbit delivery of a remote sensing satellite to an international customer.
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The U.S. Defense Department has awarded United Launch Alliance a contract valued at US$1.17 billion to provide satellite launches using its Delta IV and Atlas V rockets.
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The twin Galileo satellites are now fully fuelled and mated together atop the upper stage that will haul them most of the way up to their final orbit. The launch is now planned for the evening of 12 October.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation has it has commenced Antares launch vehicle operations at the liquid-fuel launch complex at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS). Following a four-year design, development, construction, test and inspection process, the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority (VCSFA), which oversees MARS, has authorised Orbital to begin on-pad operations.
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On 29 September 2012 at 1730 UTC, SpaceX conducted a successful static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket, in advance of a targeted 8 October (UTC) mission to the International Space Station.
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NASA has awarded three contracts totalling US$137.3 million to improve the affordability, reliability and performance of an advanced booster for the Space Launch System (SLS). The awardees will develop engineering demonstrations and risk reduction concepts for a future version of the SLS.
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ATV-3 departed from the International Space Station at 2144 UTC on 28 September in a flawless undocking under control of the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse, France and in close co-operation with control centres in Moscow, Russia and Houston, USA.
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The board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) voted to authorise a US$118 million direct loan to the government of Vietnam for the export of a Lockheed Martin Space Systems company telecommunications satellite and additional goods and services.
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