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Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Yaogan XVI [YG-16, Yaogan Weixing-16]; Date: 25 November 2012, 0406 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The rocket placed the payload into a 1,090-km x 63.4 degrees orbit.

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EchoStar Corp. and Arianespace have reached an agreement to launch multiple new satellites over a multi-year period from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana.

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The launch of Chinasat 12 (Zhongxing 12) aboard a Chang Zheng 3B/E from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, previously scheduled for 22 November, is delayed because of bad weather.

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The design of Europe’s data relay satellite system – EDRS – has been completed and approved. This marks the moment when it moves ahead with a green light from its first customer, the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative from the European Union (GMES).

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The Navy announced that U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) has accepted the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite for initial operational use.

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Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems sent the payload module structure of the telecommunications spacecraft KazSat-3 to Thales Alenia Space Italia S.P.A.

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COM DEV International Ltd. has been awarded a follow-on contract to deliver active and passive microwave equipment in support of a major U.S. Government procurement.

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