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Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Eutelsat-25B/Es’hail 1, GSAT-7; Date: 29 August 2013, 2030 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The satellites were accurately injected into their transfer orbits approximately 27 and 34 minutes after launch, respectively.

Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems and the international company AOneSat Communications AG signed a contract for the delivery of a telecommunications satellite.

When NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) begins operation aboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission managed by NASA’s Ames Research Center, it will attempt to show two-way laser communication beyond Earth is possible, expanding the possibility of transmitting huge amounts of data.

Rocket: Delta IV Heavy; Payload: NROL-65 (USA-245); Date: 28 August 2013, 1603 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. The rocket lifted off eleven minutes later than scheduled. The classified payload was successfully deployed into its target orbit.

The possible reason why Japan cancelled the launch of Epsilon, a new kind of solid-fuel rocket 19 seconds before the scheduled lift-off Tuesday afternoon was programming error and lax preliminary checks, Japanese media reported.