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International Launch Services said it expects to receive an interim report from a Russian State Commission set up to investigate the recent Proton launch failure, in approximately one week. At least until then, Proton launches will remain suspended.
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Three GLONASS navigation satellites have fallen back down to Earth in the Pacific Ocean close to Hawaii after a Proton M launch failure. No injuries were reported.

The RASCOM-QAF 1 satellite communication has been put into supersynchronous “graveyard” orbit almost three years after launch.
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China has drawn up a technical plan for an independent Mars orbiter, according to a space technology expert cited by Xinhua.
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) put itself into a precautionary standby mode after experiencing a spontaneous computer reboot on 15 September. The mission’s ground team has begun restoring the spacecraft to full operations.
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Intelsat’s Galaxy 15, meanwhile better known as Zombiesat, so far has not lost power as expected.

ESA’s GOCE gravity mission has earlier than expected recovered from a glitch, which prevented the satellite from sending scientific data to the ground, simply by ground control turning up the heat aboard the spacecraft.
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Japan’s IGS 4B radar reconnaissance satellite stopped working on 23 August, the country’s government announced.
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