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The fifth Soyuz to be launched from French Guiana is now complete following the integration of its upper composite consisting of four O3b Networks satellites, their protective payload fairing and the Fregat upper stage.

The Astra 2E telecommunications spacecraft, manufactured for satellite operator SES by EADS Astrium, Toulouse, France, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, where it will be processed for launch aboard a Proton Briz M launch vehicle.

Payload preparations for Arianespace’s third Ariane 5 mission in 2013 have commenced following this week’s delivery of INSAT-3D, which is one of two spacecraft that will be lofted on a heavy-lift flight targeted for the second half of July.

The Indian Space Research Organisation has rescheduled the launch of the country’s first navigation satellite for July one after rectifying an anomaly.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and initial round of development testing for the Dual Engine Centaur in support of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Space Exploration Technologies Corp. as part of the company’s effort to certify its Falcon 9 v1.1 Launch System for National Security Space (NSS) missions.