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The launch of a Rokot, postponed indefinitely in early December over technical issues, has been rescheduled for 15 January [Moscow time].

The first launch of a new Russian light class rocket has been scheduled for the beginning of 2013, Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces Commander Maj. Gen. Alexander Golovko was quoted as saying.

Orbcomm Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. entered into a Launch Services Agreement pursuant to which SpaceX will provide launch services for the carriage into low-Earth-orbit of up to 18 Orbcomm second-generation commercial communications satellites currently being constructed by Sierra Nevada Corporation.

Generation Orbit Launch Services, Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with Space Propulsion Group, Inc. to continue the development of its dedicated small satellite launch system for micro and nano satellites, known as GOLauncher.

Rocket: Soyuz-FG; Payload: Soyuz TMA-07M; Date: 19 December 2012, 1212 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Nine minutes after lift-off, the crewed spaceship separated from the booster rocket and reached the assigned elliptical orbit.

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Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Skynet 5D, Mexsat Bicentenario; Date: 19 December 2012, 2149 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. Skynet 5D was deployed 28 minutes after lift-off as planned, followed by Mexsat Bicentenario eight minutes later.

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The U.S. Air Force announced that Lockheed Martin’s Athena launch vehicle family has been selected to become part of the Air Force’s Orbital/Suborbital small and medium space lift programme (OSP-3).

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ESI Group, a solution provider in Virtual Prototyping for manufacturing industries, announced the signature of a protocol for a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement with Astrium.

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