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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C; Payload: Beidou-16 ‘Compass-G6′; Date: 25 October 2012, 1535 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The navigation satellite was placed into geostationary transfer orbit.

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun has dismissed media reports about a planned test launch of an anti-satellite missile in November.

Rocket: Soyuz-FG; Payload: Soyuz TMA-06M; Date: 23 October 2012, 1051 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The manned transport spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station.
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NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Blue Origin conducted a successful pad escape test last week at the company’s West Texas launch site, firing its pusher-escape motor and launching a full-scale suborbital crew capsule from a simulated propulsion module.
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The launch of an Atlas V carrying the OTV-3…Read more

South Korea plans to go ahead with the scheduled…Read more

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