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Rocket: H-2A; Payload: GCOM-W1 “Shizuku”, Arirang-3 (KOMPSAT-3), SDS-4, Horyu; Date: 17 May 2012, 1639 UTC; Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.

Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: Nimiq 6; Date: 17 May 2012, 1912 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Spacecraft separation is to occur on 18 May, 0426 UTC (too late for this issue).

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: JCSAT-13, Vinasat-2; Date: 15 May 2012, 2213 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. JCSAT-13 was successfully deployed 27 minutes after lift-off, followed by Vinasat-2 nine minutes later.
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Rocket: Soyuz-FG; Payload: Soyuz TMA-04M; Date: 15 May 2012, 0301 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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The U.S. Air Force has contracted United Launch Alliance to put an Air Force Mobile User Objective System-4 satellite in orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket, and to launch a GPS satellite aboard a Delta IV rocket.
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