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Boeing announced that the fourth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite the company is delivering to the U.S. Air Force has successfully completed prelaunch testing and is ready for launch.
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has indefinitely delayed the first mission of its Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station, previously scheduled for 8 February (UTC).
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3A; Payload: Fengyun 2F (FY 2F); Date: 13 January 2012, 0056 UTC; Launch Site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The weather satellite was successfully placed in a geostationary transfer orbit 24 minutes after lift-off.Other Posts:GenCorp (Aerospace and Defense) results Q3 FY 2006Shuttle undocks from ISSTed Gavrilis Retires, Marshall Byrd Heads Lockheed Martin Commercial Space SystemsAre They Lying to Me? Applied Psychology and Satellite TVBoeing completes successful FAB-T Preliminary Design ReviewSwedish, French satellites lofted by Dnepr rocketMaking That Decision Between Satellite TV and Cable ServiceDelay of the day: I-4 F3

United Launch Services was awarded a US$1.516 billion firm-fixed-price contract for five Atlas-V and four Delta IV launches by the U.S. Air Force.
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Orbcomm Inc. announced the successful launch of VesselSat 2, an Automatic Identification Service (AIS) enabled satellite built by LuxSpace Sarl, an affiliate of OHB System AG.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Zi Yuan 3 [ZY-3], VesselSat 2; Date: 9 January 2012, 0317 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The remote-sensing satellite, which had a lift-off mass of 2,650 kg, entered an orbit of 500 km above the Earth about 12 minutes after it was launched.
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