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Mission controllers are making progress in returning Mars Express to routine service. Some science activities have already resumed after being temporarily suspended last month following a series of faults related to the onboard data storage system.Other Posts:MDA to develop instruments for planetary explorationSports Programming In DIRECTVOrbcomm results Q1 2010Astrotech To Process Orbital Express MissionNASA awards microwave sounder contract for JPSS spacecraftNorthrop turns to IAI for spy satellitesThe Commerce of Commercials on Dish NetworkSTS-133 further delayed

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency reported that operation of the infrared astronomical satellite Akari (Astro-F) was completed. The onboard transmitters were turned off at 0823 UTC on 24 November 2011.Other Posts:KSC chooses SRA for Constellation launch control systemsXM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. results Q3 2006The Development of Purchasing Cable TV Services OnlineArgentina books two Falcon 9 launchesDARPA awards contracts for fractionated spacecraft programmeReplacement satellites for W2 have arrived at 16 degrees EastThales Alenia Space altimeter chosen for U.S. Navy satellite GFO-2How Cable TV Providers Attract New Customers With Their Special Deals

United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced the completion of a key milestone that could lead toward the certification of the Atlas V launch vehicle for human spaceflight.
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The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has been delayed one day.

AsiaSat 7, a new communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), is scheduled for launch at 1910 UTC on 25 November by an ILS Proton Briz M launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that the SES-4 satellite that it designed and built for SES has arrived at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it will be launched aboard an ILS Proton Briz M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS).

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) said it is searching for a new launch site to meet increasing demand from commercial customers.
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Rocket: Soyuz-FG; Payload: Soyuz TMA-22; Date: 14 November 2011, 0414 UTC; Launch Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew – NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin – should dock with the ISS on 16 November, 0533 UTC.
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