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The first Soyuz rocket to fly from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, carrying the first two satellites of the Galileo navigation system into orbit, is being prepared for launch on 20 October.
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The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port for the Equator, in preparation for the launch of the Atlantic Bird 7 satellite owned by Eutelsat Communications on 23 September. Lift-off is planned for 2018 UTC at the opening of a 74-minute launch window.
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The Naval Research Laboratory’s Tactical Satellite IV (TacSat-4) has been encapsulated inside the fairing (nose cone) of an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur-IV+ launch vehicle in preparation for a 27 September launch from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation’s Kodiak Launch Complex.
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China said it will launch its Tiangong-1 space module later this month, marking its first step towards building a Chinese space station.
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NASA has selected The Boeing Company of Huntington Beach, California, for the Composite Cryotank Technologies Demonstration effort. Under the contract, Boeing will design, manufacture and test two lightweight composite cryogenic propellant tanks.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/E; Payload: Zhongxing 1A [ZX 1A, Chinasat 1A]; Date: 18 September 2011, 1633 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite successfully entered the preset orbit at 1659 UTC, sources with the centre said.Other Posts:Orbit CEO Hints at PVR Launch Before End of 2006Earthlike Regions on TitanFirst commercial ULA Atlas V launches ICO G1, sets payload recordBoeing completes TDRS Preliminary Design ReviewUK Space Agency to launch Britain’s first CubeSatRaytheon gets approval for NPOESS antennas in AntarcticaPremiere CEO ResignsEnjoying Sports the Right Way With Satellite TV

Sea Launch announced it will launch the Intelsat 19 communications satellite in early 2012, the first of up to five missions on the Sea Launch system for Intelsat LLC under a multiple launch services contract.
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The Japanese government said it will put a new intelligence satellite into orbit aboard an H-2A rocket on 18 September after postponing the launch twice because of a rocket glitch and a typhoon.
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