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SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will conduct a flight near the International Space Station (ISS), but docking between them is not planned, Vladimir Solovyov, head of the Russian segment of the ISS mission control centre was quoted as saying.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that the high throughput broadband satellite that it built for ViaSat Inc. arrived today at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it will be launched aboard an ILS Proton M/Briz M vehicle provided by International Launch Services(ILS).Other Posts:Russia to close SvobodnyTurksat turns to GMV for control of its satellitesRocketplane Kistler has new partner to replace OrbitalGenCorp gets Air Force dealTCS Nets $3.5 Million Addition From Army For Military Transition SATCOM ContractSIA’s Second Annual DoD Commercial Satcom Users Workshop Slated For DecemberTurner expands SNG transponder deal with SES AmericomSatellite TV is Great – But It’s Even Better on Your PC

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NASA has selected the design of a new Space Launch System. The booster will be the United States’ most powerful since the Saturn V rocket that carried Apollo astronauts to the moon.
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Scheduled for launch on 20 September, the Arabsat 5C satellite, for which Astrium is co-prime, has been fully fuelled and integrated with the Ariane 5 launch vehicle at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The flight had been rescheduled following supplementary checks performed on the Ariane 5′s cryogenic upper stage.
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