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NASA said its Mars Science Laboratory Project continues to press ahead with launch preparation activities, planning to use additional time before encapsulating the rover in the launch vehicle’s nose cone.

The launch of Arabsat 5C and SES 2 aboard an Ariane 5 ECA will be delayed a few days.

Orbital Sciences Corporation has received a Commercial Space Transportation Launch License from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) programme demonstration mission in early 2012.

NASA’s next Earth-observing research satellite, NPP, has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to begin preparations for an October launch.

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JAXA has postponed the launch of an optical information gathering satellite aboard an H-2A because of a problem with the rocket.
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