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The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Tactical Satellite IV (TacSat-4) is scheduled to launch from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation’s Kodiak Launch Complex on 27 September 2011 aboard an Orbital Sciences Corporation Minotaur-IV+ launch vehicle.
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Rocket: Dnepr; Payload: Sich 2, NigeriaSat 2, NigeriaSat X, AprizeSat 5, AprizeSat 6, RASAT, EduSAT; Date: 17 August 2011, 0712 UTC; Launch site: Yasny, Russia.
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Globalstar, Inc. announced it has taken delivery of seven additional second-generation satellites from manufacturer Thales Alenia Space.
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The U.S. Air Force said its second Lockheed Martin geosynchronous spacecraft has successfully completed acoustic testing.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Haiyang 2A [HY 2A]; Datre: 15 Augist 2011, 2257 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. State media reported the launch was successful.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Haiyang 2A [HY 2A]; Datre: 15 Augist 2011, 2257 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. State media reported the launch was successful.
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NASA has agreed in principle to allow SpaceX to combine all of the tests and demonstration activities that we originally proposed as two separate missions (COTS Demo 2 and COTS Demo 3) into a single mission.
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Russia’s Polyot airline still has plans to launch rockets from Antonov-24 cargo planes. The project, aptly dubbed Air Launch, has been announced since at least 12 years – without showing much progress. Yet, Polyot director general Anatoly Karpov says it’s far from being dead.
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