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A new RD-0124 rocket engine was successfully tested at the Chemical Automatics Design Bureau in Voronezh, Russia.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/E; Payload: PakSat 1R; Date: 11 August 2011, 1615 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite entered geostationary transfer orbit, Xinhua said, citing the launch centre.
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Russia’s Space Forces have started ground tests of a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket, which will orbit a GLONASS satellite at the end of August, spokesman Lt. Col. Vitaly Vyatkin was quoted as saying.
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SSTL has announced that it will launch the NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites on behalf of the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) by a Dnepr launch vehicle from Yasny, Russia, on 17 August 2011.
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The Ekspress-AM4 spacecraft processing continues on schedule at Baikonur in preparation for launch later this month.
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Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Astra 1N, BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R; Date: 6 August 2011, 2252 UTC; Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana. The satellites were injected into their transfer orbits about 27 minutes and 38 minutes after lift-off, respectively.
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Rocket: Atlas V 551; Payload: Juno; Date: 5 August 2011, 1625 UTC; Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. “We are on our way, and early indications show we are on our planned trajectory,” said Jan Chodas, Juno project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).Other Posts:Solar-B pre-launch detailsSea Launch files for Chapter 11 bankruptcyNew Chinese launch centre gets government approvalSAIC gets contract for CHIRP sensorNew Iridium Satellite Ground Station Opens in AlaskaUSAF accepts second SBIRS-HEO payloadBoeing demos ‘one-button’ start-Up of satellite ground stationFirst GLONASS-K launch set for December