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Boeing announced it has selected the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket to launch the Boeing Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft from Florida’s Space Coast.Other Posts:Update: Russia launches new military satelliteMeteosat Third Generation: no more spinnersAsiaSat 5 pre3-launch detailsResourcesat-2 launch may slip to 2011Final attempts to hear from Mars PhoenixUpdate: Eutelsat W3B moved from CZ to Ariane 5SkyTerra, MSV Appoint Corporate ControllerLive the Movies With Dish Network

Arianespace’s fourth heavy-lift flight of 2011 has been authorised for its 5 August lift-off following today’s launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Flight controllers initially halted the release of an amateur radio satellite outside the International Space Station by a pair of spacewalking astronauts because one antenna appeared to be missing. Although this was later confirmed, the satellite – called ARISSat-1 or Radioskav-V – was released nonetheless.
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Inmarsat plc announced that Inmarsat SA, one of its subsidiary companies, has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) for the launch of three Inmarsat-5 satellites. The launches, scheduled for 2013-14, will use the ILS Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) last week completed the first combined Atlas and Delta rocket shipment from its factory in Decatur, Alabama, to the launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on the specially-designed ship called the Delta Mariner.
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Roskosmos said it is planning to launch two satellites and a cargo vessel next month.
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