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Rocket: Chang Zheng 2C; Payload: Shi Jian 11-02 (SJ-11-02); Date: 29 July, 0742 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The launch marked the 142nd flight for the Chang Zheng rocket family.
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Rocket: Chang-Zheng 3A; Payload: Beidou-2 ‘Compass-IGSO-4′; Date: 26 July 2011, 2144 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The launch was successful, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology.
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft completed its last significant terrestrial journey with a 25-kilometer trip from Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Floria, to its launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The solar-powered, Jupiter-bound spacecraft was secured into place on top of its rocket at 1442 UTC.
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China will launch the ninth Beidou navigation satellite into space in the “coming days,” state media reported. [Such announcements usually indicate that lift-off is scheduled for the following day.–Ed.]
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it has completed development of prototype launch vehicle flight computers equipped to bring safety and reliability to future human spaceflight systems.
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Shuttle Atlantis has landed for the final time, ending a 13-day journey of more than eight million km with a landing at 0957 UTC at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was the 25th night landing (19th night and 78th total landings at Kennedy) and the 133rd landing in shuttle history.
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Space shuttle Atlantis deployed a small, 3-6-kg, 12.5 cm x 12.5 cm x 25 cm technology demonstration satellite, called PicoSat, from a canister in the shuttle cargo bay.
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Rocket: Zenit-3M/Fregat-SB; Payload: Spektr-R; Date: 18 July 2011, 0231 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The scientific spacecraft successfully separated from the Fregat-SB upper stage at 0606 UTC. Spektr-R was injected into orbit with altitude of about 340,000 km.