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Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Kosmos 2472; Date: 27 June 2011, 1600 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. Space Troops spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said that the rocket had successfully put the military satellite into the designated orbit.
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Astrium recently signed a EUR60 million rider with the European Space Agency (ESA) and its partners of the joint propulsion team consortium, Avio SpA (Italy) and SNECMA (SAFRAN Group; France). The contract is part of ESA’s Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP). The activities were started back in 2007 and have accumulated a value of more than EUR100 million.
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Alexander Kirilin, head of Samara TsSKB-Progress, at the Paris Air Show 2011 outlined some Russian launch plans for 2012 and 2013.
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NASA’s next Mars rover recently completed the journey from California to Florida in preparation for launch this autumn.
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CNES and Snecma have signed a contract worth EUR7.6 million for work on Europe’s next generation rocket-launcher, Ariane 6.
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SES confirmed that it has chosen Arianespace as primary launch provider for its Astra 5B satellite, within the scope of the “Multi Launch Agreement” between the two companies. The launch is planned for mid-year 2013.
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Globalstar, Inc. announced that the second launch of six new Globalstar satellites is scheduled for 11 July 2011 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-11M (Progress 43P); Date: 21 June 2011, 1438 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Automated docking to the International Space Station is expected to occur on 23 June, 1637 UTC.
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