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The two Soyuz launchers that will fly the first four satellites of Europe’s Galileo navigation system into orbit have arrived at Kourou harbour in French Guiana.
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SKY Perfect JSAT’s JCSat 13 satellite is to be launched earlier than originally planned.
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Rocket: Safir; Payload: Rasad 1; Date: 15 June 2011, time unknown; Launch Site: unknown, Iran. Iran’s state TV said the locally produced satellite was launched successfully. There was no immediate independent confirmation.

An Aerojet AJ26 flight engine for Orbital Sciences Corporations’ Taurus II space launch vehicle experienced a premature shutdown during a test firing on 9 June.
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NASA’s new J-2X rocket engine, which could power the upper stage of Unitred States’ future heavy-lift launch vehicle, is ready for its first round of testing. The fully assembled engine was recently installed in the A-2 Test Stand at the agency’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
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The launch of the international Aquarius/SAC-D mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base was postponed 24 hours to 10 June. The 5-minute launch window opens at 1420 UTC.
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SES S.A. announced that the SES-3 satellite has safely arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan onboard an Antonov cargo plane. The SES-3 spacecraft, manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation, will now be readied for launch onboard an ILS Proton Briz M booster, scheduled for lift off on 10 July 2011.
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Globalstar, Inc. announced that six new Globalstar satellites are now being prepared for the second launch of the company’s second-generation satellite constellation.
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