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Sea Launch said it has resumed shipments of Zenit-3SL hardware in preparation for its return to launch operations in the third quarter of 2011.
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India will launch the GSAT-12 communication satellite in the second week of July aboard a PSLV, ISRO said.
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International Launch Services (ILS) and EchoStar announced the ILS Proton launch of the EchoStar XVI satellite scheduled for 2012.
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The European Space Agency, Arianespace and the European Commission announced that the launch of the first two satellites of Europe’s global navigation satellite system Galileo is planned to take place on 20 October. Meanwhile, European officials said they had cut the costs of the project.

International Launch Services (ILS)successfully carried Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 into orbit on an ILS Proton for Telesat.