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The validation of delivery methods for propellant and fluids to the new Soyuz launch site near Kourou is nearing completion, marking another step toward the medium-lift vehicle’s maiden flight from French Guiana next year.
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Rocket: Soyuz M/Briz M; Payload: SkyTerra 1 (MSV-1); Date: 14 November, 1729 UTC; Launch Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. After a 9 hour 14 minute mission, the Briz M successfully released the satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.
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Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: SkyTerra 1 (MSV-1); Date: 14 November, 1729 UTC; Launch Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. After a 9 hour 14 minute mission, the Briz M successfully released the satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.
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The Progress M-05M supply ship, which was on a mission as a scientific laboratory for three weeks, was dumped in the Pacific today. The planned return of two ISS astronauts aboard a Soyuz spaceship has meanwhile been moved forward four days.
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Components for another heavy-lift Ariane 5 have arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, as Arianespace prepares for Flight 199, which will also be the last for this year.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne a US$2.35 million contract to perform risk-reduction tests on key components of the Third Generation Reusable Booster (3GRB) rocket engine design.