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The final launch of the space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-133 was delayed for at least 24 hours due to weather conditions.
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China will launch a new meteorological satellite “at an appropriate time in coming days,” the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

The launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-133 mission was delayed until at least 4 November, the latest in a series of glitches that have set back its final mission to the International Space Station.

The launch of Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed 4 Earth-observation satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base has been postponed for the fourth time.

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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C; Payload: Beidou 2 Compass G4 [?]; Date: 1 November 2010, 1626 UTC; Launch Site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. Chinese media said the launch of the navigation satellite was sucessful.
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