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Rocket: Soyuz FG; Payload: Soyuz TMA-01M; Date: 7 October, 2310 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The manned transport spacecraft was placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station.
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The president of the Russian Aerospace Corporation Energia denied reports that a launch of the manned spaceship Soyuz TMA-20, which was damaged during transport to Baikonur, will be postponed to 2011.
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The launch of the Sich-2 Earth remote sensing satellite, scheduled for October, has been postponed to December 2010, the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU) said according to Ukrainian radio (NRCU).
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The first launch of the new generation GLONASS-K navigation satellite from Russia’s Plesetsk space centre will take place in December, the Space Forces commander said.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Shi Jian-6G (SJ-6G), Shi Jian-6H (SJ-6H); Date: 6 October 2010, 0049 UTC; Launch Site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, China. The two satellites, collectively known as the Shijian VI-04 group, were successfully launched, state media quoted launch officials as saying.
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International Launch Services (ILS) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. announced a contract for the launch of AsiaSat 7 satellite on an ILS Proton.
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China will launch two Shijian research satellites in the near future from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft due to launch in December suffered damage to its container in transit.
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