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Eutelsat’s W3B satellite was flown into French Guiana on 30 September and has been transferred to the Guiana Space Centre to be readied for launch by Arianespace. Lift-off of the Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle is scheduled for 28 October in a launch window opening at 2151 to 2317 UTC.
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All six Globalstar satellites for the upcoming Soyuz flight from Baikonur Cosmodrome have been integrated on their dispenser system, marking a new milestone in this mission to be performed on 19 October for Arianespace by its Starsem affiliate.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C; Payload: Chang’e-2; Date: 1 October 2010, 1059 UTC; Launch Site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The moon prove was deployed into an orbit with a perigee of 200 kilometers and apogee of 380,000 kilometers as scheduled.

Rocket: Molniya-M; Payload: Kosmos 2469; Date: 1 October 2010, 1701 UTC; Launch Site: Plesetsk, Russia. The military satellite was successfully deployed into a highly elliptical orbit 56 minutes after lift-off.

NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) agreed on Friday to update the International Space Station launch schedule.

Preparations are underway at Baikonur for the ninth Proton M launch of this year. In mid-October, this launch vehicle is to place Sirius XM-5 in geostationary orbit. The Space Systems/Loral-built Sirius XM-5 satellite was ordered by Sirius XM Radio.

China’s second lunar probe, Chang’e-2, is set to launch from Xichang. Lift-off could occur on the National Day, i.e. 1 October, reports have said.
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Rocket: Minotaur IV; Payload: SBSS (Space Based Space Surveillance) Block 10; Date: 26 September 2010, 0141 UTC; Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. The rocket flew an orbital trajectory downrange over the Pacific Ocean and delivered the SBSS satellite to the desired separation conditions.