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A new Proton-M launch vehicle has been delivered from the Khrunichev Space Centre to Baikonur cosmodrome.
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As already briefly reported, Arianespace successfully launched the Rascom-QAF1R and Nilesat 201 communication satellites.
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Arianespace announced two new launch contracts.
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Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Rascom-QAF1R, Nilesat 201; Date: 4 August 2010, 2201 UTC; Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana. Nilesat 201 was released first in the flight sequence, being deployed from the top of Ariane 5’s payload “stack” at just under 29 minutes into the mission, followed by RASCOM-QAF1R.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have announced a new date for the launch of the first quasi-zenith satellite “Michibiki” aboard H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 18.
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Ukraine’s state owned company Yuzhmash postponed the delivery of a basic part of the Taurus-II launch vehicle’s first stage to Orbital in the U.S., the Ukranian company said in a statement.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3A; Payload: Beidou-2 IGSO-1; Date: 31 July 2010, 2130 UTC; Launch Site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The navigation satellite was successfully placed into an elliptical transfer orbit with an inclination of about 55 degrees.

A new liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen production plant is being readied for service at the Spaceport in French Guiana, supporting Arianespace’s sustained mission rate for the heavy-lift Ariane 5 and its upcoming introduction of the medium-lift Soyuz.