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MT Aerospace said it was developing an ultra light-weight propellant tank with a sandwich common bulkhead for a Next Generation Launcher (NGL) under a contract with Astrium.
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On 18 July the special-purpose train carrying a Proton launch vehicle collided with an oncoming train in the Ulyanovsk area. No visible damage has been sustained by the rocket.
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Test launches of Russia’s new Angara rocket are to start in 2013, according to Vladimir Nesterov, head of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center.
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Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: EchoStar XV; Date: 11 July 2010, 1840 UTC; Launch Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. After a 9 hour 13 minute mission, the Briz M successfully released the EchoStar XV satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.

Rocket: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15); Payload: Cartosat-2B, ALSAT-2A, NLS 6.1 (AISSAT-1), NLS 6.2 (TISAT-1), STUDSAT; Date: 12 July 2010, 0352 UTC; Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India. After about 20 minutes of flight time, the remote sensing satellite Cartosat- 2B along with the four auxiliary satellites was successfully injected into a circular orbit of 637 km with an inclination of 98.1 degrees.

Sea Launch Company has entered into an agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited for the launch of an AsiaSat satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit, on the Sea Launch system.

Engineers and technicians at Alliant Techsystems and NASA have completed installation work on the second Ares I First Stage five-segment Development Motor (DM-2), in preparation for its static-fire, which is currently scheduled for early September.
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Astrium has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to undertake initial development studies for a Next Generation Launcher (NGL) for future satellite launches. This 15 month project has a total contractual value of EUR8.5 million, of which Astrium will contribute EUR1.5 million of its own funds.
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