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Arianespace said it decided to postpone the launch of Arabsat 5A and COMS aboard an Ariane 5 ECA owing to a launch vehicle pressurisation anomaly on the main cryogenic stage during final countdown operations.
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The heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA mission with the Arabsat-5A and COMS satellite passengers has been scrubbed two times in a row.
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Astrium has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop key technologies for new re-ignitable upper stages for new launchers.

NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corp. to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission. The spacecraft will fly in February 2013 aboard a Taurus XL 3110 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided to postpone the launch of the first Quasi-Zenith Satellite “Michibiki” by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 18 (H-IIA F18) from the Tanegashima Space Center, which was originally scheduled for 2 August 2010.

Israel’s Ministry of Defence said that the “Ofeq 9 satellite was launched and successfully injected into orbit by means of a ‘Shavit’ satellite launcher.

Israel’s Defence Ministry said it has launched Ofek 9, the latest in a series of spy satellites. So far it has not been announced whether the launch was successful.

The next Ariane 5 flight has been given the go-ahead following a launch readiness review held at the Spaceport in French Guiana.