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Due to the rescheduled launch attempt of Space Shuttle Endeavour on 8 February, the Atlas V launch of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has been rescheduled for 10 February, with a launch window of 1526-1626 UTC from Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 0914 UTC and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. After the node and cupola are added, the orbiting laboratory will be approximately 90 percent complete.
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The roll out of the Proton Briz M launch vehicle, fully integrated with the Intelsat-16 satellite and Briz M upper stage, to launch pad 39 (in Area 200) was completed this morning.
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The launch of space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-130 mission was scrubbed today because of a low cloud ceiling.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V is set to launch NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on 9 February with a launch window of 1530 – 1630 UTC from Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
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The GOES-P spacecraft continues its processing at the Astrotech Facility in Titusville, Florida.
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India will shortly launch Cartosat-2B, a high-resolution remote sensing satellite, according to Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Radhakrishnan.
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