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Ariane 5’s seventh and final mission for 2009 is now set for 17 December from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

China will launch the Yaogan VIII remote-sensing satellite in the coming days from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, the centre said on 13 December.

The launch of NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, spacecraft aboard a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has been rescheduled for Monday, 14 December.
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The launch of NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission scheduled for 11 December has been delayed, United Launch Alliance said.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that Alliant Techsystems and the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) successfully ground tested the second stage rocket motor of the company’s Taurus II launch vehicle at AEDC in Tennessee.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 2D; Payload: Yaogan VII; Date: 9 December 2009, 0842 UTC; Launch Site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The remote sensing satellite was successfully put in its target orbit, Xinhua reported.

Officials have delayed the launch of France’s HELIOS 2B military optical observation satellite because of a problem with the Ariane 5 GS rocket.