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Arianespace has received the seventh Ariane 5 for launch in 2009, which is scheduled for lift-off on December 9 with the Helios 2B French military reconnaissance satellite.
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Iran has reportedly asked India to launch an Iranian satellite but received no reply.
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China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)and APT Satellite Company Limited Hong Kong have signed the launch services contract of using a Chang Zheng 3B enhanced launch vehicle (CZ-3B/E) to launch the Apstar-7 communications satellite.
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Space shuttle Atlantis lifted off at 1928 UTC today carrying supplies and spare parts for the International Space Station to extend its life past the 2010 retirement of the aging shuttle fleet.
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The launch of Intelsat-14 aboard an Atlas V, scheduled for 14 November at 0548 UTC, was scrubbed so that engineers can troubleshoot a temporary power interruption in an electronics component used to control flight events on the Atlas booster.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 2C; Payload: Shijian 11-01; Date: 12 November 2009, 0245 UTC; Site: Jiuquan satellite launch centre. The spacecraft was deployed into a 688 km x 98.3 degrees orbit.
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The new Soyuz operating base in French Guiana is entering final preparations for Arianespace’s inauguration of commercial missions next year, with the facility’s launch pad undergoing final outfitting and acceptance, and assembly now underway for its mobile gantry.
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Italian officials have denied they would launch Iran’s Mesbah satellite. This is hardly surprising considering the fact that Italy has no orbital launch vehicle, but it also sheds some light on a few mysteries that so far surrounded Mesbah.
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