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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has signed an agreement with CONAE, Argentina’s National Commission on Space Activity, for two launches aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 medium-to-heavy lift vehicle.
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The Boeing-built ProtoStar II (a.k.a. IndoStar II ) telecommunications satellite has arrived at its launch site, at Baikonur, to undergo preparations for a mid-May 2009 launch aboard a Proton M rocket powered by a Briz M booster.
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The U.S. Air Force recently awarded a firm fixed priced contract to United Launch Services for US$184 million.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C; Payload: Beidou 2 (Beidou G1?); Date: 15 April 2009, 1616 UTC. The navigation satellite was successfully placed into geostationary transfer orbit.
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New Dawn Satellite Company Ltd., a joint venture between Intelsat and a South African investor group led by Convergence Partners, has awarded Arianespace the launch contract to deliver the Intelsat New Dawn satellite into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
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According to Arianespace’s annual report, minor modifications are planned to be made to the Ariane 5 ECA in order to increase its payload capacity by 400 kg. Part of the problem is the recent trend towards smaller satellites, which makes it harder to find matching satellites for dual launches.
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Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) said the country’s Paksat 1R satellite would be launched on 14 August 2011.
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The launch of the latest U.S. weather satellite aboard a Delta IV from Cape Canaveral was delayed from 28 April to mid-May after a leak was detected in the rocket’s first stage.