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China will launch its third geostationary meteorological satellite, the Fengyun-2-06, some time next week, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said.
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Boeing Launch Services has received a contract to launch the fourth satellite for the COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) programme for Thales Alenia Space Italia, prime contractor of the Italian Space Agency.
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The Ekspress MD-1 spacecraft arrived today at its launch site, at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, delivered by Antonov-124 Ruslan transport plane.
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announces the arrival of the Falcon 9 first stage flight tank at SpaceX’s newest launch site, Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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The Russian space agency plans 39 space launches next year from the Baikonur and Plesetsk cosmodromes.
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SRA International, Inc., a provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to government organisations and commercial clients, announced that NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has chosen SRA’s Spacecraft Command Language (SCL) to support the Constellation Program.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Yaogan 5; 15 December 2008, 0322 UTC; Site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, China. The launch, announced only hours in advance, reportedly was successful.
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NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center will provide propulsion system acceptance testing for the Taurus II space launch vehicle, which Orbital Sciences Corporation is developing.
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