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Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Fengyun 3A (FY-3A); Date: 27 May 2008, 0302 UTC; Site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was successfully placed in its target orbit 27 minutes after lift-off.
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According to WikiNews, the main payload of the Rokot launch on 23 May, 1520 UTC consisted of three Gonets data relay satellites.
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China will launch its first next-generation polar orbiting weather satellite, Fengyun-3A (FY-3A), on 27 May [presumably local time], the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) said.
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Rocket: Rokot; Payload: three Strela satellites (?), Yubileiny; Date: 23 May 2008 UTC; Site: Plesetsk, Russia. According to the Russian Space Forces, the launch was successful.
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NASA has adjusted the target launch dates for two space shuttle missions in 2008.
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Rocket: Zenit 3SL/Block DM-SL; Payload: Galaxy 18; Date: 21 May, 0943 UTC; Site: Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned on the equator at 154 degrees West Longitude in the Pacific Ocean. All systems performed nominally throughout the mission, and the first launch of a satellite for Intelsat in 2008 was successfully completed.
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On the way towards the launch of Jason-2, scheduled for 15 June from Vandenberg Air Base, another milestone was passed on 19 May with the fuelling of the satellite.
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China’s first direct broadcast satellite (DBS) Chinasat 9 is set to be launched next month, the China Business News reported today, according to sources from China Direct Broadcast Satellite Co Ltd. (DBSAT).
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