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Eutelsat Communications has purchased “precedent-setting insurance enabling it to use Chinese [Chang Zheng ] rockets for future launches,” the Wall Street Journal reported citing company and industry officials.
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Rocket: Zenit-3SLB; Payload: Amos-3; Date: 28 April, 0500 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Land Launch Zenit-3SLB system debuted its first launch with the successful launch of the Amos-3 communications satellite. All systems performed as planned.
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Rocket: PSLV; Payload: Cartosat-2, Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1) and eight nanosatellites; Date: 28 April 2008, 0353 UTC; Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India. The so far most complex mission of an Indian launch vehicle was completed successfully.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C; Payload: Tianlian I; Date: 25 April 2008, 2216 UTC; Site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The successful (and previously unannounced) mission was the first flight of a Chang Zheng 3C and the launch of China’s first data relay satellite.
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Rocket: Soyuz/Fregat; Payload: GIOVE-B; Date: 26 April 2008, 2216 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz flew a multi-phase mission that led to GIOVE-B’s separation 3 hours, 45 minutes later.
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The launch of a Zenit-3SLB rocket with the Israeli communications satellite Amos-3 on board from Baikonur has been postponed to Monday, 28 April at 0500 UTC, a Russian space agency spokesman said.
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Spacecom announced a postponement in the launch of the Amos-3 satellite aboard a Zenit-3SLB from Baikonur.
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Khrunichev Space Center and its partner International Launch Services announced a broad-based quality initiative for Khrunichev and all of its subcontractors.
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