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Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: DirecTV 10; Date: 7 July 2004, 0116 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission lasted 9 hours and 8 minutes, before the Briz M upper stage placed the DirecTV 10 satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
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The launch of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket has been postponed to no earlier than Monday, 9 July.
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Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B; Payload: Chinasat 6B (Zhongxing 6B, ZX 6B); Date: 5 July 2007, 1208 UTC; Site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The three-stage rocket successfully reached orbit and deployed the satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.
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The launch of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station has been postponed 24 hours.
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Chinasat 6B is to be launched on 5 July, 1200 UTC aboard a Chang Zheng 3B rocket from the Xichang space centre.
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Vietnam plans to launch its Vinasat satellite, currently being built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, at the end of March 2008 aboard an Ariane 5 ECA.
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Now it’s official: the launch of Germany’s second radar imaging satellite aboard a Russian Kosmos 3M was successful, and contact with the spacecraft has been established.
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Rocket: Kosmos 3M; Payload: SAR-Lupe 2; Date: 2 July 2007, 1938 UTC; Site: Plesetsk, Russia. The German radar spy satellite was reportedly inserted into its target orbit.
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