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Rocket: Zenit-2M; Payload: Kosmos 2428; Date: 29 June 2007, 1000 UTC; Site: Kazakhstan, Baikonur. The classified military satellite was successfully put in orbit, new agencies reported.
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Aerojet recently conducted an internally funded test firing of large-scale controllable solid rocket motors.
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Rocket: Dnepr; Payload: Genesis II; Date: 28 June 2007, 1502 UTC; Site: Yasny, Russia. The second experimental pathfinder spacecraft by Bigelow Aerospace was successfully launched and inserted into orbit.
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This week, ESA signed two key contracts with NGL Prime S.p.A. of Italy, one for the definition of launcher system concepts for the European Next Generation Launcher and the other for the development of a European Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV).
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Northrop Grumman Corporation , the prime contractor for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) missile detecting Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS; f.k.a. SBIRS Low), announced the successful completion of thermal vacuum testing of space vehicle number 1.
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After weeks of manoeuvres, Samba and Tango, two of ESA’s four Cluster satellites are now orbiting in formation, separated by only 17 km. This is the closest two ESA satellites have ever been in routine operations.
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Arianespace has signed two separate contracts with Telenor Satellite and Thales Alenia Space for the launch of Thor 6 and Rascom 1, respectively.
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The contract for purchase of the first four Soyuz ST rockets to be launched from the Guiana Space Center starting in 2009 was inked today.
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