Baikonur Prepares for Launch of Egyptian, French Satellites
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BAIKONUR. Dec 16 (Interfax) - Preparations for launching an Egyptian satellite began at the Russian Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Saturday.
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China plans to develop a new generation of carrier rockets with a payload capacity large enough to launch a space station, state media reported Monday.
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SPACE.com / A Russian rocket launched the world's fourth space tourist and two astronauts into orbit early Monday morning on a two-day trip bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
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A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying the US telecommunications satellite DirecTV-10 took off early Saturday from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russia&#39;s Khrunichev space centre announced.
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China Sunday launched a satellite that will carry out land surveys and mapping for several days before returning to earth, the Xinhua news agency said.
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China, which put its first man in orbit  last year, has built a national engineering and research center  for small satellites, paving the way for large-scale  production, state media said on Wednesday.
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The hunt for Earth-like planets is to be stepped-up as a new mission, Corot, prepares for launch.
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Final checks have begun on the Canadian Anik F3 telecommunication satellite due to be launched into space by a Russian rocket next month, the rocket's makers said on Monday.
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Part 1 of 5. Sergio Gaudenzi, president of AEB, Brazil's space agency, said his nation hopes to launch a Chinese-Brazilian satellite aboard a Ukrainian rocket from Brazil's Alcantara launch center sometime ...
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The UK is set to launch its first Skynet 5 spacecraft, a key  component in its new military satellite system.
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MOSCOW, December 26 (Itar-Tass) - A Proton-K rocket with three GLONASS navigation satellites onboard was launched from Baikonur at 4:54 pm Moscow time on Sunday, a source in the Russian Space Troops press service told Itar-Tass.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 12  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After traveling thousands of miles, a major component of the International Space Station is set to begin preparations for launch.
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French defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie delivers her speech Saturday Dec.18, 2004 in Paris, after an Ariane rocket placed France&#39;s third military spy satellite into orbit.
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By Laurent Marot KOUROU, French Guiana  - A European Ariane rocketlaunched a military surveillance satellite on Saturday, thethird in a French-led drive for a European "spy in the sky"independent of the United States.
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BEIJING - China plans to develop a new generation of carrier rockets with a payload capacity large enough to launch a space station, state media reported Monday.
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Russia launched Thursday a satellite designed to test the feasibility of the world&#39;s first space hotel, the brainchild of a Las Vegas hotel tycoon who hopes to begin construction in 2011, officials said.
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The new crew of the International Space Station is in the final hours of preparation to launch at 11:06 EDT tonight, which is Oct. 14 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russia&#39;s launch facility there.