Russian navigation satellites launched
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An unmanned rocket carrying three  Russian GLONASS navigation satellites took off from the Russian  cosmodrome at Baikonur in Kazakhstan on Friday, news agencies  reported.
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A European satellite designed to improve weather forecasting has been given a new launch date.
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6th Ld-Writethru-China Focus: China launches geostationary orbit satellite for Olympic weather forecasts    XICHANG, Dec.
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Moscow, 26 December: Three satellites of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) have been put into orbit as planned.
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The first test launch of a new rocket carrier, the Soyuz-2 (Rus), was carried out successfully today from the Plesetsk cosmodrome [in Arkhangelsk Region] at 2130 [Moscow time, 1830 gmt].
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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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New China News Agency reported that the satellite was set into orbit by a &#39;Long Walking- 2C&#39; rocket. The satellite was launched at 15:50 local time (10:50 in Turkey) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center in Gansu province in northwestern China.
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1st Ld-Writethru: Japan launches spy satellite with H-2A rocket    TOKYO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan launched a spy satellite with an H-2A rocket on Monday from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan's Kagoshima prefecture, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
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An updated version of Russia&#39;s venerable Soyuz rocket took its first flight Monday, placing a dummy satellite into orbit during a successful qualification launch.
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The US Air Force launched a global positioning system satellite Saturday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. It was the 12th successful launch of the new-generation GPS IIR spacecraft.
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MOSCOW. June 8 (Interfax-AVN) - A military satellite of the Cosmos series has been placed into its designated orbit after being launched from the Plesetsk launch pad in the Arkhangelsk region on Thursday, Space Forces spokesman Alexei Zolotukhin told Interfax- AVN.
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Russia on Thursday carried out a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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Russia launched a new-generation space booster rocket on Monday in a move that could eventually help send civilian cargoes into space, Itar-Tass news agency reported.
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Moscow (VNA) - Russia on Friday successfully launched cargo ship Progress M-51 from the Baikonur launch pad to deliver food and other cargo to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Russia successfully conducted a test launch on Monday of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the navy said.
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France launched an Ariane rocket on Saturday, lifting into orbit the new-generation military satellite Helios II A and six microsatellites for different scientific purposes, said reports reaching Kourou, French Guiana.
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Russia successfully launched a rocket on  Tuesday carrying the last three satellites to complete a  navigation system to rival America's GPS.