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Russian Rocket To Launch US Commercial Satellite August 19
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 18, 2008 A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying an Inmarsat communications satellite will be launched August 19, a spokesman for the Russian space agency said Friday. The rocket is to be launched by the Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. The agency earlier said an onboard computer failure was discovered in the Breeze M booster during prelaunch testing, causing the launch to be postponed from August 14. The Inmarsat-4 satellites, built by EADS Astrium, are among the largest and most sophisticated commercial communication satellites in the world, delivering advanced voice and broadband data communications to mobile users.
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Ariane 5 - Fifth Launch Of 2008
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 18, 2008Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbits. |
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