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Chinese communications satellite launch.

On September 4, 2010 at 16:14 UTC the Chang Zheng-3B (Long March 3B) rocket-carrier was launched from the Xichang space center in southwestern China's Sichuan province.

The rocket orbited , the Chinasat 6A communication satellite. The satellite will broadcast civil television and radio signals across China.

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Three Glonass-M satellites were launched.

On September 2, 2010 at 00:53 UTC the Russian Proton-M rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome to orbit three Glonass-M satellites for Russian Global Navigation System.

The satellites were named as "Kosmos-2464”, "Kosmos-2465” and "Kosmos-2466”.

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Progress M-06M undocked from the ISS.

On August 31, 2010 at 11:21 UTC the Progress M-06M unmanned supply spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station.

After separation, the Progress will continue flying autonomously for about 1.5 months. Prior to the Progress deorbiting, the "Radar-Progress” experiment is to be carried out.

On September 6, the Progress M-06M will be deorbited over the remote area of the Pacific, following the commands from the Mission control center.

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American astronaut William Lenoir passed away.

On August 28, 2010 American astronaut William Lenoir was killed in an automobile crash.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at Vostochny Cosmodrome.

On August 28, 2010 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived at the site of a geological survey for the construction of the "Vostochny” Russian National Cosmodrome.

Anatoly Perminov, head of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), told Mr Putin that two launch pads are planned for the spaceport, with appropriate infrastructure to prepare rockets for launch and assembly buildings. A special complex for training astronauts and medical examinations will also be built. Mr Perminov stressed the importance of building a runway.

Inspecting the boundaries of the future spaceport, Putin advised ensuring that there is extra land to avoid "any ... Read more »

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