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Ariane rocket orbited 2 telecommunications satellites.

On October 16, 2014 at 21:44 UTC the “Ariane-5ECA” rocket-carrier was launched from Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana. The rocket orbited the “Intelsat-30” and the “Arsat-1” telecommunications satellites.

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India launched navigation satellite.

On October 15, 2014 at 20:02 UTC the PSLV-C26 (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) rocket-carrier was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sriharikota Island, India's primary launch site on the country's east coast. The rocket orbited the IRNSS-1C navigation satellite. The spacecraft is the third launch for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, a growing network of satellites to locate cars, airplanes, and shipping vessels across India and its neighbors.

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US astronauts performed spacewalk.

On October 15, 2014 American astronauts Gregory Wiseman and Barry Wilmore performed the spacewalkto replace a broken voltage regulator in one of eight solar power channels to restore the lab’s electrical grid to normal operation. They also worked through a list of lower-priority tasks, removing a broken camera, installing a replacement at a different location and relocating a support mast and wireless transmitter assembly in preparation for spacewalks next year. The EVA lasted 6 hours and 34 minutes.

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