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 Russian rocket launched from Kourou Cosmodrome.
On December 2, 2012 at 02:02 UTC the Russian "Soyuz-ST-A” rocket-carrier was launched from Kourou launch site in French Guiana.
The rocket equipped with the "Fregat-MT” booster orbited the "Pleiades 1B” Europe’s dual-purpose observation satellite. The satellite will collect high-resolution imagery of objects as small as 0.5 meters. The satellite, which took the French Space Agency (CNES) nearly a decade to develop, will be used by the French military, other European governments and commercial customers.
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Date: 03.12.2012
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China launched a communication satellite.
On November 27, 2012 at 10:13 UTC the "Chang Zheng-3B” (Long March) rocket-carrier was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The rocket orbited the " Chinasat-12" communication satellite.
It is a Chinese-owned, European-built telecommunications satellite to serve customers in a swath of the Asia-Pacific with television broadcasting, broadband multimedia and data transmission services.
The Chinasat 12 was built by Thales Alenia Space of France.
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Date: 03.12.2012
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China launched a remote sensing satellite.
On November 25, 2012 at 04:06 UTC the "Chang Zheng-4C” (Long March) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest Gansu Province, China.
The rocket orbited the "Yaogan-16” remote sensing satellite
The satellite was developed by an affiliate research institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It has been designed for a variety of uses, including technological experimentation, land resource surveying, agricultural yield estimation and disaster prevention and reduction.
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Date: 03.12.2012
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Russian rocket orbited a US satellite.
On November 20, 2012 at 18:30 UTC the "Proton-M” rocket-carrier was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "Briz-M” booster orbited the "Echostar-16” communications satellite for the U.S.-based Dish Network direct broadcasting service. The satellite was manufactured by Space Systems/Loral. The satellite’s design life is 15 years.
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Date: 25.11.2012
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Russian Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft landed.
On November 19, 2012 at 01:53 UTC the Russian "Soyuz TMA-05M” landing capsule landed safely at a distance of 85 kilometers to North-East from the city of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan.
photos by NASA
The spacecraft delivered to Earth the 3 members of ISS’s Expedition 33 – Russian cosmonauts Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide.
They spent in space 126 days, 23 hours, 13 minutes and 27 seconds.
Three other ISS crew members – Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin as well as American astronaut Kevin Ford - remained in orbit aboard the Int
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China launched an environment monitoring satellite.
On November 18, 2012 at 22:53 UTC (November 19 according to Beijing time) the "Chang Zheng-2C” (Long March-2C) rocket-carrier was launched from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province. The rocket orbited the "Huanjing-1C” environment-monitoring satellite.
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Date: 19.11.2012
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Russian Soyuz TMA-05M undocked from ISS.
On November 18, 2012 at 22:26 UTC (November 19 at 02:26 Moscow time) the Russian "Soyuz TMA-05M” spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station to deliver to Earth the 3 members of Expedition 33 – Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, American astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide
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Astrophilatelist.com at IPHLA 2012
From November 2 to 4, 2012 the "IPHLA 2012” International Philatelic Literature Exhibition took place in the City Hall of Mainz, Germany.
The website of the FIP Section for Astrophilately was the only website from the FIP Commissions’ websites that took part in the "IPHLA 2012”.
Our website www.astrophilatelist.com was awarded with this "IPHLA 2012” medal.
Much more photos and information about IPHLA 2012 can be seen HERE.
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Date: 17.11.2012
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Russia launched a dual-purpose satellite.
On November 14, 2012 at 11:42 UTC the "Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier was launched from Russian Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The rocket equipped with the "Fregat-M” booster orbited the "Meridian” new-generation military communications satellite.
Meridian is designed to provide a communications service for sea vessels and aircraft in the Polar and Far East regions. Russia has two other satellites of this class in service.
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Date: 17.11.2012
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Ariane 5 orbited two satellites.
On November 10, 2012 at 21:05 UTC the "Arian 5” rocket-carrier was launched from Kourou space center in French Guiana. The rocket orbited the "Eutelsat 21B” and the Brazilian "Star One C3” communications satellites.
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Date: 12.11.2012
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