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 China launched a satellite.
On July 26, 2011 at 21:44 UTC (on July 27 by Beijing Time), the "Chang Zheng-3A (Long March-3A)” rocket-carrier was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan Province, China. The rocket orbited the " Beidou 2-09" navigation and positioning satellite.
It was the ninth operational Beidou satellite launched since 2007. The Beidou satellite network will eventually consist of 35 spacecraft in orbit providing global navigation and positioning coverage by 2020.
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Date: 27.07.2011
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Space Shuttle’s Era completed.
On July 21, 2011 at 09:57 UTC the American Space Shuttle "Atlantis” (STS-135) landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, putting an end to NASA's 30-year Space Shuttle program.
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Atlantis undocked from the ISS.
On July 19, 2011 at 06:28 UTC American Space Shuttle "Atlantis” undocked from the ISS.
After 37 space station assembly flights over the past 12-and-a-half years, the crew of the shuttle Atlantis undocked from the lab complex for the final time.
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Russia launched a radio telescope.
On July 18, 2011 at 02:31 UTC the "Zenith-3M” rocket-carrier equipped with the Fregat-SB upper stage was launched by Russian and Ukrainian teams from Baykonur Cosmodrome.
The rocket orbited the Russian "RadioAstron” ("Spektr-R” - Spectrum-R) astrophysical observatory.
The Spektr-R satellite is one element of an international network of observatories in a project called RadioAstron. When linked with ground-based telescopes across the globe, Spektr-R will facilitate unprecedented views into black holes that form the centers of galaxies and will help astronomers see deeper into supermassive black holes, obtain views of collapsed stars and better measure the influence of dark energy on the cosmos.
The Astro Space Center is coordinating the Spektr-R mi
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Date: 18.07.2011
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Russian Proton rocket orbited 2 satellites.
On July 15, 2011 at 23:16 UTC the "Proton-M” rocket-carrier equipped with the Breeze M upper stage was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome.
The rocket orbited 2 telecommunication satellites: "KazSat-2” (Kazakhstan) and SES-3 (USA).
KazSat-2 is destined for a 12-year mission to beam television broadcasts across Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Owned by the government of Kazakhstan, KazSat-2 was manufactured by Russian Khrunichev Space Centre and carries communications instruments built by Thales Alenia Space.
Built by Orbital Sciences Corp. of Virginia, SES 3 is beginning a 15-year mission to deliver educational, international and high-definition programming across the United States and the Caribbean for SES World Skies.
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Date: 16.07.2011
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India launched a satellite.
On July 15, 2011 at 11:18 UTC the PSLV-С17 (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 GSAT-12 communication satellite. The spacecraft is designed for an eight-year mission.
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Date: 16.07.2011
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The Federation of Cosmonautics of Russia.
On July 14, 2011 the Federation of Cosmonautics of Russia organized the symposium devoted to the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s space flight and the 50th anniversary of German Titov’s space flight.
The event took place aboard the "Moskva-1” river cruise vessel.
Soviet cosmonaut-veteran Vladimir Kovaljonok, President of the Federation and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov, Commander of Russian cosmonaut unit took part in the event. President of the Federation of Cosmonautics of Russia had invited Igor Rodin, Chairman of the FIP Section of Astrophilately to take part in the Symposium.
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Date: 15.07.2011
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Russian rocket orbited 6 American satellites.
On July 13, 2011 at 02:27 UTC the "Soyuz-2.1a” rocket-carrier equipped with the "Fregat” upper stage was launched from Baykonur Cosmodrome. The rocket orbited the cluster of 6 Globalstar-2 American satellites.
Globalstar is a low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based telecommunications system founded by U.S.-based Loral Corporation and Qualcomm Inc. It provides high-quality satellite voice and data services across North America, and to over 120 countries worldwide.
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Date: 15.07.2011
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The last spacewalk of the Shuttle Era.
On July 12, 2011 American astronauts Ronald Garan and Michael Fossum performed a 6 hours and 31 minute EVA.
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The space walkers packed a failed ammonia coolant pump into Atlantis' payload bay for return to Earth and unloaded a satellite servicing demonstrator carried to orbit aboard the visiting space shuttle. The spacewalkers also deployed a new materials science experiment, fixed a snagged wire in a base for the station's robot arm and wrapped a vacant docking port with a thermal cover.
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China launched a satellite.
On July 11, 2011 at 15:41 UTC (at 11:41 p.m. Beijing Time), the "Chang Zheng-3C (Long March-3C)” rocket-carrier was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan Province, China.
The rocket orbited the "Tianlian I-02" satellite. Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the satellite is the country's second data relay satellite.
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Date: 14.07.2011
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