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 Russian “Rockot” orbited 3 satellites.
On September 08, 2010 at 03:30 UTC the "Rockot” rocket-carrier was launched from Russian Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
The rocket-carrier orbited 3 satellites: "Kosmos-2467” and "Kosmos-2468” military satellites as well as Gonets-M satellite.
Rockot is a three-stage launch vehicle developed and produced by the Russian Khrunichev Space Center on the basis of the RS-18 double-stage intercontinental ballistic missile.
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Date: 18.09.2010
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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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Date: 06.09.2010
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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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Date: 06.09.2010
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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. |
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
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Date: 06.09.2010
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Roskosmoc represantative in China and Astrophil Leader met in Moscow.
In the end of August in Moscow the Representative of the Russian Space Agency in China Mr. Alexander Rodin had a meeting with Capt. Igor Rodin, Chairman of the FIP Section for Astrophilately. 
photo by Sergey Rodin A number of questions concerning co-operation for promoting Astrophilately were discussed.
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Date: 31.08.2010
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China launched a mapping satellite.
On August 24, 2010 at 07:10 UTC the Chang Zheng-2D (Long March 2D) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan launching base near the border of northern China's Inner Mongolia and Gansu provinces. The rocket orbited the Tianhui 1 satellite.
Authorities will use Tianhui 1 for scientific research, mapping and land resource surveys to help promote economic development, according to a statement on the Chinese Ministry of Defense website.
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Date: 26.08.2010
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The 50th Anniversary of Belka and Strelka flight.
50 years ago Belka and Strelka were two dogs who were onboard the Sputnik-5 spacecraft when it broke into orbit on August 19, 1960, circled the Earth 17 times and returned home.
Accompanying them were two lab rats and forty mice, as well as a life support system, instruments and other equipment.
Before the first human launch was approved, two spacecraft with a dog and a mannequin onboard had been sent into orbit. Their missions were almost exactly the same as that of Yury Gagarin. With a good deal of irony Gagarin later remarked that he couldn’t make up his mind whether he was the first man in space, or the last dog.
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Date: 26.08.2010
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ISS – EVA.
On August 16, 2010 American astronauts Douglas Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson completed the third contingency spacewalk to install a spare ammonia pump module on the S1 Truss.
Flight Engineer Shannon Walker assisted the spacewalkers from inside the International Space Station and operated the Canadarm2. Flight Engineers Wheelock and Caldwell Dyson were outside during the third repair spacewalk for 7 hours and 20 minutes. |
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