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The first Russian Soyuz rocket flight from South America will occur in early 2011, and Europe's smaller launcher will not debut until the middle of 2011.
Japan launched a new GPS navigation satellite into orbit on Saturday.
A Rocket launcher lifted off Tuesday from northern Russia carrying three small communications satellites into orbit.
A Chinese communications satellite launched Saturday, September 4, 2010, on a Long March rocket,
A Proton rocket launched Wednesday bearing three spacecraft to help expand Russia's satellite navigation system.
The construction of a new rocket launch site in Russia's Far East will begin next year.
A Chinese mapping satellite is circling Earth after launching on a Long March rocket Tuesday.
A secret Chinese reconnaissance payload successfully launched on a Long March rocket Monday, the sixth time China has sent a satellite into orbit so far this year.
The next U.S. weather satellite has received its final observing instrument and will begin pre-launch environmental testing in October, NASA announced last week.
After riding a flame into Earth orbit more than three weeks ago, the dormant upper stage of the first Falcon 9 rocket plunged back into the atmosphere Sunday.
A Russian rocket blasted off Tuesday with a French sun satellite and a Swedish experiment to demonstrate orbital formation flying.
The Rockot launcher, a modified Russian ballistic missile, lifted off Wednesday. June 2, 2010, with a Japanese satellite.
China launched another satellite into orbit Wednesday, marking another step in building the country's own space navigation system.
During its landmark 50th launch, Europe's Ariane 5 rocket successfully blasted off from the South American coast Friday evening, May 21, 2010.
A Japanese rocket will launch an interplanetary weather satellite bound for Venus and a solar sail device to test new propulsion techniques.
A Kosmos 3M rocket launched from northern Russia, April 27, 2010, to place a military navigation satellite in orbit more than 600 miles above Earth.
A Pentagon-designed hypersonic glider launched on a new Minotaur rocket Thursday, but went silent just after separating from its booster, officials said.
A Soyuz rocket launched a Russian military payload Friday on a secret mission, but observers believe the satellite carries a high-resolution camera to spy on other countries.
A secretive, unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane is finally on the verge of launching on an unprecedented test flight 10 years after its conception by NASA.
South Korea plans another flight of its small satellite launcher in June, nearly a year after the rocket's first mission was doomed when its payload shroud did not separate.
A new direct broadcasting satellite for DISH Network was launched into orbit Saturday by a Proton rocket.
A secretive military spacecraft called X-37B is in Florida to prepare for launch on April 19.
