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LAUNCH PAD
European Satellite Launch By Russian Rocket Delayed Another Day

MetOp weather satellite waits on the launch pad at Baikonur.
by Staff Writers
 Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 18, 2006
 The first launch of Russia's new generation carrier rocket Soyuz 2-1A to put a European weather satellite in orbit has been delayed by one day, the country's Federal Space Agency said Tuesday.

"The launch has been postponed by 24 hours due to technical reasons," the agency said.

The first launch of Soyuz-2-1A with the MetOp satellite had been delayed several times since its original July 17 launch date for technical reasons.

The four-ton MetOp is to be put into orbit for weather forecasting and climate monitoring. The planned launches of three MetOp satellites will cost 2.5 billion euros ($3.1 bln).

Source: RIA Novosti

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Fourth Ariane 5 Launch Of 2006 Performs Flawlessly
 Paris, France (SPX) Oct 17, 2006
 On 13 October 2006, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two satellites into geostationary transfer orbits and deploy a demonstration antenna. Lift-off of flight V173 took place at 21:56 GMT/UTC (17:56 local time, 22:56 CEST/Paris). The satellites were accurately injected into the correct transfer orbits about 30 minutes later.





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