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.COM .COM Launch window: 1931-2227 GMT (2:31-5:27 p.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Boeing Delta 4 Heavy rocket will launch on a demonstration mission for the U.S. Air Force. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body. This launch will carry only a dummy payload as its primary cargo in an effort to demonstrate that the rocket works before it blasts off on future flights with critical and expensive satellites for the U.S. government. --------------------------------------
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Launch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana The Arianespace Ariane 5G rocket will launch the French Helios 2A military reconnaissance satellite into polar orbit. The payload also includes the French Parasol science spacecraft and a cluster of small military micro-satellites. Delayed from Dec. 10 to replace suspect part on the rocket. [Dec. 2] --------------------------------------
Launch window: approx. 0941-1136 GMT (4:41-6:36 a.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida The Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket (AV-005) will launch the AMC 16 communications satellite for SES AMERICOM. Built by Lockheed Martin, AMC-16 will provide television, broadband and other services across the U.S. The rocket will fly in the 521 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, two strap-on solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from Dec. 6 due to hurricanes. Delayed from Dec. 16 to replace part in flight termination system. [Dec. 3] --------------------------------------
Launch time: TBD Launch site: Odyssey platform, Pacific Ocean (154° West, 0° North) The Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket will launch the Intelsat Americas 8 communications satellite. Built by Space Systems/Loral, the tri-band spacecraft will provide C-band, Ku-band and Ka-band for expanded coverage of North and South America. Originally was Loral Skynet's Telstar 8 satellite, but acquired and renamed by Intelsat. Delayed from 2002, 2003 and third quarter. [Nov. 29] --------------------------------------
Launch time: 2219 GMT (5:19 p.m. EST) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the sixteenth Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station ISS. Delayed from Nov. 24 and Dec. 22. Docking to the space station is scheduled for Dec. 25 at 7:05 p.m. EST. [Nov. 17] --------------------------------------
Launch time: TBD Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia A Tsiklon 3 rocket will launch the Russian-Ukrainian Sich 1M remote sensing satellite and a Ukrainian microsatellite. [Nov. 17] --------------------------------------
Launch time: TBD Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Proton rocket will launch a trio of spacecraft for the Glonass satellite navigation constellation. [Nov. 2]
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