A Eutelsat satellite is scheduled for launch by China's Long March rocket in 2010
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GOCE successfully completes early orbit phase
SA’s GOCE satellite was formally declared ready for work at 01:00 CET on 20 March. During the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase beginning with separation from its booster on 17 March, GOCE was checked out to confirm that all of its control systems are operating normally.
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Space travelers practice docking Russian capsule
U.S. astronaut Michael Barratt and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka have practiced a manual docking procedure before next week’s blastoff to the international space station. U.S. businessman and space tourist Charles Simonyi watched Saturday as Barrett and Padalka grappled with a joystick in a computer simulation at a Soviet-era training and preparation facility in Baikonur.
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