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Soyuz Consultation Committee sets inaugural launch for fourth quarter of 2010

The Soyuz Consultation Committee, comprising representatives of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, the European Space Agency (ESA), the French space agency CNES and Arianespace, met on Tuesday, 11 May in French Guiana. It confirmed that the inaugural launch of Soyuz from the Guiana Space Centre would take place during the fourth quarter of 2010.
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Integration of Soyuz' first and second stages is completed at the Spaceport

The no. 1 Soyuz launcher at the Spaceport in French Guiana has completed the first step of its initial build-up, with all four of the vehicles first stage strap-on boosters now mated to the Block A core second stage.
This activity is taking place in the Launcher Integration Building at the Spaceport's new Soyuz operating base, which is being readied for the Russian-built medium-lift vehicles service introduction later this year.

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