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There are plans to carry out 18 space launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2020, Roskosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020021201

Kleos Space S.A, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, confirms it has dispatched its four Scouting Mission nanosatellites to Chennai, India, in preparation for launch aboard PSLV C49 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020021202

For its third flight of 2020, Arianespace will orbit two satellites using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center: JCSAT-17 for the Japanese operator Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation; and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B for Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020021100

The third next-generation GPS III satellite – and the first delivered by Lockheed Martin to the new U.S. Space Force — has arrived in Florida for an expected April launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020021101

Rocket: Atlas V 411; Payload: Solar Orbiter; Date: 10 February 2020, 0403 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Signals from the spacecraft were received at New Norcia Station ground station at 0500 UTC, following separation from the launcher upper stage in low Earth orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020021000

The launch of the Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus spacecraft has been postponed to 13 February, NASA said in a statement. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020021001

The launch of a Cygnus cargo vessel to the ISS aboard an Antares rocket from Wallops Island was scrubbed on 9 February 2020. A new launch date was not immediately announced. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020020900

Thirty-four OneWeb satellites were successfully deployed into a circular low Earth orbit on 7 February during a flight lasting 3 hours and 45 minutes from lift-off to final payload separation. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020020901

Rocket: H2A No. 41; Payload: IGS-Optical 7; Date: 9 February 2020, 0134 UTC; launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The successful lift-off of the H2A rocket marked the 35th in a row, raising the success rate of Japan’s workhorse launch vehicle to 97.6%. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020020902

China’s Chang Zheng-5B carrier rocket arrived at the launch site in southern China’s Hainan Province Wednesday after a week of ocean and rail transport, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020020903