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December 29, 2011
An Arianespace/Starsem Soyuz mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome with Globalstar second-generation satellites closes out a very busy year of launch activity. The total of nine flights performed during 2011 were composed of two Soyuz launches at Baikonur Cosmodrome conducted by Starsem on behalf of its Arianespace parent, along with Arianespace's first two Soyuz liftoffs from the Spaceport in French Guiana, and five Ariane 5 missions from the Spaceport - lofting a total of 29 payloads with a combined mass of more than 63,000 kg.
December 14, 2011
Arianespace announces the first commercial contract signing for its Vega lightweight launcher, booking two satellites in the Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 families dedicated to Europe's GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) program. The launches are scheduled for 2014-2016 from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
November 7, 2011
For the first time, flight preparations are underway with each member of Arianespace's full launcher family operating from French Guiana: the heavy-lift Ariane 5, the medium Soyuz and lightweight Vega.

Soyuz Flight ST24 with six Globalstar second-generation satellites
Launch Kit: English (.pdf 1.36 MB) Launch Kit – cover art: (.pdf format 265 KB)	Launcher version:	Soyuz
	Payload(s):	Six Globalstar second-generation satellites
	Customer(s):	Globalstar
	Mission(s):	Mobile satellite voice and mobile satellite handset data service
	Payload prime contractor(s):	Thales Alenia Space

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