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From Nick Greene, for About.com

Bigelow Aerospace Genesis I Module Expanded

Thursday July 13, 2006
The ISC Kosmotras Dnepr rocket flawlessly delivered the Genesis I into the target orbit of 550km altitude at 64 degrees inclination. Bigelow Aerospace mission control has begun to acquire information from the Genesis I spacecraft. The internal battery is reporting a full charge of 26 volts, which seems to indicate that the solar arrays have deployed.

Bigelow Aerospace has also received confirmation from the Genesis I spacecraft that it has successfully expanded.

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