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A Zenit-3SLB carrier rocket carrying Israeli Amos 4 communication satellite is mounted to a launch pad in the Russian leased Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome on August 29, 2013. The launch of the Amos 4 communication satellite, produced by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is scheduled on August 31. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

A Zenit-3SLB carrier rocket carrying Israeli Amos 4 communication satellite is mounted to a launch pad in the Russian leased Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome on  August 29, 2013. The launch of the Amos 4 communication satellite, produced by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), is scheduled on August 31. AFP PHOTO        (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)