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Archive for December 22nd, 2006

Lockheed to conduct GPS Block III system design review

December 22nd, 2006 by

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract valued at approximately US$50 million to execute a System Design Review for the next generation Global Positioning System space segment programme, known as GPS Block III.

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Eutelsat orders W7 from AAS

December 22nd, 2006 by

Eutelsat Communications and Alcatel Alenia Space have signed a contract under which Alcatel Alenia Space will manufacture and deliver Eutelsat’s W7 communications satellite.

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Small satellites launched from space shuttle

December 22nd, 2006 by

Several tiny satellites were released from the payload bay of space shuttle Discovery today as part of NASA’s Space Test Program-H2 (STP-H2).

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