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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. said that its meteorological instrument package is now destined for Mars onboard the Phoenix Lander.
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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA announced a US$34 million contract modification award with Lockheed Martin. The contract modification establishes a storage date for N-Prime of 7 March 2008, at which time Lockheed Martin will have completed satellite integration and testing.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation, the payload integrator for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), has delivered the first SBIRS geosynchronous orbit (GEO) payload to prime contractor Lockheed Martin for integration into the spacecraft and final system-level testing.
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The indigenously developed cryogenic stage, to be used as the upper stage of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), was ground tested for a long duration of eight minutes at Liquid Propulsion test facility at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu.
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