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Intelsat, Ltd. and SkyVision Global Networks LLC, a provider of Internet services over satellite and terrestrial fibre optic systems, announced that SkyVision has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for capacity on the Intelsat 601 satellite.
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EADS NV is in negotiations to buy Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, as part of its drive to increase non-Airbus activities, Les Echos reported without naming its source.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation is a partner on five contracts awarded by NASA to investigate concepts for next-generation space telescopes, the company said.
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Lockheed Martin announced it has completed work on the last satellite in the GPR IIR-M constellation, which features a demonstration payload that will transmit the new civil signal known as L5.
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The ATV Jules Verne, European Space Agency’s first resupply and reboost vehicle, has successfully performed a fully automated docking with the International Space Station (ISS).
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The launch of ESA’s Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite has been postponed at least three months.
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By taking advantage of the physics of magnetic flux pinning, spacecraft components could hover centimeters to about one meter apart without electrical power, according to Dr. Mason Peck from the Cornell University College of Engineering.
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Jules Verne ATV was today formally cleared to proceed with the first ISS docking attempt, scheduled for 3 April 2008 at 1441 UTC.
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