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NASA has selected six candidate mission proposals for further evaluation as part of the agency’s Small Explorer (SMEX) Program. The proposals will study the far reaches of the universe, including the Earth’s thermosphere and ionosphere, the Sun, black holes, the first stars, and Earthlike planets around nearby stars.
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Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) said it has secured a contract worth EUR1.6 million (US$2.5 million) from Astrium GmbH, Germany, to proceed with work on a new contract to develop and supply the Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI) for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) EarthCARE Mission.
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SpaceDev, Inc. has been informed by the U.S. Department of Defense Operationally Responsive Space Office (ORS) that it has selected SpaceDev’s Trailblazer spacecraft bus as the primary payload to fly on its inaugural mission, called Jumpstart.
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter again received information from the Phoenix Mars Lander Tuesday evening and relayed the information to Earth after an earlier glitch with the orbiter’s UHF radio system.
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Bigelow Aerospace, LLC said it has reached agreement with Aerojet to supply the propulsion system for the aft end of Sundancer, which according to Bigelow’s plans is to become the first commercial space habitat capable of supporting a human crew.
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Boeing announced that it submitted a bid to the U.S. Air Force earlier this month for the Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness (SASSA) programme.
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Orbcomm Inc. announced that its Coast Guard demonstration and five Quick Launch satellites have been shipped to the launch site in Kapustin Yar, Russia.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that it delivered EchoStar XI to the Sea Launch home port in Long Beach, California/USA, on 27 May.
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