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ISRO successfully conducted the flight acceptance hot test of the Indigenous Cryogenic Engine at Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre’s (LPSC) Mahendragiri facilities on 18 December 2008.
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Alliant Techsystems has received a US$49 million contract from Orbital Sciences Corporation to provide at least nine flight sets of Orion solid rocket motors.
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Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, has won a tender as prime contractor, supported by Thales Alenia Space, from the Turkish Ministry of Defence for the Gokturk satellite system.
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The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the U.S. Air Force’s Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has achieved major milestones on the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft with the with completion and delivery of the remaining major spacecraft bus subsystems.
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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing. This milestone concludes the orbiter’s environmental test programme at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Brazil’s National Institute of Space Investigations (INPE) has begun additional tests on two CBERS satellites that are expected to be launched in five years as part of the Chinese-Brazilian Earth Resource Satellite programme.
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The European Commission (EC) has confirmed Solaris Mobile as an admissible candidate for the two-stage application process for the provision of mobile satellite services across Europe.
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The Middle East and North Africa have become one of the most dynamic emerging markets for satellite broadcasting, according to a new study.
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