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Mission managers have decided to once again postpone the launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy with a National Reconnaissance Office payload for two reasons.
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ISS Reshetnev Company has won a tender on in-orbit delivery of a geostationary telecommunication satellite, Telkom 3, for the Indonesian operator PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk.
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The U.S. Air Force has authorised the Commonwealth of Australia’s provision of US$234 million for Boeing to complete production of the sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite.
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A defunct Russian military satellite that has been inactive for two decades last year suddenly started shedding debris, according to NASA’s Orbital Debris Quarterly News.
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PlanetSpace has filed with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) a protest to the selection decision of NASA under the ISS Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) competition.
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RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. said it has been chosen to distribute two additional Russian-speaking channels, Smile of Child and Bridge TV, over Russia on Yamal 201 at 90 degrees East.
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