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NASA has moved up one day to 12 March the launch of its space shuttle Discovery on its 16-day mission to the orbiting International Space Station (ISS).
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The SERVIS-2 satellite successfully underwent its mechanical and electrical fit check to the flight model launch vehicle hardware at the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) facilities in Kamakura, Japan.
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Russia is developing anti-satellite weapons to match efforts by other nations, a deputy defence minister was quoted as saying.
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Allen and Overy LLP, an international law firm, announced that its clients Mubadala Development Company and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat) had achieved financial close on the Yahsat satellite project.
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