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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. have announced a new date for the first Captive Firing Test (CFT) of the first stage flight model tank for the H-IIB launch vehicle.
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U.S. Strategic Command and Air Force Space Command plan to provide conjunction analysis on all 800 manoeuvrable spacecraft currently operating in space by 1 October, a senior U.S. Air Force official said.
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Telesat announced that it has begun commercial service on its Telstar 11N satellite.
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SES Americom-New Skies announced that the NSS-9 satellite today entered commercial service at the orbital location of 177 degrees West.
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The Canadian government has announced the locations of the two satellite reception ground stations for the Polar Epsilon project, marking the start of the second phase of this vital Arctic surveillance project.
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ViaSat Inc. has received an US$18 million contract award from Skylogic, the broadband subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications for broadband gateway Earth stations for the previously announced high-capacity KA-SAT Ka-band satellite system.
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BB SAT Co., Ltd. (Japan) announced the commencement of its satellite broadband service in Japan.
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According to “The Space Report 2009: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity,” which was released by the Space Foundation, overall world-wide space revenues grew nearly 2.5 percent in 2008, rising to US$257 billion.
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