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GeoEye, Inc. announced new U.S. government awards totalling more than US$25 million to supply geospatial products and services.

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: TerreStar-1; Date: 1 July 2009, 1752 UTC; Site: Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket deployed TerreStar-1 into geostationary transfer orbit 26 minutes after lift-off.
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The launch of Sirius FM-5 aboard a Proton M/Briz M was successfully concluded earlier today. This was the fifth Proton launch of the year after four successful missions.
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A test fuelling of space shuttle Endeavour’s external tank revealed no gaseous hydrogen leaks, verifying recent repairs were successful, NASA managers confirmed.
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Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd announced that the Measat-3a satellite has been successfully moved to the 91.4 degrees East orbital slot in preparation for testing.
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EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 67th Council meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, on 30 June and 1 July.
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An industry team led by Boeing has received a contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for work on Phase 2 of the Fast Access Spacecraft Testbed (FAST) programme.
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a US$30 million contract to begin concept development for Space Fence, a system of land-based S-Band radars and supporting operations centres that will detect and report on objects and debris orbiting the Earth.
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