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Intelsat announced contracts with several customers for satellite capacity.

Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew are expected to return to Earth on 10 or 11 September after the 13-day STS-128 mission.
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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Astrium announced a contract for a SpaceX Falcon 1e to launch an Earth observation satellite designed by Astrium or its subsidiary Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL).
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Preparations for the launch of Canada’s Telesat’s Nimiq 5 telecommunications satellite aboard a Proton M/Briz M launcher continue to progress.
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Pre-launch processing at Baikonur launch site continues with work on the third of the three GLONASS satellites and on the Proton launch vehicle.
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Two European companies are to contribute to Argentina’s Arsat-1 satellite, for which Argentinian company INVAP is the prime contractor.
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Turkey plans to launch its first domestically-built Earth observation satellite next year, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
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Thales Alenia Space announced that the Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) part of the second ESA’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been successfully manufactured and integrated.
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