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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to supply a Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU) for NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission.
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Iridium Communications Inc. has awarded a contract to Integral Systems, Inc.’s subsidiary, RT Logic, for the development of a software-defined modem (SDM) for the new feeder link terminals (FLT) to be deployed at Iridium ground stations.
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There’s been a lot of forward movement in the world of television recently, with a flurry of new products designed to bring even higher-quality images into living rooms all over the country as well as more options for how content can be received. Now, a typical American living room can consist of more integration between television sets and computers, with different computer companies making devices that wirelessly stream the content from the computer onto television, making it possible to watch images from the internet in high definition without needing to strain your neck in front of a computer screen for the duration of a hard-to-find film.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Yaogan VIII, Xi Wang 1; Date: 15 December 2009, 0231 UTC; Launch Site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has signed a US$254 million contract to provide a communication satellite system to the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU).

The U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environment Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) could be delayed again because of problems with a sensor.

The Space Based Infrared Systems Wing at the U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center announced the successful completion of the GEO Interim Operations Ground System verification testing.

GMV said it will continue to provide mission control of Convection Rotation and planetary Transits (COROT), a space mission extended through 2012.