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The GIOVE-A satellite – the first step in Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation programme – was launched on 28 December 2005. The 660 kg spacecraft was built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) for ESA in just 30 months at a cost of just EUR28 million.
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The Joint Stock Company (JSC) Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems (ISS Reshetnev) said it has integrated its Russian partnerships into a single structure and brand.
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Arianespace’s Ariane launcher today marks the 30th anniversary of its maiden flight. The historic inaugural lift-off occurred on 24 December 1979 from the Spaceport in French Guiana, utilising an Ariane 1 version that placed a payload of 1,645 kg into orbit.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that it has signed a contract for a new geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite contract with OverHorizon, with offices in the U.S., Sweden and Cyprus.

An Iranian official has made yet another rather confusing remark regarding the country’s future satellites plans.

COM DEV International Ltd. has been awarded follow-on contracts totalling more than C$7 million to provide passive microwave equipment for a military communications satellite.

Sypris Electronics LLC, a subsidiary of Sypris Solutions, Inc., announced that it has been awarded approximately US$5 million in follow-on orders to manufacture electronic components for multiple commercial and government satellite systems.