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Lockheed Martin announced that it has successfully mated the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite’s high-performance communications system module with the propulsion core.
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The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) team led by Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the long-delayed Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).
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Iranian Minister of Communication and Information Technology Reza Taghipour said that the country is to unveil three new home-built satellites on 3 February, Iran’s national day of space technology.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has received a US$2.4 million contract from Orbital Sciences Corporation to provide a critical interface that will enable capture and mating of the Cygnus cargo delivery spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Russian efforts to re-establish the country’s part of the international KOSPAS-SARSAT (or COSPAS-SARSAT) search and rescue satellite system have failed, Interfax reports.
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Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has restructured its business, forming two new business units to manage continuing growth in its Earth Observation and Science and Telecommunications missions.
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a nickname campaign for the first Quasi-Zenith Satellite (QZS-1) between 16 October and 16 December 2009, to familiarise people with the navigation satellite.
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