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Aon’s International Space Brokers, the largest specialist risk adviser in the sector, announced the launch of Investment Protection Insurance (IPI), the first policy strictly for investors. It is designed to cover the loss of an investment in a space satellite, launch failure and satellite assets.
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ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite, which is to complete its commissioning phase next month, experiences some terrestrial interference, the BBC reported.
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The second Arabsat 5th generation satellite, Badr-5 (technically: Arabsat-5B), has arrived at Baikonur Cosmodrome for a Proton M/Briz M launch currently scheduled for 4 June. This will be the 6th Proton mission of 2010 year.
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While the engineering model is undergoing testing, all four platforms for the Galileo In-Orbit Verification satellites have now arrived in the integration cleanroom at Thales Alenia Space in Rome.
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Kepler project engineers successfully completed another download of science data over 21 to 22 April 2010 and uploaded new flight software.
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OHB-System AG has been awarded contracts under the E-SGA programme (Europeanisation of Satellite-Based Reconnaissance) providing for the operation of both the French ground station of the SAR-Lupe system and the German ground station of the HELIOS II system. The two contracts have a combined value of EUR14.0 million.
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The Slovak Republic signed a Cooperation Agreement with ESA on 28 April 2010. This agreement will allow the Slovak Republic and ESA to create the framework for a more consolidated relationship in the future, the agency said.
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