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The unmanned Russian Progress M-06M failed to dock with the International Space Station, Russian Mission Control and NASA said.
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Saft has signed a new multi-year LTA (Long Term Agreement) with Astrium to supply the onboard lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery modules for every Eurostar GEO (Geosynchronous Earth Orbit) communications satellite to be built over the next years.
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NASA’s Transition Region And Coronal Explorer, known as TRACE, conducted its final observations of the Sun on 21 June. Launched in April 1998, TRACE observed – for the first time – an entire cycle of solar activity and imaging dynamic coronal phenomena.
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Marlink, a provider of maritime satellite communications, has announced the extension of its Ku-band VSAT services to include Hong Kong, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean.
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