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The Scientific and Technical Council of ISS-Reshetnev held an extended meeting to discuss the work schedule for the Gonets-D1M global personal communications satellite system.
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On 12 July the European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP SAS) received a certificate of Air Navigation Service Provider according to the Single European Sky Regulation 2096/2005.
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ESA’s pioneering Cluster mission is celebrating its 10th anniversary. During the past decade, Cluster’s four satellites have provided extraordinary insights into the largely invisible interaction between the Sun and Earth, the agency said.
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Eutelsat Communications and ictQATAR (representing the State of Qatar) announced that following an international consultation, Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to build the high-performance satellite they will jointly own and operate at the 25.5 degrees East location in geostationary orbit.

Cartosat-2B, the Indian remote-sensing satellite put in orbit by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) on 12 July, is in good condition and will become operational in a week.

Astrium Services and Cisco have signed a Technology Partnership Agreement (TPA) to study the applications of space-based routers.

The U.S. military has stopped publishing tracking data for France’s working spy satellites – hardly a coincidence.