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Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Shi Jian-6G (SJ-6G), Shi Jian-6H (SJ-6H); Date: 6 October 2010, 0049 UTC; Launch Site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, China. The two satellites, collectively known as the Shijian VI-04 group, were successfully launched, state media quoted launch officials as saying.
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China’s second unmanned lunar probe, Chang’e-2, completed its first braking, which successfully allowed it to enter a 12-hour orbit, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC).
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NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) project passed its Mission Confirmation Review on 4 October. As a result, NASA has given approval for the development and 2013 launch of the MAVEN mission. Lockheed Martin is the industry partner for the mission and will design and build the spacecraft and perform flight operations.
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After nine years of scanning the sky, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) space mission has concluded its observations of the cosmic microwave background, the oldest light in the universe.
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Mexico plans to launch three satellites that will be used for national security and to expand telecommunications capabilities, President Felipe Calderon was quoted as saying by EFE news agency.
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ESA’s SMOS mission has been bugged by patches of interference from radar, TV and radio transmissions in what should be a protected band. Painstaking efforts to reduce these unwanted signals are now paying off, the agency said.
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Globalstar, Inc. said it has successfully completed hardware and software updates to three ground monitoring control centers, the Globalstar data network and system planning centre and has installed satellite telemetry and command unit (TCU) upgrades to seven of its satellite gateway ground stations.
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Integral Systems, Inc., has been awarded a task order with a base year and four option years, for a task order value of US$4.1 million contract to modernise the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Polar Ground Systems (PGS).
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