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COM DEV International Ltd. has been awarded contracts to provide switches and other microwave filters and components for the fifth satellite in a North American military communications programme.
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NASA selected the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory to provide advanced guidance, navigation and control system development and avionics technology development and analysis at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The new contract is valued at US$45.8 million.
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Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (CSR), parent company of XM Canada, and Sirius Canada Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine the companies in an all-stock merger of equals with a combined enterprise value of approximately C$520 million, which includes long-term debt of approximately C$130 million.
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SES World Skies announced VimpelCom has signed a capacity deal to meet the growing need for business communications capabilities throughout Russia.
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ISRO plans to launch its Resourcesat-2 remote sensing satellite on board a PSLV rocket in January 2011.

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne said it successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests on the second and final RS-68A certification test engine, paving the way for its use in powering heavy-lift launch vehicles into space.

Engineers at Orbital Sciences Corporation have successfully replaced a faulty component that could have had serious consequences for the Glory satellite, NASA’s next climate-monitoring mission, the agency said.

Aerojet said its high-power Hall Thruster Propulsion System (HTPS) has successfully initiated operation on the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Space Vehicle #1 (SV#1) that was launched on an Atlas V rocket on 14 August. The system is now providing thrust to raise the orbit of SV#1 (a.k.a. AEHF-1) to its final geosynchronous orbit location.