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The U.S. Air Force’s 45th Space Wing is set to launch a Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle carrying a National Reconnaissance Office payload on 11 March 2011, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch window for this mission opens at 2057 UTC.Other Posts:Satellite Television – Forever Changing the Viewing LandscapeHerschel and Planck to lift off on 6 MayDelay of the day: Dnepr cluster launchAcquisition of Stratos by CIP Canada completedEchoStar reportedly close to taking over Satmex (again)Planetlink Supplies R&R Sales Group With GPS ReceiversSecretive U.S. military space plane mission launchedLaunch of new Orbcomm satellites set for 19 June

South Korea’s COMS-1 multi-purpose satellite reportedly had to perform an evasive manoeuvre in order to prevent a collision with a wayward Russian satellite.Other Posts:GOCE launch delayed againFirst contract win for Astrium’s SeCureSystemAstronauts complete second spacewalk on Hubble servicing missionSpy satellite picture of NK rocket lift-off raises new questionsEnjoy Your 4th of July in High DefinitionSiberian shepherd seeks damages over rocket debrisStauder Technologies Receives $9.6 Million Modification To A Marine Corps ContractGlobecomm Systems Receives $9.7M U.S. Govt. Contract

Space shuttle Discovery and its six-astronaut crew ended a 13-day journey of more than eight million kilometers and concluded the spacecraft’s 27-year career with a landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed a series of Hardware Acceptance Reviews on the first RS-68A production rocket engine.
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ESA said it was preparing the next generation of MetOp satellites, the space segment for the Eumetsat Polar System (EPS).
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Boeing announced that it has completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Inmarsat-5 spacecraft and hosted payloads. Boeing is building three Ka-band satellites to add to Inmarsat’s current mobile satellite services fleet.
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The European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. (EADS) reported financial results for 2010.
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SpeedCast has signed a multi-year agreement with SES World Skies for additional capacity on SES’ NSS-6, NSS-7, and NSS-12 satellites to serve its maritime customers in the Middle East, African, and South American regions, including offshore Brazil.
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