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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it has been awarded a turnkey contract to deliver the Turksat 4A and Turksat 4B communications satellite to satellite operator Turksat Satellite Communication and Cable TV Operation AS (Turksat AS).
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On 17 March, the MESSENGER spacecraft will execute a 15-minute manoeuvre that will place it into orbit about Mercury, making it the first craft ever to do so, and initiating a one-year science campaign to understand the innermost planet.
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft is currently undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin’s test facility near Denver, Colorado.
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Intelsat S.A. reported results for the three months and year ending 31 December 2010.
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exactEarth Ltd., a provider of satellite AIS data services, announced that it has been awarded a Standing Offer to provide its exactAIS data services to the Government of Canada with a total order value not to exceed C$4.7 million.
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Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to return to Earth for the final time on Wednesday, 9 March, completing a 13-day mission to outfit the International Space Station.

Rocket: Atlas V/Centaur; Payload: Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-2); Date: 5 March 2011, 2246 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA.

SES S.A. and Sea Launch announced that they have entered into a framework understanding regarding possible co-operation on the future launch of SES satellites on Sea Launch launch vehicles.