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An Aerojet AJ26 flight engine for Orbital Sciences Corporations’ Taurus II space launch vehicle experienced a premature shutdown during a test firing on 9 June.
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The U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared Systems GEO-1 satellite, launched in May aboard an Atlas V, successfully completed all orbit-raising manoeuvres to reach geosynchronous orbit.
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A major international effort to shut down radio signals that have, at times, been blinding the instrument on ESA’s SMOS water satellite is producing a marked improvement in the quality of the mission’s data, the agency said.
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Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company announced employment reductions designed to address affordability and improve its competitive posture.
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