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Logica announced the signing of two new contracts for the European Galileo satellite navigation Full Operational Capability (FOC) programme.

NASA has selected 30 proposals for funding under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts, or NIAC, programme. The advanced concepts selected for study under NIAC were chosen based on their potential to transform future space missions, enable new capabilities or significantly alter current approaches to launching, building and operating space systems.

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Astra 1N, BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R; Date: 6 August 2011, 2252 UTC; Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana. The satellites were injected into their transfer orbits about 27 minutes and 38 minutes after lift-off, respectively.
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