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Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-13M (Progress 45P); Date: 30 October 2011, 1011 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Ascent was nominal, and all spacecraft systems were without issues.
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Arianespace and Optus announced that the Optus 10 satellite would be launched into geostationary transfer orbit mid-2013 by an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
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EMCORE Corporation has been awarded a contract by ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS), Greenbelt, Maryland for the design, manufacturing and delivery of solar panels for NASA Ames’ Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission.
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In order to enhance the benefits of its meteoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) programmes, NASA should re-prioritise, re-focus, and expand the programs’ efforts, according to a recent report from the U.S. National Research Council.
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NASA has confirmed it “experienced two suspicious events with the Terra spacecraft in the summer and fall of 2008. There was no manipulation of data, no commands successfully sent to the satellite, and no data captured.”
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Eutelsat Communications and MBC Group announced the signature of a multiyear contract for capacity on Eutelsat’s new Atlantic Bird 7 satellite at 7 degrees West.
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Rocket: Delta II 7920-10; Payload: National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP), six cubesats under the ELaNa III programme; Date: 28 October 2011, 0948 UTC; Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. NPP successfully separated from the Delta II 58 minutes after launch, and the first signal was acquired by the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.Other Posts:NASA awards two Small Explorers development contractsLockheed to deliver two Japanese satellitesNFL’s Sunday Ticket on Satellite TV – Be Ready For Kick-Off Wherever You AreSSTL earns ESA award for its role in GalileoPace Appoints New ExecutiveDish TV Receivers – All That You Need to Know About ThemLaw firm calls SpaceDev sale unfair, flawedWhat’s behind the sale of Lockheed’s ILS stake?

The Flight Readiness Review (FFR) for the Vega launcher was held in Frascati, Italy on 13 and 14 October. Based on this review, the Director-General of the European Space Agency (ESA) decided to start the Vega qualification launch campaign, with Arianespace’s operating staff providing their support for this campaign.Other Posts:Russia Orbits Military SatelliteIs There Really a Difference Between Cable and Satellite TV?Orbcomm’s subscriber base grew 56 percent last yearEchoStar to provide Ku-band capacity to NPSNRL set to launch experimental TacSat-4 spacecraftLoss of both solar arrays knocked out NigComSat 1Three ESA Earth science missions move to next phaseSES, GE Sign Buyback Deal