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The U.S. Defense Department and National Reconnaissance Office plan to spend US$15 billion on rocket booster cores without enough information to determine whether they are getting a “fair and reasonable” price, according to government auditors.

The first Soyuz to take off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is now at its launch pad. The rocket that will carry the first two Galileo navigation satellites into orbit is on track for lift-off on 20 October.Other Posts:GOES-12 ready to resume operationsThings You Need To Know About HD Satellite ReceiversUpdate: Proton M with Telstar 14R on board lifts offBall Aerospace wins Ares flight computer contractArianespace signs contracts with EADS CASA, OerlikonOne High Definition Option Stands High Above the RestOrbital Sciences Corporation results Q3 2009SpaceX to launch Spacecom satellite

A Proton M launch vehicle will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the ViaSat-1 satellite on board on 19 October. The launch window opens at 1848 UTC.Other Posts:DISH Network, EchoStar results Q2 2011Delta II lofts infrared observatoryNo end in sight for Galileo talksSatellite TV and Digital Video Recorders – DVR Or PVRAtlas V to launch Solar Dynamics Observatory on 9 FebruaryHDTV: A High-Tech Video Technology for YouChina launches second Yaogan satelliteSES Americom unveils SatelliteWiki.com

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NASA, the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Air Force signed an agreement this week to establish clear criteria for certification of commercial providers of launch vehicles used for national security space and civil space missions.
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Astrotech Corporation announced that its Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) subsidiary has won a fully-funded task order under an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for payload processing support at the Eastern Range.
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In parallel to the final preparations for Soyuz’ milestone maiden flight from French Guiana on 20 October with a payload of two Galileo navigation satellites, the second launch campaign has now begun for a December mission with six spacecraft that will perform governmental and civilian Earth observation duties, as well as military electronic intelligence-gathering.
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The 900-kg platform that engineers will use to precisely align the Webb telescope’s enormous five-layer sunshield is completed, with work slated to begin on flight-like template membranes early next year.Other Posts:China to launch two satellites ‘to monitor space environment’TSAT competition scrapped, decision delayed — reportWhat is Free to View Digital TV?Competition of launch providers may be heating upESA hands over keys to Soyuz launch siteIntelsat 19 to be Sea Launched in early 2012Something For Everyone in the Family, Thanks to Satellite TVMore cargo on its way to the ISS