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The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Positioning System has delivered the programme’s pathfinder spacecraft to the company’s Denver-area facility.Other Posts:Satellite TV is Helping Americans Get More Out of Their Home EntertainmentTake Your Favorite Television Programs on the RoadNATO Modifies Globecomm Contract For GPS Tracking SystemDigiturk Platform Boosts Capacity For Pay-TV Via Eutelsat-W3AChina, India to co-operate in spaceThe first European-made satellite to cover the U.S.Excess fuel main suspect in Proton launch failureEGNOS system powered by Wind River achieves safety-critical certification

Lockheed Martin has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the U.S. Air Force’s second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-2) satellite.Other Posts:Satellite TV for the Twilight FansBusiness as usual: Angara further delayedFirst AEHF satellite completes thermal vacuum testingND SatCom Names Vice President Of SalesLightSquared secures US$265 million in additional financingCroatia Added As Full Member Of EumetsatIntelsat names Kay Sears to head Intelsat GeneralLockheed Martin GPS III team shifts into CDR phase

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Astrium to manage the continued operation and exploitation of the European components of the International Space Station (ISS) as the lead partner in an industrial consortium.Other Posts:Delay of the day: RISATThe return of the space tug – thanks to Eutelsat?NASA awards thermal protection contract for OrionPolish pay-TV operator renews Hotbird contractViaSat adds ABS-7 Ka-band to services coverageIndia’s GAGAN nears completionDelay of the day: QZSS ‘Mishibiki’Orbital Express resumes unmated operations

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft successfully manoeuvred into its closest orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta today, beginning a new phase of science observations. The spacecraft is now circling Vesta at an altitude averaging about 210 kilometers in the phase of the mission known as low altitude mapping orbit.Other Posts:SS/L to build Telesat’s multi-purpose Anik G1Political controversy once again hits EutelsatBrahMos Aerospace to build Indian cryo engineAdvantages and Disadvantages of Satellite TelevisionGet a Lot For Your Money With Satellite TVNorthrop Grumman to build another CERES sensorCME takes transponder at 31.5 degrees EastArianespace again posts small profit

NASA’s Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month trip from Earth to Mars. The research will aid in planning for future human missions to the Red Planet, the agency said.Other Posts:Convenience in HD at the Click of a ButtonAfter delays, latest Japanese spy satellite launchedDelay of the day: H-2A/IGS Optical 4EchoStar Communications Corporation results Q3 2007Jam session with The Singing Satellite?Raytheon’s Delivers First ARTEMIS PayloadSES orders QuetzSat-1 from SS/LVEGA awarded ESOC navigation frame contract

NewSat Limited announced the signing of an agreement with Arianespace for the launch of Jabiru-1 in the second half of 2014.
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NASA has announced the launch target for Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) second Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight will be 7 February 2012.
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ESA has awarded a contract worth EUR45.5 million to Astrium UK to act as prime contractor for the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite (S5p), a low-cost mission to monitor atmospheric chemistry.Other Posts:CHRIS satellite imager celebrates 7 years’ scientific successSecond Soyuz takes shape in French GuianaAustralia’s only non-commercial satellite falls silentDelays of the daySpace insurance market volatility not over yetSouth Korean government okays KSLV launchSoyuz TMA-17 successfully launchedGlobalstar satellites to help track aircraft