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United Launch Services was awarded a US$1.516 billion firm-fixed-price contract for five Atlas-V and four Delta IV launches by the U.S. Air Force.
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a US$21.5 million contract to provide a Launch and Checkout Capability (LCC) to command and control all GPS III satellites from launch through early on-orbit testing.
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Boeing has begun work on a four-month NASA contract to develop a mission concept study for solar electric propulsion technologies.
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Iridium Communications Inc. and KVH Industries, Inc., announced an agreement to offer what they called the first-ever, fully global, seamless broadband satellite communications service for the maritime market.
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