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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) said it has successfully test fired SuperDraco, a new engine that the company said will play a critical role in its human spaceflight plans.
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The European Union will reportedly award Germany’s OHB AG a EUR250-million (US$327 million) contract to build eight more satellites for the Galileo navigation system.
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The first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, was encapsulated into its payload fairing on 29 January in preparation for a 16 February lift-off aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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The special EUMETSAT Council meeting on 30-31 January recorded progress in the approval process for the EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) Preparatory Programme, with the sum of contributions increasing from nearly 55% to 83% and 18 of the 27 EUMETSAT Member States having firmly committed themselves to the programme.
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Northrop Grumman Corporation reported financial results for the year 2011.
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Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced that the Jupiter Gateway and user terminals have successfully completed their factory and field qualifications and are now operational, delivering high-speed, end-to-end system traffic over the AMC 15 Ka-band satellite.
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