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United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced the completion of two key milestones leading toward the certification of the Atlas V launch vehicle for human spaceflight.

ESA today signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe’s Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites at a time.

The DubaiSat-2 project has completed a crucial stage in its design phase, with the qualification model (QM) passing a series of rigorous tests.

Roskosmos hopes to receive an insurance payment of RUB1.5 billion (US$49.6 million) for the loss of the Fobos-Grunt probe, Roskosmos head Vladimir Popovkin told Ekho Moskvy radio.

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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