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China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) handed the recently launched NigComSat 1-R to its Nigeria counterpart at the Obasanjo Space Center in Abuja.
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Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) said that the construction of the Ekspress-AT1 and Ekspress-AT2 DTH satellites is going according to plan. The spacecraft are scheduled for launch in Q3 of 2013 to the 56 degrees East and 36 degrees East slots, respectively.
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Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems said it has successfully completed electrical testing of the telecommunications satellite Yamal-300K.
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The Cassini plasma spectrometer instrument (CAPS) aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft at Saturn has resumed operations. Mission managers received confirmation on 16 March that it was turned on. They plan to monitor the instrument for any unusual behaviour.
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ITT Exelis has been awarded a US$32 million contract by Lockheed Martin to build the navigation payloads for the Global Positioning System III (GPS III) space vehicles three and four.
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Surrey Satellite Technology U.S. LLC (SST-US) announced that it has been awarded a GSA Schedule 70 (Information Technology) contract that makes it easier for U.S. Government agencies and their authorised contractors to procure its portfolio of space hardware and related services.
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