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Rocket: PSLV C-19; Payload: RISAT-1; Date: 26 April 2012, 0017 UTC; Launch site: Satish Dhawan space centre, Sriharikota, India. The Radar Imaging Satellite unfurled its solar panels to generate electricity and deployed its 6-m radar array antenna a few minutes after separating from the PSLV upper stage.
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Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced that it successfully completed development testing of its MR-104H 100 lbf-class monopropellant hydrazine thruster.
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OHB System AG and Kayser-Threde GmbH, both subsidiaries of OHB AG, have signed contracts for the development, construction and testing of the third-generation MTG weather satellites with Thales Alenia Space, the prime contractor in this programme.
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GMV announced a contract with Thaicom Plc. to provide the satellite control centre for the Thaicom 6 communications satellite.
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ARES Technical Services has been selected by NASA to provide safety and mission assurance services to Goddard Space Flight Center’s SMA Directorate under the Safety and Mission Assurance Services (SMAS) contract.
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The first two Galileo In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites built by Astrium are working perfectly and now begin full in-orbit operations, the company said. The satellites successfully passed a series of in-orbit tests following their launch on the first Soyuz flight from the Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on 21 October 2011.
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Lockheed Martin Corporation reported financial results for the first quarter 2012.
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Lockheed Martin announced that Chairman and CEO Bob Stevens, 60, informed the board of directors of his plans to retire as CEO after 25 years of service with the company. President and COO Chris Kubasik, 51, will succeed Stevens as CEO effective 1 January 2013. Subject to election by shareholders and approval by the board, Mr. Stevens will remain chairman through January 2014.
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