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NASA’s Kepler mission has been approved for extension through fiscal year 2016 based on a recommendation from the agency’s Senior Review of its operating missions.
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Brazil plans to launch a dual-use communications satellite, Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo Silva was quoted as saying. Officials hope to have the satellite operational in time for the 2014 football [soccer] World Cup tournament in Brazil.
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Astrium has completed the acquisition of 66.78% of Space Engineering after receiving the necessary regulatory approvals.
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A commercial Launch Services Agreement between Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of ISRO; and Astrium SAS has been signed recently.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that the U.S. Air Force has exercised an option order for a Minotaur I space launch vehicle to support the ORS-3 “Enabler” mission for the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office of the Department of Defense.
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The United States’ next heavy-lift launch vehicle — the Space Launch System — is one step closer to its first launch in 2017, following the successful completion of the first phase of a combined set of milestone reviews.
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Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a major milestone for the U.S. Air Force’s second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-2). The milestone, known as the Final Integrated System Test (FIST), verifies the spacecraft’s performance and functionality in preparation for delivery to the launch site.
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The solid-state electronics unit that will capture the James Webb Space Telescope’s science and engineering data has been completed and delivered to Northrop Grumman Corporation by its teammate SEAKR Engineering, Inc., Centennial, Colorado.
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