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Due to the forecast for Tropical Storm Debby, the launch of a Delta 4 carrying a national security payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office is delayed 24 hours.
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NASA has modified its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation to add the Antares launch vehicle, formerly known as Taurus II, for future missions.
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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced that its Merlin 1D engine has achieved a full mission duration firing and multiple restarts at target thrust and specific impulse (Isp).
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Intelsat S.A. confirmed that the south solar array on Intelsat 19 has deployed and the satellite was successfully transferred to geostationary orbit. All of the satellite’s communications antennas are now in their operational positions, and the communications payload is being tested.
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Data flowing from a new generation of instruments onboard the Suomi NPP satellite, a joint NASA/NOAA mission, are being used in NOAA’s global numerical weather forecast system a record seven months after launch, nearly three times faster than previous missions.
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The White House has issued a Presidential Determination on Vietnam by U.S. President Barack Obama. The president’s action clears the way for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) board of directors to move forward with a US$125.8 million direct loan to Vietnam to support their purchase of a U.S.-manufactured telecommunications and television satellite.
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The U.S. National Geospatial Agency informed GeoEye that due to limited government funding, it will not exercise the full year Enhanced View Service Level Agreement option with the company for the contract year 1 September 2012 through 31 August 2013. The NGA also proposed changing cost sharing agreements for the GeoEye-2 satellite.
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