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The Bank for Development and External Economic Affairs, a Russian state-owned corporation known as Vnesheconombank or VEB, and the Russian Satellite Communications Company have signed a EUR124.6 million [US$158 million] credit agreement to fund the building of Ekspress AM7 spacecraft.
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The first manned space docking of China succeeded today with the coupling of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and Tiangong-1 lab module, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center said.

Boeing has completed the fifth of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force.

Lockheed Martin has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the U.S. Navy’s second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, designated MUOS-2. Completion of this major programme milestone validates performance in a simulated space environment and clears the satellite for final integrated system test.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that its Kratos Integral Systems International, Inc. subsidiary has been selected by Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to provide Command and Control systems for the ABS-2 satellite system programme.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that its Integral Systems Europe Limited subsidiary has been awarded a contract by Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. to upgrade another satellite terminal at its Tai Po Earth Station in Hong Kong SAR.