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NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully performed its first deep-space maneuver. This first firing of Juno’s main engine is one of two planned to refine the spacecraft’s trajectory, setting the stage for a gravity assist from a flyby of Earth on 9 October 2013. Juno will arrive at Jupiter on 4 July 2016.Other Posts:Two more companies apply for Euro S-band spectrumBoeing, Northrop Grumman Perform Orbital Express DemonstrationsU.S. military plans conjunction analysis for all manoeuvrable satellitesAnalyst Predicts ‘Tough Quarter’ for BSkyBMultiChoice SA Chooses OpenTVAll You Want to Know About ISP, Radio, and Satellite TV BroadcastingDebris found in ISS rotary jointBall Aerospace completes STPSat-2 pre-shipment review

The U.S. Defense Weather Systems Directorate is celebrating 50 years of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. On 23 August 1962 the National Reconnaissance Office’s classified Program 417 launched its first successful low altitude cloud imagery satellite into space and began a new era of military satellite weather.Other Posts:Northrop Grumman joins Hosted Payloads AllianceMetOp-A ceases direct high-res picture transmissionCalian Announces $15 Million RFT ContractInmarsat Profit Nearly Doubles In 2006Medvedev wants fast proposals on how to solve space industry problemsWGS-2 healthy after launchFirst flight of Indian cryo engine in JanuaryPseudo-satellites allow accurate navigation in Helsinki harbour