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Rocket: Atlas V; Payload: NROL-36; Date: 13 September 2012, 2139 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. The rocket lifted off as planned. However, the mission entered a news blackout five minutes after lift-off so that no further information was available at the time of writing this.
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The German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) Space Administration announced that Astrium Friedrichshafen will be the prime contractor for the definition phase of the DEOS (Deutsche Orbitale Servicing Mission, German orbital servicing mission) project. The order is worth a total of around EUR13 million. The definition phase is the last, decisive step before construction begins on the space vehicles themselves.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has received a request for additional information, often referred to as a “second request” from the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), in connection with MDA’s proposed acquisition of Space Systems/Loral Inc.
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Boeing Commercial Satellite Services has been approved as a service provider for the Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition programme.
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SES announced that SES Government Solutions (SES-GS) has extended the means by which the U.S. Government can access their global satellite fleet and custom network solutions capabilities and has been awarded a Custom SATCOM Solutions (CS2) contract.
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