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Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: EchoStar XVI; Date: 20 November 2012, 1831 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The EchoStar XVI/upper stage separation is to occur 9 hours, 12 minutes after lift-off, i.e. at 0343 on 21 November [too late for this issue].

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Dr. Patrick Harkness of the University of Glasgow’s School of Engineering has led the development of the Aerodynamic End Of Life Deorbit System, or AEOLDOS, to help ensure that objects sent into space in future can be removed from orbit at the end of their operational cycle.

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Outgassed solvents, epoxies, lubricants, and other materials aren’t especially wholesome for contamination-sensitive telescope mirrors, thermal-control units, high-voltage electronic boxes, cryogenic instruments, detectors and solar arrays, either. As a result, NASA engineers are always looking for new techniques to prevent these gases from adhering to instrument and spacecraft surfaces and potentially shortening their lives.

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The board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorised two transactions aggregating US$461 million to underwrite the export of American-made satellites to Hong Kong.

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The Council meeting at Ministerial level this week sees the Polish flag flying for the first time alongside those of ESA’s other Member States after Poland formally became ESA’s 20th Member State on 19 November.

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Spacecom announced that it has been awarded two contracts by DRS Technical Services, Inc., including one for C-band capacity on Amos-5 and a second for Ku-band satellite capacity on Amos-3. The contracts are for the delivery of commercial satellite communications capabilities to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

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