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A team of researchers, including engineers from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has demonstrated a new concept for a reliable nuclear reactor that could be used on space flights.

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GeoEye, Inc. has partnered with the Japan Space Imaging Corporation (JSI), a Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary, to provide a major Japanese ministry with access to comprehensive high-resolution satellite imagery of all of Japan through GeoEye’s EyeQ platform.

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SES announced that its 100% owned affiliate SES Broadband Services will provide satellite broadband services for the parliamentary elections in Burkina Faso set to take place on 2 December 2012.

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Astrium has received an order to fit six UK Royal Navy mine countermeasure vessels with a military X-band satellite communications capability via the Skynet 5 constellation.

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Rocket: Chang Zheng 4C; Payload: Yaogan XVI [YG-16, Yaogan Weixing-16]; Date: 25 November 2012, 0406 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The rocket placed the payload into a 1,090-km x 63.4 degrees orbit.

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EchoStar Corp. and Arianespace have reached an agreement to launch multiple new satellites over a multi-year period from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana.

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The launch of Chinasat 12 (Zhongxing 12) aboard a Chang Zheng 3B/E from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, previously scheduled for 22 November, is delayed because of bad weather.

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The design of Europe’s data relay satellite system – EDRS – has been completed and approved. This marks the moment when it moves ahead with a green light from its first customer, the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative from the European Union (GMES).

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